Yes it is important to recognize the symptoms of RRD even though one may seldom if ever run across it. However, the issue should be, being able to recognize "true" symptoms of RRD and in that case, some posters on this subject, have not exercised due diligence in showing any basis for their opinion, to the extent that they can drive down a street and, "on the fly" diagnose RRD! WOW!!! With a little encouragement, they are throwing rose plants out left right and center, with only mass media indoctrination, and some really misleading posts on this august forum, as their mentor!! WOW!! The hyperbola is analogous to that of "celiac disease" in that barely 1% of Americans have been properly diagnosed with the disease, (blood test and stomach biopsy), yet millions have claimed that they are suffering from same!!! At some point in life, one should just shake their head, drop back 20 yards and punt! Like, "Is the sky really falling" and if so, should I go to my grave from the stress just worrying about it, or just enjoy gardening and life????? It is not about not being informed! We are "informed to death" on almost every issue there is in the World and in the World of Gardening! But at some point, we gardeners have to just block out this constant bombardment of doomesday pontifications, and just go back to enjoying gardening, like our parents and grandsparents did! Cheers!
