The roses I planted last summer made it through our nasty winter, but I did not think they would. After cutting back the dead branches I had three nubs sticking out of the ground in early April. But they thrived and in a short time they have grown to be bigger than when I bought them. So I am doing g something right
Now I noticed some of the buds have been eaten by green worms

I have cut of these locations as they were sticky and covered in black eggs and web like material.
Would hot pepper spray be safe to use on my roses to keep these worms away? I'm a rose plant noob and I don't want to kill them. Lol