2006-08-22 21:27:15 · 8 answers · asked by mridula n 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Spray soapy water on them, it will kill or repel most aphids or beetles that like to lunch on rosebuds.
2006-08-26 18:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use some commercial insecticide spray during the blooming season
2006-08-24 02:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by Truth ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be aphids, or white fly, or if in Australia, possums, for the first two, try spraying with a very strong garlic solution, non toxic, needs to be done regularly, if possums, well, prepare to spend your entire life living in the rosebed, and wacking them away.. LOL
2006-08-23 06:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by maggie rose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine are usually chomped by Japanese beetles- knocking them into a bucket of soapy water every day is the least toxic way to get rid of them...
2006-08-23 12:21:29 · answer #4 · answered by Megan S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i also had the same prob. i lightly sprayed the plants with musquito or insect spray. now the flowers are Ok. It can also be due to lack of fertilizers that the flowers get distorted
2006-08-23 13:06:37 · answer #5 · answered by altaf h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Sevin Dust. It will run the little critter off.
2006-08-23 06:58:38 · answer #6 · answered by dragonlady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to giv it honey to prolong its non-bitting effect
2006-08-26 21:32:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to catch the culprit red handed....
2006-08-23 04:52:35 · answer #8 · answered by sona_d 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋