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Check those potato plants for bugs, take another look at those roses
By George Bonnema, Luverne Horticulturalist
June 11, 2019
If you followed my advice for using systemic rose care for your shrub roses when I first wrote about it this year, the product should be reapplied three times per season at six-week intervals, and this is six weeks after that initial application, so give them another treatment. Most roses are at their most vigorous growth period right now, so they will reward you later with more and bigger blooms…
New disease attacks roses in the Midwest
By George Bonnema, Luverne gardening enthusiast
August 22, 2017
The Minnesota Northern Gardener magazine was in my mail box today, and there is an article about a new disease showing up in roses in the Midwest ... Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. The disease is rampant in southern states because of milder weather. Rose rosette disease (RRD) is caused by a virus which is carried by a microscopic mite. The tiny, wingless…
Vegetables growing fast for today's opening of local Farmers Market
By George Bonnema, Luverne Horticulturalist
May 31, 2016
On April 18 I mentioned applying systemic rose care granules to my shrub roses to both feed them and protect them from sucking and chewing insects. That application is repeated at six-week intervals, so it is time to give them another shot of energy. The difference this product makes in the amount of fresh new growth the plant produces is phenomenal. I’ll be its biggest advocate because I have a…

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