The Many Foes of Roses

What’s eating your roses? On the latest You Bet Your Garden , Mike McGrath dons his detective’s cap to pinpoint the perpetrator chewing on them now…and details how to stop Japanese beetles from finishing the job later. Plus, your fabulous phone calls! Question of the Week: I’m fairly new to roses, so I planted three ‘Knockout’ variety roses I’ve been assured I cannot kill. But it appears that something still finds the leaves very tasty. I’ve attached a picture. What is eating my leaves and is there anything I can do to stop it? I haven’t seen any Japanese beetles and it seems like whatever is happening happens overnight. —Sarah in Virginia What’s eating those roses?

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The Many Foes of Roses is an episode from You Bet Your Garden by WHYY.

This episode is 46:27 long.

This episode was published on Jun 22, 2018.

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