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Skiekitty said:Well, are you feeding them? Roses are very hungry plants and like to be fed lots. Mine usually get blood.. from my legs. LOLLL no, seriously though, they *are* heavy feeders. Can you post pictures? A lot can be determined by looking at the leaves. Also, what zone are you in? And losing only 7 roses is a miracle.. I wish I lost only 7 roses this winter. I think I lost probably closer to 40-50 roses.

This year I exclusively used Rose Tone, in past years I used Bayer systemic rose and flower care which is supposed to prevent black spot, insect damage and fertilize, along with Rose Tone. I want to stop using it due to it's bad rap for hurting bee populations. I have stuff I can use on stand by if I see problems. So far I haven't had black spot this year. The JBs are just starting now. So my roses will be looking bad for the next few weeks.
I should have mentioned I only have 8 spots for roses. So I planted 8 over a 2 year period so my ratio is high don't you think?