Blackspot, mould, mildew and balling avoided in three easy steps

Black spot, mould, mildew And balling
All easy to avoid in three easy steps
Proper pruning deep, mulching, and focused watering ,
/ @the_gardenerben
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[@carolwilliams3224]

This is sooooooo helpful

[@stuartthomas4836]

This has to be the best rose gardening video ever. What wonderful advice. All throughout this year I have had all sorts of problems with my roses and almost gave up but have decided to have one last go for next year. Just wish I had seen your enthusiastic advice sooner.

[@the_gardenerben]

Well I’m glad you have found me, enjoy the content, and if I can help with anything at all, don’t hesitate to ask

[@stuartthomas4836]

Thank you.

[@lynnbrowning3872]

I absolutely adore these videos thank you Gardener Ben!!!❤

[@the_gardenerben]

It’s my pleasure to share it with you

[@cherylbeswick7327]

This was some fantastic content Ben, extremely informative thank you 🙏

[@isabelhei]

Thank you Ben for the watering advice! So helpful 😊

[@Mrs.Plumbridge]

Thank you for this. I also find if they're well fed with the much i.e. I use well rotted chicken manure, this keeps them healthier and more able to fight off these problems😊

[@AdrianaisStarsky]

Subscribed!! I’ve been watching your shorts DA rose reviews for over a year and I adore you but for whatever reason never subscribed because you come up in my feed anyways, but this video was what I needed to hear and made me realize I want to be in the loop on all your videos! I’m so happy you are doing videos like this looking forward to more! Thank you!

[@the_gardenerben]

Welcome along 💚

[@vorong2ru]

Worth noting you can apply powder sulphur on ghe deaseased ppant to stop it from spreading. Its totally safe for the environment but will stop your plants from completely defoliating due to fungal infections

[@kathydyer4420]

Hi Ben, I've only just discovered you! But hurrah, a man after my own heart. I'm a big fan of David Austin roses. I've around 20 so far, in a not very big garden. Its reassuring to know I'm not alone! I was taking all the leaves off a lot of them due to blackspot so it's good to know i was doing the right thing. But I now realise I should be watering them more as well, thank you.

[@MS-kn4tt]

This is incredibly informative, Ben, thank you so much!

[@the_gardenerben]

I’m happy to help as you can see an awful lot of prevention is basic common sense, and if you pay attention to these, you should have no problems whatsoever

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Thank you for stressing the need for air circulation around and through rose bushes. Sometimes I see bushes so dense that I can foresee trouble without a crystal ball. Having lived in New Orleans and Austin, TX, I know the importance of mulching to moderate soil temperatures, especially for young plants with delicate root systems.

[@K.KleopatraK.]

You are wonderful in all ways! Great informative video, as always. Thank you, Ben Hamilton! Have an amazing 2024 and looking forward to you/your videos. Love greeting from Germany - though not my homeland, Kitti K.

[@the_gardenerben]

Thank you

[@stacey9501]

Great video. I’m watching from Louisiana. I’m so glad you mentioned the deformed rose bud because I just so happen to find one today on my David Austin, generous gardener that I’ve had for a year but just moved it out of a pot and into the ground and more sunlight so it’s been struggling to adjust and just when the leaves are starting to look nice and green I find the deformed bud. You are are very helpful and love watching your videos.

[@dwaynebaker9793]

Hi Ben, Thank you for the video. Black spot and powdery mildew have been my main nemesis lately. I live two blocks away from the ocean in California. We receive a lot of moisture in the air, in our particular microclimate. Also, my roses, only receive morning and afternoon or afternoon and evening sun. Depending on which side they’re on. I’m aware that some varieties tolerate partial shade more than others. But, with our torrential rains earlier this season and constant overcast days for weeks, it’s been a real challenge this year.

[@einerlei123]

Great video, thank you, @the_gardenerben! This might explain why my Phyllis Bide bought potted end of March got sooo much blackspot now: She had a few leaves with spots before I had to go away for a week and I hadn’t been watering properly in relation to the massive burst into so many blooms... I defoliated one third of her now (one third is still intact with no blackspot, another third is partly black spotted). Would you recommend taking all black spotted leaves off to save the last third that is still intact? I did not want to stress her too much by doing that, hence just tried one third. Greetings from sunny Austria ☀️

[@ryansealy6755]

Hi Ben, thank you for making me obsessed and spending all of my money on David Austin roses. Where I need a good mulching should I dig up plants and replant them with the new mulch/manure?

[@helenyoung8012]

Here in the South West UK we have a hosepipe ban. I put in a drip irrigation system last year but cannot use it, 😂, so back to the watering can. The only rose I really have problems with is Zepherin Drouhin. I do as you suggest and do good husbandry but know it is a shortcoming and just live with its’ problems. It was planted before I understood about disease resistance and all my later roses seem to have that built into them, fortunately. I don’t know how we in the South West are going to keep our gardens going this year. It may well become the norm so have to rethink!! Thank you for the informative vid.

[@the_gardenerben]

What volume of water do you harvest ? I now hold around 5000 lts of water any one time

[@helenyoung8012]

@@the_gardenerben I have a 6,000 litre rainwater harvesting water tank which supplies all my domestic water as well as water butts in the garden. We are going through a dry spell at present with no rain on the horizon so having to be canny. I still have water in my butts but many people have already emptied theirs for this year!!

[@the_gardenerben]

@@helenyoung8012 it’s crazy considering how wet the winter was it seemed to rain non-stop, but yes, two of my 1000 L tanks ran dry, but luckily we had rain the top then back up again

[@indiadavenport605]

Hi Ben, thank you for this useful info. Would you say that watering with the long lance is a good watering method (s you were originally shown) if aimed correctly at the base and you stand over a rose for at least a minute? Also, would it be possible to show us your irrigation system please ? Do you use the soaker hose type that drips out of the small rotating heads that spin water around?

[@LisaMonique]

What about using a water meter? I have mine in large pots but only water when the probe shows water leaning towards dry. It ends up needing water about once a week. I push down about 8 inches. Should I keep it consistently around moist and not let it get a little drier between watering? I never let it get into the “red zone” which is dry. I worry about overwatering in pots

[@the_gardenerben]

Plants will die and suffer much faster through lack of water than underwatering -never go into the dry zone lol

[@shariatiehsan]

Have you any experience watering the roses through a vertical plastic tube near the roots so that the water goes straight down 50cm under ground? Also how many hours would a dripp irrigation system need to be working to add the necessary 10-20 liters per plant that is recommended? Doesnt most of the dripping stay on the top of the soil?

[@the_gardenerben]

@@shariatiehsan you can use tubes sunk into the ground with larger specimens yes you maybe very surprised that you only need to run a drip line for around 15-20 mins depending on the system and your water pressure

[@shariatiehsan]

@@the_gardenerben so a normal "Gardena" dripp system in a normal urban setting would suffice? I believe it when I see it :) Can you please make a detailed video about your watering setup? That would be great.

[@santiagoalc]

Are wood chips/shavings ( the type used for rodents bedding) good as mulch?

[@the_gardenerben]

@@santiagoalc may I ask what it is that you are trying to do with the wood shavings

[@jacquieengland8127]

Thank you Ben another great video .I thought i had pruned the middle of my roses enough ,Sadly i did not i dont have enough air flow would it help to rmove some inner leave Thanks

[@the_gardenerben]

Up to you you can ether prune it now, remove the leaves or leave or be and have another go come winter

[@MagicalMukhina]

Thank You Ben. I have just realised that I have been watering completely wrongly. I am going to remove the hose sprayer and just use the end of the hose to water at the base of the plant. Most of my roses are okay for black spot at the moment but I have one in it's original container and bought last year that has had blackspot since it started growing months ago. It's a Harkness climbing rose called 'Bridge of Sighs' and it's got barely any leaves left but has flowers on it. Do you think some varieties are just susceptible to it no matter how good your husbandry is? I'm not sure whether to just get rid of it as it looks so sickly for this early on in the season.

[@patriciaharris8731]

Hi Ben could you give me advice on growing a Lady of Shalott rose. It is about 5 years old but I've never had many blooms per year. This year it has grown about 8 long, ( 4 foot plus) thin stems with hardly any leaves at the top and the leaves it has got have curled. It has just a few flower buds. Should I leave it or cut it back to strengthen the stems? I would appreciate any help. Thanks Ben. I love your videos. Pat xxx

[@the_gardenerben]

It’s classed as a large shrub or low climber it dose need some surport

[@karentovmasyan9270]

which rose is in the cover? ❤

[@buffntumble]

Hi Ben! Love your videos! This was so helpful, especially early in the season. I'll be changing my watering techniques asap to ensure my roses are being watered properly. Any suggestions on how to address powdery mildew on roses? I live in BC Canada near the coast and have it on 50% of my 46 rose plants.

[@the_gardenerben]

It’s hard when you’re in a humid area , but less is more try pruning harder and space out your canes keeping your plants nice and open and avid heavy companion planting

[@YRzone8a]

there are many size of mulch, what size(as in mm) do you buy ?

[@the_gardenerben]

@@YRzone8a this very much depends on what you’re trying to achieve with your soil and what condition it’s in at this present time If your soil is poor and you’re at the beginning of your mulching journey I suggest mulching with something with a very small particle size something below 10 mm. Do this for around two or three seasons and slightly work yourself up to a large particle size in a few years time This will add instant organic matter to your soil over the next two or three years as well as capping it off, protecting it from the Sun and water loss

[@saniemac]

Hi Ben thank you for this advice, I am only new to growing roses and have bought 8 from DA, I live in Manchester UK and have them in pots, some are sitting in the borders as my husband couldn’t dig holes for them this year due to his health, them don’t have saucers under them, will they be okay without . TIA

[@the_gardenerben]

If you can get sources under them it will help as long as the are watered well they will be fine

[@NYCGRKKouros]

Ugh. My Gertrude Jekyll constantly suffers blackspot. The only rose of dozens. Every year it’s plagued. :(

[@the_gardenerben]

Deep mulching of its root zone and focused watering will help especially if it’s a climber

[@QuickJuggernaut]

Ben, Question…difference between “own root” vs “grafted root” in particular with David Austin Roses. Do you have any “grafted root” roses? Looking into buying David Austin Roses this year and unsure if I should get grafted roses. I live in zone 5-7. Thanks and appreciate the videos.

[@the_gardenerben]

Hi hear in the U.K. nearly every rose produced is grafted it Controls size and vigour

[@QuickJuggernaut]

@@the_gardenerben thanks for the reply!

[@katethegardener]

Thank you Ben, not sure if you have Japanese Beetles in UK but in Ontario Canada they decimate roses in a feeding frenzy with no predator to eat them because they are not native to Canada. I've tried to put down nematodes and spraying with soap solution, neem oil, hand plucking is tedious and hard to reach them high up on plants. Any suggestions how to keep them off my roses? If you don't have them there you don't know how lucky you are! Nasty little munchers make black spot and aphids like a walk in the park.

[@the_gardenerben]

Personally I don’t have them but have had thrips which do similar damage keep up the good work