Help I have deer munching on my roses! What to do?
bettym_grow
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Comments (5)Inspected this morning and found it had not revisited my tomatoes. However something (same animal?) had a feast on my leafiest brussels sprouts plant. This was not the work of worms (which I have also had) - entire leaves were gone to the stem. It also pigged out on my zinnia plants, the three on the row perimeters. Munched the bud heads right off. Again, I've had insect problems on some of these plants, but I don't think a Japanese beetle could do this type of damage. See photos. Whatever is doing this new damage has to be fairly tall as some of the zinnia and brussels leaf damage is at least two feet high. The zinnias are surrounded by cayenne and jalapeno plants, which were of course untouched. This reminded me that some people use pepper spray to deter animals. Anyone had luck with this? I know you have to re-apply after rain. Homemade? Store bought? I'm willing to try anything!!! Tho a fence is a last resort. Not sure...See MoreHelp! What can I do about protecting my roses when it gets hot?
Comments (17)I was thinking just what Jerijen said, amazed that Knockout roses could be decimated by blackspot. MScaradine, are your Knockouts the original Knockout, or one of the varients bred from it? Second question is: You mentioned your tea roses doing well. Did you actually mean the old garden tea roses or hybrid teas? I have just heard so many people shorten hybrid tea to "tea" that I'm never sure. They are completely separate classes of roses. I wouldn't throw out the Knockouts without giving them a chance to recover, perhaps to next year. I had a Belinda's Dream rose that had significant blackspot when I bought it and for a few months afterwards, but after that it was highly resistant. Thanks, Rosetom, for your information about Banner Maxx. I did not know it is the same class as the tebuconazole. I used that before I ever started with the Bayer stuff, so I still have a supply of it. I have also used manzate occasionally, so I'll remember to give that a turn every so often. I don't much care for the filmy residue the Manzate leaves behind, but that's a minor annoyance and doesn't last long. Anyway, I have not been too diligent this year about spraying, but, knock on wood, so far the blackspot has been easily controlled, so the Bayer tebuconazole is still doing its job. Yea, Modern Miracle, indeed! I think Ingrid has a valid concern about the enivornmental impact. It is easier, though, to avoid blackspot in a drier climate. When you live in the Gulf South, blackspot is a major issue. There are certainly a handful of old garden roses highly resistant to it, but none are immune. Also, there are a lot of old garden roses that I see blackspot here as badly as modern roses. so you have to do your research carefully. I find (selfishly, perhaps) that certain colors and bloom form and size combinations are just simply not available in old garden rose varieties. I am encourage, however, with how much improvement we're seeing, in the overall disease resistance of some select modern varieties. My fingers are crossed that this trend will continue. In the meantime, if we're going to use chemicals in the garden, the labels that say CAUTION are supposed to be less dangerous than the ones that say either WARNING or DANGER. Bayer has a CAUTION label. Mike...See MoreDeer ate Roses Do I cut back?
Comments (6)But soupaman has plants on fortuniana. Buford's suggestion for hard pruning works for HTs on other rootstocks. Johnny Becnel (sadly deceased) used to preach about how to grow HTs on Fortuniana and he was adamant about no hard pruning. (He lived on the main channel of the Mississippi below New Orleans so his growing conditions are comparable to soupaman.) Soupaman needs someone to show where the dormant eyes are on those roses. Johnny would prune specifically to force the dormant eyes to break and he'd expect four or five breaks per cane. And the first question could be, how old are the canes (at their bases)?...See MoreDeer ate my roses and most of the buds. Did I do the right thing?
Comments (26)The white plastic bags, scarecrow and garlic/egg mixture worked well on my upper level, but I resorted to large cages around each bed on the lower level as spraying that was too time intensive. This past spring I fenced the majority of the perimeter including access to my upper level, only to find they were now entering through my "back forty" where the split-rail seemed to have a welcome mat on it. I'm currently working on fixing that 5' fence to which I'll scab posts to attach chicken wire. Fortunately it's not too visible. Of course, now they'll just entire my parking area and front yard, so I'm not done with the fencing yet. My perimeter fence ended up cheap, but it's hidden by a hedge. I really feel with a lot of roses and little time fencing is the only way. Some people have made a successful one out of metal posts and heavy fishing line. Good luck, summersrhythm. Maybe they won't find you. : )...See Morejean_ar
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