Monday, November 16, 2009

Rose buds won't bloom, may be shocked from moving?

All our rose bushes are in very large clay pots. About 3 weeks ago we moved all of them from Los Angeles (what a job that was!) to our new home in Las Vegas. It has not been hot here yet (70's, windy) but many of the buds start to come out and then stop and go brownish.


I have applied Miracle Grow rose food, but may be watering too much. They are getting morning and noon sun, in semi-shade after 3 pm.


Any suggestions?

Rose buds won't bloom, may be shocked from moving?
~*~When a rose bush looks healthy but the flowers don't then it may be an insect that is causing the problem. Take a piece of paper and hit the buds over it and see if there are any small bugs showing. If there are then there is a small fly like insect called a midge which lays it's eggs at the base of the flower buds. When the larvae hatch they feed on the rose bud. Thy are very very tiny but they still do enough damage that the flower will be damaged. Any rose insecticide will solve your problem. When you use the spray pay special attention to all the buds as that is where the midge will be. The other reason could be botritis. This is when the weather is warm and then cold at night, so it partially rots the flowers before they open. There is nothing you can do about it and when the weather returns to being constantly warm, the problem will go away. Hope this helps.
Reply:you probably answered it yourself. -give it time; and don't fertilize too much-I'm using the


same stuff.(once a month).


I'm dealing with yellowed leaves, too(and brownish or drying out)


I'm using funny "brick worms" now, which show the moisture level.


There are mushrooms growing in one planter!


Now I'm watering it less.For some reason it holds water way longer than the "twin" pot with


roses bought the same time; and it seems to have more tiny bugs -my ladybugs love it- and


it's easy to water it too much.


Again, give it some time, summer is coming!


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