If I add eggshells and coffee to my roses, do I have to bury them, or will the soil receive the nutrients? I usually add eggshells, used ground coffee, and banana peels to my flowering garden - mostly my hydrangeas and roses. Is it a "must" that they are buried, or is the top of the soil suitable? I bury the bananas but usually crush the eggshells, toss, and slightly scatter over soil. The ground coffee is usually sprinkled. I drink a cup a day in a Keurig so I put very little, daily.
Coffee grounds can be sprinkled directly onto the ground because the grounds work themselves into the soil so quickly and plants will absorb their available nutrients very readily.
Eggshells, on the other hand - I would recommend you work them into the soil as they will biodegrade much faster that way.
Rose stem has 2 even rows (or 1 perfectly braided row) of light colored seed-looking things growing out of it, what are they?
I was doing my spring rose bush pruning and one of my rose bushes (not sure the exact type of rosebush it is) has a green stem has a woody scar about 1-2 inches long with two rows of these light colored seed looking things growing out of it. The two rows are perfectly side by side, sort of look like it could be 1 thicker braided row. The small "seed" thingys have hard outer shells, and when I crush one or slice it open with a razor blade, it has this yellow colored liquid inside.
I cannot find anything online about this, and I'm worried because I don't know if they are insect nests or if they are the product of a very bad infection. I just don't know whether I should be freaking out and cutting the plant down, if I'm supposed to be scrubbing my hands after touching this, etc. Please help!
They are katydid eggs. Katydids lay their eggs in the stems of plants, the bark of trees and in the soil!
Here are some links with more photos of kaydid eggs on plants.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/09/katydid-eggs-3/
http://www.quora.com/What-are-these-things-pictured-Sessile-bugs-Eggs
WHAT IS MY PROBLEM? I recently treated my roses for black spot. Now they are covered with tiny black spots with some leaves all black. The leaves turn yellow and fall off. I stopped using the fungicide and have removed as many affected leaves as possible.
How long ago did you treat your roses for black spot? What course of treatment did you use and for what duration? When treating black spot, you should not stop the prescribed fungicide treatment in its tracks because then it won't be as effective. A rose afflicted with black spot will have leaves that turn yellow with sometimes brownish edges and fall off. What you are seeing is a normal happenstance.
For more information on black spot and leaf drop on roses, please visit the following links:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/black-spot-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/leaves-falling-off-roses.htm
I'm destroying the two rose bushes in my garden afflicted with the Rose Rosette virus. It appears the virus is making its way around the neighborhood. Unfortunately, I tilled the soil in the garden before I read up on the disease. Will this virus affect my non-rose plants? Is it safe to put other bushes/flowers in this season?
According to all the research reports on Rose rosette virus and disease it appears to be isolated to rosebushes, so you should be able to plant other shrubs and flowering plants in the area without having problems with the virus and disease. Hopefully you have another area on your property where you can still plant and enjoy some rosebushes though.
I am not really sure what is wrong with my rose plants. In one area of my garden, the plants seem healthy and in another area they look very ugly. Rose buds are being burnt and the leaves look very ugly. I not sure if it is soil problem. Any help in reviving my roses are greatly appreciated.
It could be that the heat of the day and not enough water is the problem. It could be reflected sunlight that is being focused onto the roses in that one area. It could also be that someone has been spraying with an herbicide nearby and some of the spray drifted over onto the rosebushes foliage. Investigate things more closely to see if you can figure out what might be the culprit.
I planted a rose bush about 5-6 years ago. I noticed last year that my bush has big roots like a tree at the bottom. These roots are not underground. What should I do?
I would add some amended garden soils all around the rosebush about 3 inches deep. It sounds like some erosion may have taken place and more soils need to be added. Mulch all around the rosebush after adding the soil to help hold it in place as well as hold in valuable soils moisture.
my bare root rose bushes arrived and the temps are in the 30's and 40's. Can they be safely planted outdoors or is it too cold for them to survive? They already have leaf growth in them.
It is scary when this happens I know. Here is what I have done. I go ahead and plant them outside just like I normally would, however I put a Wall O Water protector around them being sure to pinch the tops shut so they look like a tee pee. The Wall O Water protectors are like mini greenhouses for the rosebushes. Here is a link to what I am talking about for you: http://www.planetnatural.com/product/wall-o-water-3-pack/