The first blooms on roses are always the largest. Yours is the first failure I've heard of controlling blackspot with milk. What concentration did you use? Margaret L >Margaret, I've had no success with either milk or baking >soda on the roses. > >I got so mad at the black spot that I cut the entire rose bed >down to 12 inches on July 20th. It took many weeks for a >sign of life to come back, but when it did, they all burst into leaf. >As of August 20th, they are all in bloom, and with healthy >foliage. Too good to be true ..... I do notice that the blooms >are not as large as the first ones in June. > >Penny, NY > > >. > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.