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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: chrissie B on March 26, 2008, 12:30

Title: pale leaves
Post by: chrissie B on March 26, 2008, 12:30

the leaves on one of my rose bushes have gone a bit pale , its a cutting i took about 2 years ago and it flowered last year , its got a lot of leaves and looks healthy enough but I'm thinking it may need something it was taken from a darker leafed rose .
Chrissie b

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 26, 2008, 14:25

Try giving it some rose fertilizer and see if that greens it up  :D

Title: pale leaves
Post by: compostqueen on March 26, 2008, 14:30

or some dung  :D

Title: pale leaves
Post by: flowerlady on March 27, 2008, 14:27

plant some garlic and/pr chives nearby too  :tongue2: ... they make great companions  :wink:

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 27, 2008, 15:21

Quote from: "flowerlady"

plant some garlic and/pr chives nearby too  :tongue2: ... they make great companions  :wink:

The smells don't combine well though  :lol:

Title: pale leaves
Post by: flowerlady on March 27, 2008, 15:25

:shock: You're not supposed to 'niff the garlic !!!!  :roll:  :lol:

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 27, 2008, 16:58

Quote from: "flowerlady"

:shock: You're not supposed to 'niff the garlic !!!!  :roll:  :lol:

How can you prevent it - niffy stuff  :wink:

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Davenports on March 27, 2008, 17:03

Galric or chives is also a good way of detering aphids away if grown underneath a rose bush. :wink:

Title: pale leaves
Post by: chrissie B on March 28, 2008, 07:13

i tried the garlic one year i didn't seem to make any impact on the aphids , it was a bad year though .
Chrissie b

Title: pale leaves
Post by: gobs on March 28, 2008, 18:05

It doesn't seem to make much difference, I'd agree, the pale leaves can be caused by a lot of things, feeding is a good one for starters, beyond that if they are yellowish pale, can be a particular deficiency or virus or...etc.

Title: pale leaves
Post by: chrissie B on March 29, 2008, 08:47

but its only a baby , its greenish pale not yellowish , going to give it some poo and its not had its banana this year so far.
chrissie b

Title: pale leaves
Post by: gobs on March 29, 2008, 18:39

Oh, baby leaves are much lighter in colour, hopefully it's all there is to it. 8)

Title: pale leaves
Post by: chrissie B on March 30, 2008, 19:48

it looks very healthy and it was my first cutting that took now i take them from all the roses when i prune they are all over the place ,just love roses
Chrissie b

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Angelah on April 02, 2008, 10:54

I've never tried rose cuttings, this year I stuck the prunings from our one rose and stuck them in the ground - to discourage the cat from using that area as a toilet - it's worked, but also it looks like some of them may have taken. How soon am I likely to know? Should I pot them on at all at some point, or do I just leave them where they are? If so, for how long?

Title: pale leaves
Post by: gobs on April 02, 2008, 22:41

Quote from: "Angelah"

I've never tried rose cuttings, this year I stuck the prunings from our one rose and stuck them in the ground - to discourage the cat from using that area as a toilet - it's worked, but also it looks like some of them may have taken. How soon am I likely to know? Should I pot them on at all at some point, or do I just leave them where they are? If so, for how long?

I'd leave them for the season, only to establish well, I don't think it matters too much when exactly you move them after that, best before new growth in next spring, but it's hard to kill a rose, once going. :wink:

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Angelah on April 03, 2008, 09:48

Thanks for that gobs. Will leave them put for as long as pos this year.

Title: pale leaves
Post by: Teen76 on May 07, 2008, 20:35

Sorry if I'm late on this but there are three deficiencies which affect the rose and cause yellowing leaves.

Lack of one of the following minerals

Magnesium
Potassium
Nitrogen

Hope this helps.