Silliest Thing You have Thought or Actual Rose Myth?

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Posted by desertgarden561 9a/SZ11 -Las Vegas, (My Page) on

Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 15:02

Once upon a time, I steered clear of fragrant roses. I feared that all fragrant roses were aphid magnets.

Glad I learned better!

Lynn

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Posted by floridarosez9 10 (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 15:22

That here in Florida all roses blackspot, and you have to spray.

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Posted by porkpal 9 (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 15:43

That all roses are difficult to grow...!

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Posted by clax66 (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 19:51

That newby gardeners should not attempt to grow roses...

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Posted by jerijen Sunset Z24 (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 21:44

That all roses must be sprayed every week.

Jeri

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Posted by nancylee2 Z10 Gaviota Coast (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 0:10

That those old garden roses were funny looking.

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Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 11:29

That singles, like Dainty Bess, weren't real roses because they didn't have enough petals.

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Posted by jaspermplants 9 az (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 12:00

That roses can't be grown in a desert climate. They do very well here for the most part, except for the summer, of course.

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Posted by jerijen Sunset Z24 (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 14:57

That all Old Roses only bloom in the spring.

Jeri

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Posted by anntn6b z6b TN (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 15:06

That roses love Potassium so much that if you put a banana in the ground, the roots will go to where the banana is and if you dig it up the next year, you'll see the banana shape made up of fine rose roots.

I wish someone with very sandy soil would prove or disprove this.

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Posted by campanula UK Cambridge (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 19:08

mmmm have heard similar with a dead fish instead of a banana.

I have done it with dead cats (but am not really inclined to go rooting around to check the root shapes).

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Posted by porkpal 9 (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 19:34

Why would one dig a recently planted rose up and examine the roots unless it was already dead? So do bananas and fish kill roses? I won't even pursue the question of dead cats...

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Posted by prickles Los Angeles, CA (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 30, 13 at 20:58

That a rose is a rose is a rose etc...

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Posted by clax66 (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 18:25

I have - amended - sandy soil and I did put a banana peel under my roses last summer....among other sundry items....(eg. epsom salts)...
One rose bush didn't make it but no, it's roots did not form a banana shape:)

Excuse me while I go give out more Halloween candy:)

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