Can you transplant roses with Blackspot?

Question

I was also wanting to know if you could treat them at the same time. Currently they are on the west side of my home. Do I need to move them to the east side? Is it okay to have them in the back of the home? There is very little shade back there.

Where do you buy knockout roses? Where do you buy antique roses?

Answer 1

As far as roses are concerned the more sun the better. However, I would suggest that you treat the black spot and wait until first freeze to transplant. Provided you have a winter where it freezes. If not then move it in the evening when temps are cooler. Here are transplanting instructions incase you haven't moved a rose before.
Transplanting a rose
1) wait until evening when temps are cooler.
2) cut the rose back to about 2 or 3 feet.
3) prepare the new home by digging a hold 2ftx2ft and water the hole. Fill the hole with water and let it drain at least twice.
4) save the top 2/3 of soil that you just dug up and set aside. Discard the bottom 1/3.
5) amend the soil you saved with peat, bone meal, and garden compost.
6) in the bottom of the hold add a layer of manure 2-3 inches thick and then layers some of the amended soil on top of the manure. Do NOT set the roots directly on the manure.
7) use a shovel to cut around the rose bush about 18inches from the trunk all the way around.
8) Moving aroun the rose bush again, reinsert the shovel and pull down on the handle. Doing this all the way around will loosen the soil and begin to separate any long roots. Keep doing this until the rose can be easily removed (Don't worry too much if you break a root because roses are tougher than they look)
9) Remove the rose. At this point it is best to keep as much of the origional soil around the roots as possible since it is summer. If you move it in the fall you can shake the soil away and trim any damaged or dying roots.
10) set rose in hole making sure the soil on the root ball is a little above the level of the new hole. You want the rose to be on a small mound.
11) fill in the hole half way with the ammended soil and water. Once the water has run through then finish filling in the hole with the soil and water throughly.

Now that you have transplanted your rose then make sure you give it water everyday for the next 2 weeks. Be sure you water it at the base and early in the morning because roses don't like to get wet. After the two weeks then you can cut back the watering to once a week.

As for treating the black spot you can purchase a fungicide ready to go from your local garden center or you can use a home remedy that I have found to be very good.
Home remedy:
Get 2 32oz spray bottles.
In one bottle use 1Tbs of apple cidar vinegar, 1/4tsp dish soap, 1/4tsp cooking oil and then fill with water. Spray plant once a week early in the morning.
In the other bottle mix same ingredients except substitute the vinegar with baking soda and also spray once a week but do not spray them on the same day. You can spray one on Sunday and one on Wed. or however you would like to work it.
The vinegar changes the pH of the leaf and the fungus hates it. The baking soda kills the fungus. Also, make sure you remove all the infected foliage and canes, clean up all the debris around the rose including mulch and either throw it in the garbage or burn.
Good Luck

Answer 2

First of all, you shouldn't be transplanting roses now. It's way, way too hot. Roses should be transplanted in the late winter while they're dormant.

Secondly, roses should be planted in full sun, so don't move them to the east side of your house. you should also make sure that your roses are spaced properly & get enough air circulation. Over crowding plants can lead to disease.

Lastly, black spot is a common problem with roses, especially hybrid tea roses. If those are the kind of roses you've got, you should have a regular spray program starting in the spring and continuing through the summer, treating them with anti-fungal sprays to avoid the disease.

If they get black spot, you should take off the diseased leases & destroy them DO NOT PUT THEM INTO THE COMPOST PILE. Also rake up any diseased leaves that have fallen to the base of the plant & destroy.

Personally, I avoid hybrid tea roses because they are so disease prone & it's a PITA to have to spray them every week or two. Try planting old garden roses (antique roses). They are much less susceptible to diseases. Check out these links for disease resistant roses.
http://www.heirloomroses.com/cgi/browse.cgi?page=cat&cat=old+garden+roses
http://www.antiqueroseemporium.com/
http://www.roseinfo.com/
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/rosesant/

Answer 3

Black spot is a fungus, so you need to rid the plants and the area of the fungus and spores. You should remove dead leaves from the planting area and treat the plant. Transplanting it may help if it moves it from a moisture prone area, but always follow t he guidelines for that type of spot the plant flourishes in.

Here are some recipes for dealing with black spot:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/rosesorg/msg0117185530492.html