Hi, any tips for looking after rosebushes,(on a dime) bugs eat the leaves and they don' give enough flowers,

Answer 1

Try burying banana skins just under the surface of the soil around the root line of your roses. Get all of your friends and family to save their skins, you can't use too many!!
You can just leave them on top of the ground and they will break down, but it can look a bit unsightly.
You can also throw some skins into a lidded bucket of water. After a while you will have a terrible kind of soup, that you just take some from, dilute, and use as a fertiliser.
Just keep the bucket topped up with skins and water, as it gets a bit low.

You can also make a very effective spray against aphids etc, by crushing lots of garlic cloves, into bottle of water. Leave to soak well. Strain, and spray this liquid onto the leaves, flower buds etc. Won't hurt the roses, or any birds that happen to eat dead bugs, and also - added bonus - won't overpower the rose perfume LOL

Answer 2

It's likely that you have what's called " rose slugs " eating your leaves. You might find them on the underside part of the leaves as small slimy looking caterpillars. They are actually sawfly larva. You can tell when they've been at work because when they are young they can't eat all the way through the leaf. When they get a little bigger, they can make the typical oblong holes in the leaves in no particular order. Most insecticides will kill them easily, but you have to spray often.

Just figure on spraying them once a week this year, after watering and after they have had time to soak it up. Never spray or fertilize a plant that is desperate for water.

As far as the flowers go, you might have an even smaller insect called thrips. They are so small that they can infest an unopened flower. Then the flower is useless. You have to cut all unopened flowers of the plant. and spray the plant with horticultural oil or insecticide to kill any that are on the outside of the plant. The next batch of flowers should be okay.

Answer 3

Most roses enjoy full sun. They do not enjoy drying out completely. Use composted soil, feed with a water soluable fertalizer such 20-20-20 Miracle grow. As for the bugs, you can spray them with a good blast from the water hose first, then spray them with a small amount of dish cleaning soap mixed well with water.Prune your roses1/3 in the late fall, or early spring. When dead heading spent buds, cut them back 6 inches from the bud. Do not use lime as roses like an acidic soil. You can get a good bag of soil amendment for about 3 at a nursery. Mix it in at the base of the plant. Follow these suggestions and your roses should thrive, good luck, roses are one of my favorite flowers! Regards, Bertram.
P.S. A little bark mulch around the base of the shrub will help keep the bugs down, keep the soil moist, and provide acidic nutrients for the soil. You could just strip some bark mulch off dead trees if there are any around!

Answer 4

search for an internet site on organic pest repellents. I easily have pets so by no potential use poisons and the organic issues I easily have used artwork extra perfect than the poisons do besides. you ought to attempt spraying with soapy water - (no longer even as the sunlight receives on it even as moist). it extremely is effective for a number of pests. because you do not understand what that is - slightly complicated to say what to apply. you could also get pellets to position in the airborne dirt and airborne dirt and dust on the bottom of the plant that are extremely effective. look contained in the backyard section at maximum any keep.

Answer 5

Roses are members of the cactus family. Dont overwater, but when you do, water slowly and deeply. Too much surface water may attract bugs. Dont get water on the leaves. That helps to start black spot fungus. Bury cornmeal around the base of the plant. Helps prevent diseases. Bury banana peels around the plant. I dont remember why, but its important. Make sure they get full sun. Dont be afraid to transplant if they dont.

Answer 6

try putting curshed egg shells on the ground around the flowers to keep bugs away and then get a organic nutrient supply from a local nursery and they should bust out huge!