How to Keep Rose Blooms From Turning Brown

Proper care of roses can keep rose blooms from turning brown. Rose blooms turning brown early on the bush is usually due to fungal disease, lack of water, heat, nutrient deficiency or insects. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Water rose bushes once a day when temperatures reach 90 degrees F. Use a drip system for extreme heat or an overhead spray system in the evening or morning hours. If your roses are in a container, water twice a day. When shopping for rose bushes, buy heat and drought resistant varieties.

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Enrich the soil around your rose bushes. If the soil has deteriorated, add compost and potting soil. Use a time-release granular fertilizer designed for rose bushes. The enriched soil should hold moisture more effectively and nourish the plant.

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Spray aphids off your rose bush with a hose end sprayer with insecticidal soap or neem oil. Aphids suck moisture from the plant and spread disease. If your rose bush has brown leaves, it may be infested with the midge fly larvae. Prune off all infested parts of the plant and spray with neem oil to kill the larvae. Look for thrips and Japanese beetles inside the blooms and treat them with insecticide spray or neem oil.

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Treat your rose bush for a fungal disease if blooms have brown tips when flowers open. Remove all diseased blooms and apply a rose bush fungicide from a garden center. Fungal disease on roses will need to be treated on a regular basis as it has no cure and often returns.