So I'm walking by, back and forth, back and forth, each time ducking under one of the giant canes that had grown across the pathway. At some point I decided to try to photograph the rose hips for Bloom Day. I looked over and saw this:
Seriously!? This has been the most laid back rose in the garden. I don't water it, I don't feed it, and I only occasionally prune it. And now - now!? - Pinkie has passed on her rose rosette disease.
This one is not going down without a fight. Wish me luck - I think I'm going to need full body armor to take it out.
Ugh! It's so pretty! Do you have to remove the whole rose?
ReplyDeleteI'm probably going to remove the infected cane and see if the disease continues. If it's like Pinkie, it will, but I've also read it could be due to herbicide damage. No matter that I haven't sprayed - I'm hoping a rogue neighbor went around and put stuff on my plants and that the problem will resolve itself!
DeleteOh no! Was it near Pinkie? I had heard that you needed to remove the entire rose and not plant one in the same spot when RRD strikes. Can it spread another way too?
ReplyDeleteIt was about 30-50 feet from Pinkie. I've read that it spreads via a mite that travels in the wind (which means some jackhole nearby has an infected plant that it is infecting us all - the rose version of Outbreak). I guess it got to this rose when I wasn't paying attention - not that I could have done anything to stop it.
DeleteOh no! I'm so terribly sorry about the RRD. I've had it twice in my garden, once a few years ago, and again, this year. Sometimes, it doesn't show up for awhile. Your very thorny rose probably hurt you taking it out. Again, I feel your pain.~~Dee
ReplyDeleteThank you - I'm working up the nerve to take it out. Buy stock in Band-Aids - it's about to go up! :)
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