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Jul 21, 2023 4:33 PM CST
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I thought I would go through the more natural route... baking soda..castille soap, neem, spraying weekly early last spring. I usually use copper fungicide. A lot of my roses sit in the shade for 1/2 day and get sprinkled by the irrigation system. Well, black spot took over. Too late to save my favorite rose plant as it spread to the cane. This fall when I prune I want to get rid of all the unhealthy leaves and just leave the new ones or strip all of them. My question is this.. Can I strip the roses of all their leaves over winter so I can get a fresh start next spring?? Will it survive the winter and grow back in the spring without leaves? I don't want these black spot leaves sitting on my roses all winter. I have asked several people and no one is giving me a definitive answer. I am hoping that you experts can answer this for me...thanks in advance!
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Jul 21, 2023 7:17 PM CST
Name: Mike Stewart
Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 7a)
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Blackspot is spread by rain and by overhead watering, so the irrigation system is likely spreading it all over the rose bushes that are within their zones. You didn't say where you are located, so I don't know what your winters are like, but you can strip all the leaves off this fall after the first hard freezes, if you get them. Rose canes typically lose their leaves during cold winters, and the canes are normally pruned back in the very late winter or early spring, which prompts healthy new canes and leaves to grow. Rose bushes continually replace older canes with new ones.

You may want to try to save the rose with the infected canes by simply cutting them off an inch above the ground. The rose will then replace those canes with healthy new ones. You may want to reconsider which fungicides you use, and how often you apply them, if the roses are sprayed by the irrigation system on a daily basis, or several times a week.
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Jul 21, 2023 7:18 PM CST
Name: Ken Wilkinson
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Your location can help tremendously. I live in zone 7a, N.E. GA. By mid January every winter all of my roses are stripped of all their foliage. It makes spring pruning very easy and no diseased foliage to put up with. Pluss, all my roses come back strong every year.
It's a rose!!! It has nothing to do with life and death.
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