New rose aphids?
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Comments (3)Very cool. I've never had any big number of aphids on the roses after the buds start opening on the first flush. They just clear out. It seems the plants don't get serious about defending themselves until the flowers are threatened....See MoreAphids have found my roses...
Comments (15)Hi Christopher- Yes, I am still very new to this rose-growing thing, so I know it takes time for the pest/ beneficial balance to get established. Things should be warming up soon, and I'm hoping (really hoping!) we won't see any more freezing temps. The good bugs should be hatching out soon, and I bet they'll be hungry. I was very excited to see Ladybug larvae last fall, and there were some hoverflies hovering near the roses within the last couple of weeks. No signs of hoverfly larvae yet, but I did look online so that I'll (kinda) know what to look for. I had some Nasturtiums last year that I grew from seed- the aphids didn't find them last year, but maybe they will this year. Queen Anne's Lace is pretty invasive here, but I do plant Dill and Parsley and let them bolt. This year I have bronze fennel also, so the umbellifer angle should be covered... eventually. You mention Achillea, and that's the only plant I've been thinking to buy ready-grown this spring. I just don't have the kind of budget that allows for buying lots of flowering plants in the spring, and I tend to worry about what's been sprayed on the big-box flowers. So, I'll call around to some local nurseries to see what kinds of Yarrow they have, and make sure they haven't been sprayed with neo-nics. The local Native Plant Society offers the species (if I get to the sale in time), but there are so many pretty cultivars, that I may go that route. Here's a photo of R. moschata I took today. She unfurled those charming leaves not long after her arrival, but otherwise looks just the same- I guess that's semi-dormancy? The aphids haven't found her, and hopefully won't. She'll get a larger pot soon, but it's raining again now. I'll let you know when she gets growing- it shouldn't be long now... even my 'Mortimer Sackler' that arrived in the fall already dormant is showing tiny bits of green... Thanks, Virginia...See MoreUpper leaves drooping on young rose (also aphids?)
Comments (9)Yes, aphids and no big deal. Wipe them off by gently holding the cane and sweeping upward with your fingers carefully. If you are squeamish about doing that just keep hosing them off daily with a HARD spray from the hose. Otherwise that plant looks perfectly healthy. The small new leaves at the top usually point downward. As they grow and mature they will straighten out more horizontally. If it's still in the nursery pot Jackie is right, it needs a bigger pot. Roses need root room to grow in. Find a nice pot that's at least 15 gallons and make sure it has good drainage holes in the bottom. If not drill some in it. Transplant the rose into it with any kind of good quality potting soil, NOT garden soil. Do not put one of those trays on the bottom of the pot. If you don't want it to sit right on the deck of the porch get a pot trolley or pot feet to raise it up a little. But whatever you use must not hold water against the bottom of the pot. Roses like a lot of watering but do not like to have their roots sit in water. The pot has to drain freely. Does your porch get at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight? If not you will need to move it. Roses need sun to bloom. Even though it is setting buds now those may have already begun to set in the nursery. If it doesn't get enough sun it will bloom now but not rebloom again later on. Livin' Easy is a lovely rose and I'm sure you will enjoy it!...See MoreHow exactly do aphids damage rose bushes?
Comments (3)Roses self protect against aphids. Title: DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF THE CHEMICAL RELATION BETWEEN THE ROSE APHID MACROSIPHUM-ROSAE AND ROSE BUDS Author: MILES P W Author affiliation: WAITE AGRIC. RES. INST., UNIV. ADELAIDE, ADELAIDE, S. AUST. Published in: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, volumn 37, pages 129-136, (1985). Abstract: "Dynamic aspects of the chemical relation between the rose aphid [Macrosiphum rosae] and rose buds.In warm weather, M. rosae (L.) walks off buds of hybrid tea roses during a critical period coinciding with the opening of the sepals. This behavior could not be related to histologically detectable barriers to feeding, nor to changes in the water content of the tissues or in their composition with respect to total soluble carbohydrate, amino nitrogen or phenolic compounds; major changes in tissue chemistry, effected by spraying the bushes with urea, did not affect the time at which the aphids left the buds. Tissue sap expressed from stems and sepals showed a significant increase in catechin content after, rather than during, the critical period. Once expressed, however, sap from buds at the critical stage showed a sharp in vitro rise in catechin content over a few hours, up to levels approximating those against which the insects discriminated in choice tests. The insects could well be sensitive to a developing capacity of tissue to accumulated catechin, possibly in response to their feeding activity."...See Moresummersrhythm_z6a
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