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The rose leaf rolling sawfly injects a chemical into young rose leaves to cause them to curl protectively around her eggs. Within a week the eggs hatch into green caterpillars that start to eat their home. In mid-summer, leaving behind skeletonised

I grow many shrub and climbing roses in my walled garden and have been troubled by leaf0rolling saw-fly for at least 3 years.  This is getting worse.  I have picked off leaves, looked after the soil beneath and exposed it to birds, used sticky traps

they were until many of our rose bushes were affected with leaf curl and we had to remove a lot of leaves. The bushes recovered well in the end. This year I am armed and ready with a bug spray which is for sawfly amongst others. What it doesn't say is when

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mould may develop and cause the stems to die back. If this happens, prune back shoots to healthy growth.rosessummerMore common problems affecting rosesPreventing rose blackspotDealing with rose rustTreating rose powdery mildewRemoving rose leaf rolling

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