What is up with my rose?

feedthegoat

10 years old, flowers profusely every year, repotted 2 years ago and fed but look at the leaves????? Brown spots and odd hole

Any ideas???

looksee

Something munching into the leaf leaving a thin membrane which is the white spot. Probably sawfly larvae, have a look for grubs. You can spray, though if there are no grubs you are probably wasting your time.

artieanna

I would check as said before for grubs, caterpillars the best time to catch them feeding is late at night around 11pm onwards.
I would highly recommend spraying your roses with rose clear. Once in April and a light spray end May. Spray early in the morning or late in the evening to protect bees etc. it will protect your roses from a host of diseases and pests, which most roses are prone to….

I only use ever use a chemical spray for my roses nothing else as I don’t like using chemicals. There are organic options like milk etc but these have to be constantly reapplied especially after rain and give mixed results!
I have roses here that are over 100 years old and they are thriving, you can trust my advice!
🙂good luck

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123532639#Comment_123532639

Exactly this. I had the same problem and rose clear seemed to have done the job. It's available in Woodies.