My rose bushes had black spot fever on the leaves.... I am spraying them every week, but all the leaves have died and fell off. The bushes are still blooming roses though. All that is left of the plant is thorny stems...should I just cut down to the ground? Or is this the wrong time of year to do this?
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1No, don't cut it. The leaves will return. Go ahead and continue your weekly treatments of black spot and just be patient. As a matter of fact, don't prune at all because your rose needs all the energy it can get just to regrow the foliage. You can pop the spent flowers off, but other than that, just let it do it's thing. I had a similar situation when Japanese beetles stripped one of my roses clean in one evening. It came back just fine.
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