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Is this pesticide damage?

18 days ago

Something about these leaf “buds” doesn’t quite look right to me. Is it from pesticides or bugs or…?

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Ariel
Original Author

12 days ago

I don’t THINK they’ve been chewed off by a rabbit. It doesn’t quite look like the work of a rabbit and I haven’t seen any rabbits around. I also have two strictly outdoor dogs but they have been known to shirk their duty and allow the large rodents to have their way with my plants. 😠
Yes! I need to pull that straw out for many reasons! I did also wonder if maybe it could be snails or something. A couple of years ago I had a dahlia planted in that flower bed (before the rose) and it kept getting eaten by possibly a snail. I watered it with a systemic insecticide and put out snail bait and the problem disappeared.

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ElfRosaPNW8b
12 days ago
Doesn't look abnormal to me, but it's tough to say from a photo like this. What variety of rose is it?
Ariel
Original Author
12 days ago
Really? I would have thought it would have actual leaves by now and it doesn’t seem to. Nobody has sprayed anywhere near it but I did mulch it with straw last fall/winter. I’ve heard that some people have had trouble with using straw because the farmer sprayed the wheat with herbicides to kill it before harvesting. I often use straw in my vegetable garden and have never had trouble with it and the tulips in the same bed as my rose that also got mulched did just fine. But I’ve heard roses are maybe extra sensitive?
I also don’t know how common it is that farmers spray their wheat shortly before harvesting. My husband is a farmer but not a wheat farmer!! ☺️
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ElfRosaPNW8b
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@Ariel, since it's a modern floribunda, you're right - it should be leafed out by now in most climates. I think your straw theory might be something to explore, but if you've not had issues in the past it may not be the issue. Do you have other roses? How does the soil look under the straw?
Heather RR (PNW 8b)
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I can’t quite tell from the picture but they look a bit like they have been chewed off, do you have rabbits? My poor Lyda has been getting chomped on this year and I need to get her a bunny cage.

Another possiblility based on the color of the canes is the soil is too wet and not drying out. I would try pulling back the straw if you no longer need it for protection from frost.
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I think I might have meant slugs, not snails, but who knows, maybe it was snails too!! 😄
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Looks like herbicide damage to me.
Ariel
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That’s what I was afraid of. 😢 I guess I know better than to use straw again! Interesting that roses must be so much more sensitive than other plants!!
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