Where to buy virus-free roses?
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Comments (2)It's not quite as simple as "However it would seem to me that if a grower could supply virus free bulbs to begin with then the aphids would have naught to spread" I belive most reputable bulb growers do try to do just this, but while people will buy huge bags of bulbs at knock down prices without knowing or caring about the origin of these bulbs then there is little chance. Also it would take every one the virused plants being removed from ever garden etc so there would be no virus pool out there for the aphids to spread. Many Lilies are carriers of virus but show absolutely no symptoms, so testing every lily before it is marketed is an impossibility and a on-cost that people aren't prepared to pay. The majority want to buy cheap and don't really care. I am a professional grower and destroyed one whole bed of one species lily last year due to virus - it showed no symptoms, but was a carrier,and could most likely have lived and thrived for years. Maybe I'm in the minority, but what with the current problems with Lily Beetle and the scare stories about 'don't grow lilies in your garden if you have cats, because they will be poisoned and die' I am considering giving up!...See MoreVirus Free Don Juan
Comments (10)I have two good clones that will be in "leap" mode next year. I do spray...they manage with the same spray routine as the rest of the crowd. That means once a month usually. As of year two they have multiple canes in the 6'-7' category and they bloomed a lot. They are on the front of my house, very high profile location. They get a lot of comments on the blooms. I'd call it medium scent. My DH picked them out - wouldn't have been my first choice, but they are good climbers. I'd buy them again as long as I could get a clean clone...See MoreVirus-Free Blueberry Hill?
Comments (3)I have seen pictures of that rose and had to buy one! Last year I bought it from Northland Rosarium since they sell own root healthy roses, and it did pretty good. The canes are still small on it, but I am waiting to see how it does this year. I do keep up a spraying regime so I can somewhat control the blackspot....See MoreVirus free v. Virus indexed
Comments (17)If you are interested and willing to search (Google or Bing), check out some of the articles on AGDIA, which is a company that makes tests for viruses and other diseases of plants. You can see the PCR and ELISA tests that are available for roses (and for many other plants.) Do you know the word "Synergy"? Not the new age version, but the science based synergy- there are some interesting plant pathology sites out there as well. Briefly, Synergy means that diseaseA has X symptoms and disease B has Y symptoms, but when a plant has diseases A&B, the plant will not have a simple mix of X and Y symptoms, but often will also have new (call them Z) symptoms that may be worse that the sum of X and Y. Where does that leave rose growers? It leaves rose growers wanting to keep their plants as healthy as possible so that no even more damaging symptoms appear. Years ago a simple study was done in California roses. Under optimum conditions, roses with a single virus (as tested for back then) produced ten to fifteen per cent fewer blooms. That, economically, was reason to keep the plants as clean as possible. And to the root to root transmission: Google Scholar papers by Giolino (author), roses, and the time period last ten years....See Moreroseseek
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