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Pale rose leaves and small red dots

lukebennettgbdf9-6AaBlukebennettgbdf9-6AaB Posts: 18
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Hi there, one of my roses seems to have pale leaves, does anyone know what this could be and how I fix it? Or if it is normal?

There also seems to be small red dots on here, thank you


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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Have you fed your rose? Have you watered it? If the soil is too dry it won't be able to absorb the food. Is your soil very alkaline? It may need some sequestered iron.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It's difficult to see where it's planted - does it have plenty of space?
    If you could post a pic of the whole plant showing where it's planted that may help with other ideas.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • lukebennettgbdf9-6AaBlukebennettgbdf9-6AaB Posts: 18
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    Have you fed your rose? Have you watered it? If the soil is too dry it won't be able to absorb the food. Is your soil very alkaline? It may need some sequestered iron.
    Thank you for your reply. I have been feeding it yes, I’ve added a bit more after you have said also and watered it in. I have also been watering it once a week with 10 litres, it is about a year old. I’m not sure about the soil being alkaline, I’ll get a testing kit and test parts of it. Thank you for the advice
  • lukebennettgbdf9-6AaBlukebennettgbdf9-6AaB Posts: 18
    Pete.8 said:
    It's difficult to see where it's planted - does it have plenty of space?
    If you could post a pic of the whole plant showing where it's planted that may help with other ideas.
    It should have a good amount of space, it is planted next to my house, it doesn’t have any other plants anywhere near it and it has sun pretty much all day. There is no foundation etc as it is an old house as well so it’s root system should be free to expand any which way it likes

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It looks OK in the above photo, but I don't think it would like having the paving stones quite so close. It would like more earth around and a mulch. You can't feed it and water it properly in such small a space.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    There's not enough open ground around it to get enough natural nutrients and possibly water.
    I imagine it should be OK so long as it's fed regularly during the growing season.
    There's no open ground so there will be very little activity from bacteria and fungi in the soil around it to break down organic matter and turn it into fertilizer.
    Seaweed extract about once every 2-3 weeks will provide all the micronutrients it will need and a rose fertilizer applied as per the instructions should keep it in good health.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • lukebennettgbdf9-6AaBlukebennettgbdf9-6AaB Posts: 18
    Thank you very much both for the comments, I can perhaps remove some more of the paving stones then as well as doing what you have recommended. I really appreciate it 
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