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| Actually, from the horror stories I have been reading, I really am lucky that I caught the suspected RRD early ...just needed to note that before I begin a rant.
Last night, after I had a wonderful day getting things done in the garden, I was inspecting my roses. I noticed some abnormal red, thorny growth at the top of a 2 year old Dick Clark. There were about two stems 3 or so inches in length with deformed buds and leaves. Beet red/pink growth. I thought to myself "better watch this." I don't know what happened this morning, but I convinced myself that I needed to dispose of the rose TODAY. ($*!*$!!!) Nevermind that I have a day job to do....(good thing I have a flexible schedule, I guess.) I couldn't get the RRD out of my head so I frantically read up on the issue at my desk. I scoured the forum, the net, Ann's website. I read about the possibility of special miticide for the special evil mites that could be sprayed around the surrounding roses. So, I went on a mid-morning hunt to each local nursery and Lowe's, only to discover that I couldn't find what I needed anyway. I encountered one troublesome nursery worker, who convinced me that I was overreacting, even though he knows nothing about RRD, and didn't seem to be able to differentiate between spider mites and any other mites. He was quite haughty about it. That made me angry. I got home for lunch and cut off all the canes to the graft and bagged. Now, the deceased is sitting in my garage waiting for the trash. When I got home, I dug up the roots and some of the surrounding dirt. This got bagged as well. All tools used were disinfected. Now, I am paranoid generally about my roses. What a day. Is it normal to act this crazy? Can someone offer me words of encouragement. The funny thing is, after quick action, I feel strangely guilty. Sorry for unloading on everyone. |
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| Jewelie, I reacted exactly the same as you last year, hurriedly dug out the suspected rose, and now I'm paranoid! So far nothing, wishing you the best of luck! |
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| Best of luck as well. It is so refreshing to hear that you are unaffected after a year. I hope that I am that lucky. I guess the silver lining is that the Dick Clark needed to be moved anyway. RRD did it for me, permanently. I really don't love Dick Clark, and it grew huge at the front of the border. Big mistake on my part. |
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- Posted by kentucky_rose Z6 KY (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 15:15
| Yesterday I saw what may be early stages of RRD and cut it out. If anything weird or suspicous-looking grows from the bush after this, it is out of here. I'm hoping it's herbicide drift or if RRD, I caught it early enough to save the bush. Time will tell. My bush is Pat's Choice. Then later I visited a friend's rose garden and her Chris Everett had multiple infected canes of RRD and based on the growth it had been there a while. I told her to dig it up, bag it, and toss in regular garbage. |
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| No need for paranoia ... but vigilence is a good thing. Be aware of what normal new growth looks like on your various types of roses, but don't get overly frantic about an errant red leaf or thorny stem. The miticide you would need to deal with the RRD mites is available from Rosemania. I wouldn't bother, though. I don't spray any insecticides (or miticides) in my garden ... I have 800+ roses, and I had 3 cases of RRD this spring ... all dealt with promptly. Most nursery workers and landscapers have no idea what RRD is. I have educated more than one nursery about the disease, after finding infected roses in their inventory. I'm really sorry about your Dick Clark, even though it wasn't a rose you loved ... it still sucks. Connie |
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- Posted by kathy9norcal CA 9 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 18:16
| Believe me, I would have reacted just as crazy as you did. RRD would freak me out due to the lethality of it. Most pests can be easily gotten rid of. Not that one, it seems. Good luck and keep us updated! |
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| I think you did exactly the right thing by getting rid of a rose that could have possibly infected your other roses. You now also have the bonus of being able to look for another rose that you like more and will look prettier in that spot. We don't have RRD on the west cost (yet) but it is the one entity connected to roses that terrifies me. I would have done exactly the same thing. |
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