Also, what do we think this is?

10 years ago

This year, the leaves on Ch-Ching look fine (so far), but the rose buds are messed up again.

There are aphids, obviously. But they aren't causing the brown-ness of petals, the early opening of sepals, and the roundedness of the buds, are they?

I am confused -- is this proliferation? The buds that have opened don't seem to have the green oddball centers, or at least not obvious ones. (This is a different plant than the one with katydids, worms, and chewed buds.)

I did get some normal flowers last year so maybe this will go away? I looked at Baldo's site and am still confused.

All input appreciated!

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nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska

10 years ago

The brownness of the petals could be some kind of botyris blight, yes influenced by the weather. When that kind of thing shows up on occasional buds, I just snap them off and usually successive buds (or even other buds at the same time) don't show the effect. Nothing to worry about.

BTW, you know to just use water to blast away at your aphids, and not to bother with chemicals that aren't needed for those little buggers.

Cynthia

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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
10 years ago
Baby aphids it appears. There are many insects that love eating them.
jim1961 Central Pennsylvania Zone 6a
10 years ago
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Wonder if that browning is weather related? (Just talkin out loud..

Hopefully someone that is familiar with this damage chimes in...
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Need2SeeGreen 10 (SoCal)
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks, everyone!!

I haven't had the energy lately to worry about the aphids, and actually they had died down from the level of early spring. I tried using a rubbing alcohol/water spray on them, earlier. I wasn't very scientific about it, but perhaps it did slow them down.

I'll see what the next blooms look like. Botrytis eh? I would need to spray for that. This issue with weather is confusing - we did have a mini heat wave.

Anyhow, thanks again.
nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
10 years ago
Nope, you don't need to spray for most botyris - just wait for the weather to change. I don't know that there's much needed to do about it unless it lasts, in which case you'd see a lot more of the blooms affected.

Cynthia
Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
10 years ago
I'm sorry I did not read what you wrote. geeze