A Conversation for Nigel's Gardening Hints and Tips: The Happy Birthday Rose
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KB Posted Dec 7, 2009
Good choice, Nigel!
An interesting thing is that yellow roses, by and large, are more susceptible than others to black spot because of the varieties they are descended from. It's not such a problem with modern ones of course, since they've been trying to breed it out of them for decades.
I just take black spot as a fact of life, to be honest - it doesn't actually kill anything *that* often.
Thanks for the read!
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Helleborus a.k.a. Nigel Posted Dec 8, 2009
Thanks King Bomba for reading .
That is interesting about the older varieties of yellow roses being more susceptible to black spot. People have told me that when many had coal fires, black spot did not really affect roses because of the sooty smoke.
I am sure that one day the breeders will produce a black spot free rose!
All the best .
Nigel
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KB Posted Dec 8, 2009
Hmm, there could be something in it. I think a lot of the fungicides available for it have sulfur compounds in it that could be present in soot. Although I'm not sure I'd like to live anywhere that's sooty enough to have that much effect!
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