What ruins the leaves of the roses: the problem that manifests itself in June

The leaves of the roses can suddenly ruin themselves in June, when everything seems to proceed for the best. Subsiders, holes, yellowing: each signal is an alarm bell not to be underestimated.

June has that special air: the days stretch, the roses explode in all their beauty and you have the feeling that nothing can go wrong. But just as you enjoy the intense perfume of the flowers, something begins to change. Leaves that were previously green and turgid show strange signs, almost imperceptible at the beginning. A edge that enters, a suspicious speck, a color that turns towards yellow.

And it’s not just the heat. Sometimes it is believed to be a passing reaction, but there are those who know: certain symptoms are real signals. At that moment, stopping a few minutes and looking at each plant well can make a difference. Maybe just during a walk in the garden, calmly, details are grasped that escape a distracted eye. Prevention, after all, is increasingly easier than taking care.

What ruins the leaves of the roses: black spots and feared mushrooms of June

When you notice something wrong with the leaves, it often is the fault of the juck. A not exactly reassuring name, which hides a mushroom capable of doing several damage. In June he loves getting alive, taking advantage of the humidity that remains after a sudden downpour or abundant watering. Those famous dark spots appear, round, which seem to be painted one by one. And slowly the leaf falls. Not exactly the best, considering that the plant loses strength and flowering is affected.

There are those who say that only the most delicate roses suffer from it, but the reality is that no variety is really safe. The ideal is to act before the problem presents: avoid wetting the foliage, remove the affected leaves and help the plant with copper or sulfur treatments, if possible natural. Don’t panic if some leaf is already compromised: cut it and strengthen the plant with a good fertilizer can really make a difference.

Aphids and insects: the invisible enemies of the roses

There is another unwanted guest who makes his entrance in June: theArmy of insects. Tiny, but determined, some arrive without getting noticed and do damage even before they are noticed of their presence. The heat and humidity are their allies, and it takes little because they start sucking sap or biting the leaves.

Among the most annoying you find:

• aphids, which fierce on tender shoots;
• Green caterpillars, gluttonous to the point to eat a whole leaf in one night;
• cholesopter, which leave those clear and circular holes;
• Red spider, difficult to see but capable of making everything yellow.

The problem is that it is not always possible to see who is causing the damage, and this is that it makes it even more unnerving. Fortunately, there are natural remedies that work, such as the classic nettle of nettle, garlic, soft soap or an infusion of horsetail. There are also those who prefer to leave nature, attracting ladybugs and other useful predators. And if you think about it, it is a solution that has its charm.

When the problem of roses is not a disease

However, not everything is the fault of parasites or diseases. Sometimes it is man’s hand that creates imbalances, even without wanting to. Abundant and out of time, for example, it can do more damage than benefit. The leaves begin to yellow, the edges are staining, and you end up blaming the sun when instead it is water that stagnates in the ground. Even the opposite – too much little water – can make everything dry in a hurry, especially if there is hot wind or the sun beats in the worst hours.

And then there are those details that underestimate themselves, like a poor soil, a pruning made on the fly with not exactly clean scissors, or a position too exposed. All factors that, put together, make the leaves fragile and vulnerable.

In these cases, do not panic: just make small adjustments. A mulching to retain humidity, a granular fertilizer chosen with criteria, and perhaps a little more attention to how and when it is pruned. The roses, after all, do not ask for much. Just a little care and the right gaze, the one who knows how to grasp the details before they become problems.

June can be a fantastic month for roses, if you learn to listen to them. It takes little to protect them and keep them at best.

Better to do it now, before the leaves really start to say it in their own way: that something is wrong.

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