Organic Gardening

Olga Schifani & Amy S. Duggan, are vegan organic farmers, educators, and activists. They started the Center for Vegan Organic Education, a subscription farm on Vashon Island, Washington in 1998 and have created the Center for Vegan Organic Education, a non-profit organization to teach people to garden using vegan organic methods and to help people reconnect to their food source.

Question:

We recently moved into a rental house and the rosebushes here have blackspot. Is there a natural way to treat this?

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Answer:

Blackspot disease causes black spots on yellow leaves. The best thing people can do to prevent rose problems is to buy disease-resistant roses.

With blackspot good sanitation is very important. Remove diseased flowers and foliage, and remove leaves from the ground. Good air circulation around roses speeds up drying and reduces the chance for blackspot. Water the roots and make sure you allow time for the bush to dry off before night when the fungi like to grow.

There are some products on the market that are non-toxic fungicides -check at your local garden store to see if they carry them.

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