Please help! These are my roses. I had them since April. Recently the new growth became like the shown pictures here. I suspicious they having RRD. What i need to do please? They still giving me nbew branches and new bud. TIA

No, that looks like Chilli Thrip ot spray damage in high heat. Are these being grown under cover? If so, they appear to be being cooked.

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No, they’re not under the shade. What should i do?

NOT RRD, but it does look like Chilli Thrip damage. They thrive in areas which are HOT. They are discussed here in this thread on this forum. You can also search this forum for advice from others how to handle them. Chilli thrips stealing the joy of growing roses THANKFULLY, they (so far) HATE my cooler “beach climate” so I haven’t the “pleasure” of having to have dealt with them personally. Good luck!

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Here are some more pictures. Sounded like i have to trim down the whole tree if it’s really chilli thrips. I try to find the way to save my roses but they look very bad. I might have to remove completely my roses and buy new ones. :disappointed_face:

First, if you toss these and get new ones, if there are Chilli Thrips there, the new ones will shortly look JUST LIKE THESE. Research the appropriate treatment for them and determine which of the several available methods you find appropriate for YOUR garden. YOU live in it and the treatment selected should be within the potential toxic levels YOU determine are acceptable for YOU. They are most active when it’s hottest. The rest of the year you may not even see their damage, so you likely won’t have to treat for them when it isn’t HOT. But, pruning them down won’t do a thing other than waste the resources and time you’ve already PAID and set the plants back. Anything GREEN is still feeding the plant, even when they are distorted and scarred as you’re seeing. If you treat to keep them under control, the plants will continue using the distorted leaves to create food to replace the damaged growth and eventually shed it, leaving only the fresh, new growth you want. Cutting this off will cause that replacement to take longer because you’re amputating and tossing the growth still feeding the plant. Chilli Thrips will probably take several years to sufficiently weaken a vigorous rose enough to kill them. Keep the ones you have. Decide the treatment you’re most comfortable with and follow that treatment by the instructions and wait for control until the weather goes back to levels the thrips don’t like so they are less active. But, replacing these with new roses will VERY likely result in the new ones looking exactly the same very quickly as long as it’s still the Chilli Thrip season. Good luck!

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Thank you all so much for advises. Much appreciated!

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i hope it makes it easier for you to get a handle on the problem and easier to control it. Good luck!

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