Re: Re: rose/crab apple rust and Japanese Beetles

**"Mary Dubiel" dubielm23@hotmail.com>**

Hi Marya,

Thanks for the advise on the mildew spots.  It does sound like that is what 
I might have on my roses. By the end of the season the leaves have just 
about all dropped off.  How long does this treatment last?  When we used to 
treat our crab apple trees it said that they had to be treated after every 
rain.  Is this the same concept for the roses?  Also, since you put some 
dishwashing liquid in the solution does this help keep the bugs off the 
plants as well?

Mary

>From: Marya Williams <sistermarya@juno.com>
>Reply-To: rose-list@mallorn.com
>To: rose-list@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: [Rose-list] Re: rose/crab apple rust and Japanese Beetles
>Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:23:03 -0500
>
>The silver spots sound like powdery mildew. You can spray baking soda to
>prevent this-- 3 Tablespoons baking soda and a teeny bit of dishwashing
>liquid (to help it stick to the leaves) to a gallon of water. It will
>also help with black spot if done regularly. Both diseases will be helped
>if the plants have plenty of sunshine and air circulation.
>
>I don't know which beetles you have, but I have beetles about that size
>on mine and they go in between the petals and eat holes. They are
>greenish yellow with black spots-- the spotted cucumber beetle (they
>don't eat just cukes!). Mostly I just squash them when I find them.
>
>                                                 Marya
>
>
>
> > I do know that these roses had some kind of mold growing on them.
> > The
> > leaves had silver spots all over them.  But this year with the trees
> > gone
> > now my new plants did not take at all.  I got a couple of blooms on
> > them and
> > them they didn't bloom again.  I don't know what else could be the
> > cause?
> >
>
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