tigerlily896
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Yellow Leaves on Rose bush

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This may have come up in the forums before, but I am very new to taking care of plants and I really need some help.

We just moved into our house and it has beautiful landscaping and large hybrid tea (my best guess?) rose bushes.
However their leaves at the bottom of the plants are becoming yellow..
I've tried googling this problem and I found many different answer to this, but I thought maybe if I linked a picture, some experts may know what I am doing wrong.

So far the sprinklers water twice a week. I just used a Bayer all in one rose and flower food last weekend. While there were just a few before using the Bayer, the yellow leaves seemed to increase after that however. :(

Please help! Thank you in advance.

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vintagejuls
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Location: Southern California / USDA Zone 10

Usually, yellow leaves are a nutrient deficiency - iron, I believe.

When this happens, I pluck off the yellow leaves and feed. You mentioned you just fed. Maybe they needed some time to ingest the nutrients. How are they doing now?



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