Rust on roses
- To: Mediterranean plant list
- Subject: Rust on roses
- From: J* S*
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:16:15 -0800
Hello Melissa,
Eden in a beautiful rose (real name: Pierre de Ronsard) but in my
experience, it is one that is particularly suseptable to rust. The
organic method for its treatment is to strip all the leaves from the
plant and clean up the leaves and mulch under it. Send all this to the
dump; not to your compost. Now spray the bare canes with light
horticultural oil.
New leaves will soon regrow. Watch carefully for those tell-tale
orange spots and pick off any leaves on which they appear. If your plant
can be moved to a spot with more air circulation (even windy) you will
have less trouble with rust.
For more good information on managing roses organically, visit our
Victorian Rose Garden web site listed below.
Good luck! Jan
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Jan Smithen, gardening teacher
Los Angeles County Arboretum
jansmithen@earthlink.net
Sunset zone : 19
USDA zone : 10
http://home.earthlink.net/~jansmithen/
Visit the Victorian Rose Garden website at :
http://victorian-rose.org/
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