Red roses are known to symbolize passion, romance and love, however, like any other plant, they are prone to different types of rose diseases as well.
Even if you grow hardy flowers like floribunda, ramblers, hybrid tea, climbers, standard and patio roses, they are still exposed to various rose diseases and infestations and this
warrants a regular plant health check up. Regular evaluation of the plant’s health should be once a week.
1 – Greenfly and Aphids
Check the roses for greenflies. Minor infestation can be taken cared of by plain soap water sprays while heavy ones need systemic insecticide to get rid of them.
Another alternative is combining systemic insecticide as well as fungicide to combat rose diseases. Most greenflies shed their outer covering, which is colored white in their typical life cycle and people often confuse greenfly from whitefly because of this.
2 – Utilizing safe and organic black spot spray
Black spots on your roses can also be dealt utilizing the combination of systemic fungicide and insecticide. Black spots are one of the most common problems that infest roses. It results to decay of the leaves causing death and loss of leaves.
Warmth and moist encourages the growth of black spots similar to the potato blight. These black spots have yellow halos around them and can be treated with mixtures of fungicide and insecticide. Follow the safety instructions on each product label so that you can take care of the black spots safely and efficiently to prevent many types of rose diseases.
However, there are organic sprays that prove to be more effective