Re: Rose Rosette

**D* N* <n*@gmail.com>**

I've also written a great deal on Rose Rosette on my blog. It's a serious
virus. I had it in 2010, and so far, after removing six bushes, I've gotten
rid of it. Pretty much what everyone else has said here. The better their
immune systems are, the more likely it won't kill all of your roses. Also,
when Mary Ann Newcomer visited P. Allen Smith's last month, the people from
Conard-Pyle said a late trimming of the shrubs and bagging the waste helps
to eliminate the mites. That's a terribly long sentence. Sorry, just came
in from outside. I'm now fighting Japanese beetles. Ugh.

Dee

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Lorraine Ballato <ladygardener@msn.com>wrote:

> Hi, Nancy!
>
> I've been following all of the available info on RRD for about 2 years
> since my talk on roses is one of the most heavily booked for me. I sat in
> on a webinar on this topic in March. Go to
>
> http://www.todaysgardencenter.com/tgctv/c:230/webinars/?utm_source=FG+FB+page&utm_campaign=FG+FB+Page&utm_medium=email
> <
> http://www.todaysgardencenter.com/tgctv/c:230/webinars/?utm_source=FG+FB+page&utm_campaign=FG+FB+Page&utm_medium=email
> >
> if you want to hear what the rose gurus have to say about this monster.
> It's pretty awful. I've been dialoging as well with the scientists at the
> Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and to date they aren't coming
> back with anything that they say is effective for the home gardener once
> the plant has been infected. They talk about heavy pruning to possibly
> stave off the inevitable and moving other roses away from the infected
> plant, and any multiflora roses upwind but that's about it.
>
> Here is the link for the RRD brochure on the Conard-Pyle.com website:
>
> http://www.conard-pyle.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/home.showpage/pageID/143/index.htm
> <
> http://www.conard-pyle.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/home.showpage/pageID/143/index.htm
> >
>
> Hope some of this helps.
>
>
> Lorraine
>
> Lorraine Ballato
> Grow the best plants you can by converting your containers to
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Nancy Szerlag<s*@earthlink.net>
>   To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum<mailto:
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>   Cc: Nancy Szerlag<s*@earthlink.net>
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 12:55 PM
>   Subject: [GWL] Rose Rosette
>
>
>   I have an outbreak of Rose Rosette virus, which is terminal and
> according to all I've read there is nothing that can be done to prevent it.
> It started in a wild rose bush (rosa multiflora) The sucker is 6 feet by 6
> feet so it's taking a huge effort to cut and dig it.
>   I am on my own right now. Living in the middle of woods, I am not
> comfortable burning it :-(  To date I have only lost one rose - a David
> Austin, that was beginning it's 5th year and seemed to be in good condition
> last fall. I immediately dug and bagged it.
>
>   It is spread by almost microscopic mites that fly about on the winds and
> I am told all of my roses are at risk.  In spite of  reading research that
> says spraying for the mites is not effective.  I did just that using OMRI
> listed AzaMax. The folks at Rosemania said this product does not work and
> recommended Avid or Cygon. Not in my garden.
>
>   Having attended an indoor gardening trade show last weekend ( medical
> marijuana is legal here in Michigan)  I am currently treating my 20 some
> rose bush with New Millennium Nutrients and Additives at half the
> recommended rate used in hydroponics. I was given a sample box of their
> goodies.  My hope is to build up their immune systems to fight off the
> virus.
>   (BTW  Jeff Lowenfeld's Alaskan Humus is in one of the potions. ) I will
> also treat the plants with Magic  Dust - a combination of
>   biologicals and additives that is making noise with MJ growers that have
> tested it. It's not quite on the market yet.
>   To my knowledge no one has tried this tack or at least written about it.
>   My question is have any of you had experience with Rose Rosette and if
> so did it take out all your rose? Do you have any advice?
>
>   Nancy Szerlag
>   Columnist for Detroit News
>   szerlag@earthlink.net<s*@earthlink.net>
>
>
>
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