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Old April 11, 2012   #5
mike5953
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Mike,

No answer, but a question. What brand of dish soap, and at what rate for use on roses as a spreader/sticker? Do you use on the blooms or just foliage?

Thanks,
Steve
As I mentioned above, I'm using plain old Dawn.
I don't use much, maybe a couple drops per gallon of fungicide mix.
And I just use it on the foliage. I always try to keep stuff off of the blooms so that I harm the bees as little as possible, and also to avoid spoiling the blooms with a bunch of splotches.
I do spray the blooms when absolutely necessary, like when I'm treating a Thrip infestation. But I do it as little as possible, and later in the evening.
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