Re: E-Rase

**GizmoAZ gizmoaz@home.com>**

Amy,

As much as I hate to say it, if you have a rose that is a mildew magnet, it will
always be a mildew magnet.  You can spray it, or you can shovel prune it.  There
are too many good roses out there that are not mildew magnets, why struggle
every year with one that is...?

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Alan        Chandler, Arizona        Sunset Zone: 13

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Over 181 Roses! Over 109 Different varieties! Never a dull moment!!

Amy E Hughes wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> So pleased to see so much activity on this list...I thought I would jump in,
> too, with a question that's been nagging at me all summer.
>
> I'm in Brooklyn, NY, gardening in containers on my roof deck. I think it's
> Zone 5 thanks to the fact that it's windy up there and exposed. I have 5
> potted patio and shrub roses (Tequila Sunrise, Pretty Jessica, Abbye de
> Cluny, Happy Child, Dr. Robert Korns) as well as three "groundcover" roses
> in window boxes (Carpet of Color, Green Snake, Sun Runner).  I planted all
> of these in May this year, with the exception of Abbye de Cluny, which went
> in in July.
>
> I am a beginner, and my greatest amazement is how very different each rose
> is. Tequila Sunrise has taken off like wildfire, profusely blooming and
> getting bush-like, whereas Pretty Jessica, though healthy, is very small --
> yet put out 5 or so hefty blooms despite its size. Happy Child is growing
> pretty upright but has hardly ever bloomed; and when it does, its stems
> can't seem to support the flowers, they bend and sag. I was hoping
> rose-growing would be a science, but alas, it does not seem to be!
>
> But the saddest thing is that one shrub, Dr. Robert Korns, has constant
> powdery mildew. A rose created by Kleine Letunick (Lyda Rose) named after my
> uncle, I've had it for 4 years or so. The poor thing survived in a small pot
> on my window sill for the first three yrs until I moved into my current
> apartment and gave it the big pot and outside spot it deserves. However, as
> soon as I planted it outside, the mildew started. It breaks my heart.
> Sometimes, so many of the leaves are infected I have to strip it almost
> completely and cut back some canes. I have not seen it on any of the new
> plants except a little bit at one point on Carpet of Color.
>
> I started spraying a no-name brand solution on it, but that didn't really
> work. Then I saw an ad in "American Rose" for E-Rase, a jojoba oil-based
> solution. That has worked sometimes, and other times not. I was wondering if
> anyone here has ever used it or know someone who does? What has been your
> experience with it, and what's it's reputation? What other fungicides are
> particularly good against pervasive powdery mildew?
>
> Thanks, and please email me if there are other NYC container roof-gardeners
> out there! (It's a tough and unique challenge.)
>
> -Amy Hughes
>
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