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Jac.. we don't even have gophers so I think Voles are out of the question. The only thing we have are scorpions, very large spiders, rattle snakes, maybe a rat maybe, if doesn't sting or bite, we don't have it. I don't spray or fert this time of year it puts to much stress on the plants. I let them have a vacation from July through mid Sept. I just water.
UP DATE: did everything we discussed and NADA. It all looks good no rocking, no animal has been digging around, the graft looks good, ok maybe its having an episode. If it is, it might as well get on with it. Thanks everyone for you suggestions and welcome to September.
This is what some of the roses look like when I'm not trying to kill them.
No weed killer has been used anywhere close to this. Maybe it's just the pictures. Everything on these two roses look very healthy except for the buds and flowers. I just called Jackson and Perkins Roses, and they suggested thrips as Kentucky Rose did. I read up on thrips and didn't think so, but.....what do I know. So...I'm off to buy a 3 in 1 insecticide, miticide, and fungicide (JP's recommendation). Thanks so much for your help. I'll let you know when/if we solve this. Oh, yes, we are in Tupelo, MS (northern Mississippi). JP said to cut off all buds and flowers and then spray.
I think that the first link gives everything that was reported. One could write the author and request a reprint (which is normally distributed when the paper is published). My main disappointment was that the individual names of the resistant roses were not given. But, it appears that they would like to get another year of data before doing that.
This article discusses how one Emaravirus virus, Fig Mosaic Virus, infection may convert from a latent one to an active one.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1560/V4QW-7QQH-MUAH-PX09#.VeNlkTZRE2w
A possible latent period of more than a year is mentioned in this talk:
https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2015/videogateway.cgi/id/1935?recordingid=1935
countrygirl_sc, most likely you have two different versions of the operating systems and/or different versions of the browser. Bring them up to date and your problems should go away. However, I hear the new version 10 of Windoze is giving a lot of people fits so you may want to hold off for a few months until the bugs are fixed. Of course you could get a Mac but that's just my opinion.... lol
Toolbelt, my husband agrees with you! He downloaded(?) Windows 10 a couple of weeks ago and is having a lot of problems. He said yesterday that he wished he'd waited a few months. (I'm not computer savvy and am still wading through ' I-pad for Dummies')
Melodye
Here is a link to everything you need to know about Ravens. In fact from what it states they will be having it out with some Falcons very soon. That should be very interesting to watch.
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/
To locate a crow roosting area just go out at dust or dawn and record the direction the crows are flying. Do this from more than one location then plot all of the direction onto a map. Where all of the lines cross is their roosting area. Wear boots if you plan on walking around in that woods as the ground could be covered a foot deep with their droppings. People have tried using fireworks at night to drive them off but most times they keep coming back. So think twice before you tempt them into hanging around…..
Here's another vote for JC. Really hard to top a good rose. I would also mention to her not to be disappointed if disease happens in the first couple years. Sometimes the weather can be unkind to our roses as they establish. Once she gets a good root system down she's hard to beat. Also consider getting her own root for added weather protection and plant deep to where the branches begin to fork. She'll be smaller in the first year but well do well there after.
I beat myself up the last couple of years trying to find some more great yellow roses, Why was I trying so hard to find yellows as good as JC (duh). I ordered 5 more this year.
Patty, Julia has been a workhorse here, even in the not best conditions, some morning shade and mid-day sun, then shade then late afternoon sun, 4 1/2 of sun hours tops but she still keeps blooming.
Thanks for the heads-up on disease the first couple of years new Austins have been disease disasters this year. Maybe year three (next year) will be the year I'll see an improvement? One can hope.
I'll be ordering her roses and suggesting the best for her to pick from. Luckily she doesn't mind if they lack scent. This gives her a lot more choices. They'll definitely be own root. winter hardiness is definitely a concern. I have Peter Kulkielski's book 'Chemical Free Roses' for reference plus the wealth of information and knowledge from the rose forum community so I'm sure we'll find something that will provide lots of beauty without a lot of stress.
I'm like you guys. I cut all my roses and make pretty bouquets all over the house. On a good day I have 6-7 vases full of blooms. At work they call me the rose lady because I make a new arrangement every Monday for my desk and it lasts all week. I heard people say they thought the flowers were artificial because they are always there. That made me kind of happy actually. At home people as why there are no roses in my rose garden and I'm like, they're all in the house (or on my desk) LOL
I keep trying not to cut them, so I can have a pretty garden full of blooms, but I can help it. I just want the roses near me so I can see them all day long. I've decided to underplant them with annuals to add color and not worry about cutting the roses. Maybe one day I'll have so many that I'll be able to leave some in the garden. But that day has not yet come. LOL
I have a pretty good start on a list, thanks everyone. Some of your suggestions seem to be harder to track down than others but I'll keep looking. I already have 3 of your suggestions. I've decided on 11 more and want about 20 so my quest continues. Thanks again! Oh yeah, if you have anymore suggestions of HTs please let me know.
HI Patty - thanks for the complement, but I don't think I deserve the credit for the clean leaves. It probably helps to have a dry climate like we have west of the Mississippi here. Those are pretty recent photos, so it's just a matter of climate differences I suspect.I totally don't spray anything - way too lazy.
Cynthia
Seil - I understand the "no chemical sprays" on eatables, but why do you think that chemical fertilizers would make them uneatable? Most of the food in the world, including the US, is grown with chemical fertilizers.
Jackie
You're right but that doesn't make them healthy for you! We eat way too many chemicals as it is and don't need to add more. When I'm growing food items in my garden I try to make them as healthy as possible so I don't use any chemicals on them at all.