DA bareroot roses have started to bud! (+ anyone know these bugs?)

2 years ago

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Im excited to share that my DA bareroot roses that I planted on March 3rd have started to bud =) Queen of Sweden was the fastest and is fast growing. Princess Alexandra of Kent wasn’t showing any growth so I was a bit worried but it is finally budduing. I have noticed small oval-shaped red bugs on the Princess Alexandra of Kent (photos below). Does anyone know if they are beneficial or harmful?

Queen of Sweden

Strawberry hill

Pincess Aleanxdra of Kent and bugs on it.

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sanjosegardener Zone 9b
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2 years ago

Thanks everyone for your comments. The mystery has been solved! They are european firebugs and harmless to plants. The baby ones have white stripes on them. For some reason they like to hang out on the Princess Alexandra of Kent bareroot.

@ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5 thanks for the tips! I was worried that the bugs might eat the buds but it doesn’t seem like they’re harmful. I’m in Northern California =)

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susan9santabarbara
2 years ago
I'm not familiar with the bugs, but I wanted to say that those are pretty darned good-looking bare roots from DA. Much better than what I received from DA in early March! Maybe this will bump it up for you to get some comments. You have to scroll down to the last two close-up pics to see the bugs she's referring to.
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CA Kate z9
2 years ago
I looked at CA beetles and didn't see any that looked like yours. Maybe the eggs came on your plant. I'd pick them off and kill them, and watch for more.
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Diane Brakefield
2 years ago
Magpie, check this thread tomorrow (she just got home from a trip). Tell us what this insect is. I don't think it's a beetle, but a true bug (homoptera). Diane
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sanjosegardener Zone 9b
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2 years ago
There are adult ones and baby ones and appeared all of a sudden so I think Kate is right perhaps they came with the plant.
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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
2 years ago
Sorry, I can't ID without a better picture of them.
rifis (zone 6b-7a NJ)
2 years ago
Don’t do what CA Kate wrote she would do.

The creatures are sunning themselves on the canes.

Observe them, and report back.

Hopefully Kate doesn’t have access to a shotgun.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
second pic.. i would prune back that wierdly curled cane ... let i rebud lower ...

take a hand trowel .. and dig a couple 3 to 6 inch holes around your plants ... is the soil as dry as the surface lloks.. down at root level ... if so.. give them a good deep drink ...

its snowing today in my MI .. so i wonder where you are .. im jealous ...

ken

ps: riddle me this batman ... if you have no leaves on your plants .. can those bugs really be there to attack your plants?? ... probably not ... dont you think ... and they will probably be gone before you plants leaf out... or starve to death waiting .... for leaves to attack ...
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CA Kate z9
2 years ago
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rifis, sorry, I sold the shot gun. I doubt it would have worked better than the hose.

Hannah, I'm glad you identified the bugs. We all learned something.
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Stephanie, 9b inland SoCal
2 years ago
Interesting. Firebugs are considered and invasive species first found in Utah. If they did come in on the rose and they haven’t spread yet, you might consider getting rid of them so you don’t start a new colony in your yard. They are considered house pests because they like to invade the walls of homes, perhaps more of a just nuisance. Seems they have a foul odor when squished.
Diane Brakefield
2 years ago
What is it about true bugs, anyway? They like to invade homes (Box Elder Bug around here), and they have a smell when squished, too. Oh, well, it could be worse, but we don't need a new one, and Utah's not far away. Diane

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