This is Strike It Rich rose. Just came the other day from High Country Roses and looked good till yesterday when I noticed these brownish splotches on the bottom leaves. I removed the affected leaves and gave it a spray of Bonide fungicide. The rose is very small and still in the pot that it was sent in. The rest of the rose looks okay. I sure hope someone can identify what's going on with it, because I've never seen anything like this on rose leaves.

Patricia, to me your rose looks like having a lack of nutrition.

Elena999 said: Patricia, to me your rose looks like having a lack of nutrition.

Hmm, it just came two days ago. Maybe some fish emulsion will help it. Thanks so much, Elena.


Instead of another post, I am editing to let you know I just gave it a weak feeding with Kellogs organic fish and kelp. Hoping this is the problem because it's an easy fix. Here is a pic of the new plant.

It kind of looks like the after effect of what I've witness of powdery mildew on some of my roses.

reh0622 said: It kind of looks like the after effect of what I've witness of powdery mildew on some of my roses.

Really? I've seen powdery mildew before and it looked like talcum powder sprinkled on the leaves. The rest of the leaves are ok so far. I don't know whether to plant it or not. I contacted High Country Roses and haven't heard back, yet.
BTW, there is no residue at all on the leaves, top or bottom.

Looks like water stress to me.

Just let your little rose grow some roots to push moisture up to the top growth.

Smiles,
Lyn

Maybe some sun scald also being a newly planted little rose?

LittleAnnie, did you use the "hardening off" process of gradually introducing the rose to sunlight after you unpacked it; i.e., placing it in the sun for just a few hours the first day, an hour or two more the second day, and then an additional hour or two the third day?

Mike said: LittleAnnie, did you use the "hardening off" process of gradually introducing the rose to sunlight after you unpacked it; i.e., placing it in the sun for just a few hours the first day, an hour or two more the second day, and then an additional hour or two the third day?

I did, Mike, but, maybe I left it too long the second day because that's when the brownish leaves began. I'm relieved it's not a disease because the plant looks good this morning. Thank you!

RoseBlush1 said: Looks like water stress to me.

Just let your little rose grow some roots to push moisture up to the top growth.

Smiles,
Lyn

That could very well be, but, also, could be some stress from too much sun the second day when I got busy and it was out too long. Many thanks, Lyn!!

reh0622 said: Maybe some sun scald also being a newly planted little rose?

Apparently, that must be it. The little plant looks healthy today. It's been almost a week of in and out of the sun so it gets planted today.
Thank you, Rosemary! I greatly appreciate all you guys/gals helping me out.

LittleAnnie said:

Please be careful if you put the roses in the black pots in the sun. The pots can get too hot very quickly, and you might kill the plants. I would suggest that you plant in the ground asap. The pot is too small and the rose needs to grow its roots, as Lyn suggested.

I would plant the rose in a large pot, keep it in shade and plant permanently in Fall.

Jasmin said: Please be careful if you put the roses in the black pots in the sun. The pots can get too hot very quickly, and you might kill the plants. I would suggest that you plant in the ground asap. The pot is too small and the rose needs to grow its roots, as Lyn suggested.

Jasmin, I planted it this morning. Our weather is not hot, so, I believe it will be fine. Thanks.

Elena999 said: I would plant the rose in a large pot, keep it in shade and plant permanently in Fall.

Too late, Elena. It's in the ground. The guy who dug the stump out from my old pine tree made me a hole so huge I planted both Strike It Rich and my old Firefighter that I had to cut way down because it had disease on the stems. I have babied that Firefighter and it has done well...even putting out a bloom as of yesterday. I hope I haven't jumped the gun by planting SIR.

You will find what works best for you! In my garden, I have to fight with heavy clay and animals so I try to grow them in pots as long as possible to give them a fighting chance with larger roots. In my zone I havent had any problems getting them through the winter this way. It also enables me to isolate and insect drench to avoid introducing the dread midge.

Im sure yours will be fine. Even small bands that Ive received in Nov. have even survived planting then.

vaporvac said: You will find what works best for you! In my garden, I have to fight with heavy clay and animals so I try to grow them in pots as long as possible to give them a fighting chance with larger roots. In my zone I havent had any problems getting them through the winter this way. It also enables me to isolate and insect drench to avoid introducing the dread midge.

Im sure yours will be fine. Even small bands that Ive received in Nov. have even survived planting then.

The soil here isn't real clayish, is fairly dark, and I planted it with good amendments. I, especially, wanted to plant it the other day because we have a stretch of mild, cloudy weather for the next week or so. I've checked it twice a day and it looks good....I, also, put a protective fence around it to keep rabbits away from it and put foil around the western side of it to protect it from any hard winds. The neighbors are probably thinking..." What the heck?"
I appreciate your advice, Vaporvac.

Don't worry about what the neighbors think... mine think I look like one of the guys in the Ghostbusters movie when I put on my backpack sprayer...

Mike said: Don't worry about what the neighbors think... mine think I look like one of the guys in the Ghostbusters movie when I put on my backpack sprayer...

Too funny, Mike.
I just checked SIR and it's looking good. A little new growth is coming out.