Re: E-Rase

**David Kign greenman@ucla.edu>**

Because one is Angel Face....  how could I shovel prune it?  Believe me, I've shovel pruned a few, but I can't give up 
Angel Face....  there is no other like it of which I am aware.

dk

9/30/01 12:49:33 PM, GizmoAZ <gizmoaz@home.com> wrote:

>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...?
>
>-----
>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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