Oh, Moses, so sad right out of the starting gate.

I`m sorry you lost so much of your effort, Moses, hope the roses get better as the season progresses. I must say, this is the first of your posts I’ve seen in a long time that the Houzz gremlins did not attack…maybe Mrs Midge destroyed them, too!

If midge destroyed the gremlins, good.

But seriously, gosh, Moses, I'm so sorry. I hope that everything bounces back nicely for mid and late season loveliness.

Thanks for the encouraging words... I need them.

I was taught by my mentor in roses, deceased about 10 yrs. now, to start spraying for rose midge from the starting gate....which I have never done since my observations showed a later winter dormancy break for the midge, missing their opportunity to hit the first flush. Remember, once a typical HTHTHTHTHTHT (the midges' favorite target being so amenable for the maggotsmaggots' eating needs), flower bud reaches the size of a garden pea, the female midge fly looks for younger shoots in which to deposit herher eggs.

THEY TRICKED ME THIS YEAR...THE LITTLE DEVILS.!!! lesson learned. Even a geriatric rose loverlover likelike me can still learn new things.theHthinglth

MosesMoses. (Gremlins still at it...I cannot tell you BerBen, how many posts I have deleted since gremlins started showing up.)

Sorry to hear dude... Had midge at my old house and it was a dreadful experience...

Here at my new location only a few blocks away from my old location I'm only going grow 4 roses hoping they do not find me... Been here incognito since July of 2021...

I feel your pain Moses!