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| I recently had landscaping work done in my yard and planted several carpet roses. They were doing great and now several plants look like they have a fungus or have been severely burned. I used the Miracle Gro garden feeder recently and followed the instructions to spray the leaves and then water the base of the plant.
What is the problem and how do I treat it? Photo's are available here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=111932329174617196750&tar get=ALBUM&id=5740227124447172449&authkey=Gv1sRgCOjj2I7R7POx5wE&invite= CNP_jcoG&feat=email |
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| If most of the stuff appeared suddenly within a few days of fertilizing, that would be the cause. It might be owing to a measuring error, or the plants were dehydrated at time of spraying. I would water first and spray in the cool of the morning, if high temps are occurring. However, the roundish spots with purple rings resemble those produced by a disease, rose spot anthracnose, which you can Google. It spreads following rain with cool temperatures. The pale centers of the spots will crumble and fall out, leaving shot-holes with purple rims. Most roses are not susceptible. I don't think it would create the crumpled edges, which could well result from nitrogen (ammonium) toxicity. |
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| If you are in So Cal, it's been a bad spring for roses due to the April rain-then-heat weather. Now that the rains appear to be done for the season, the roses should start to grow new foliage and look a lot better. Rose spot anthracnose seems to be the disease of carpet roses here. |
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