Black spot disease will vanish from your roses if you use 1 kitchen staple gardeners love

Every gardener who raises roses will at some point face black spot. Whether you grow tree roses, climbing roses or rambling roses, it makes no difference - black spot is one of the most common problems faced by roses and their caregivers. Everywhere roses are grown, black spot also survives. But the good news is that there are ways to protect your flowers when it happens.

Black spot is a fungal disease that appears as its name suggests. Black spots form on the foliage and, if not treated, will spread to all the foliage and even the stems of your colourful plant. Leaves affected by black spot will turn yellow and fall off the rose plant. It's important to treat your infected plants immediately. If left untreated, gardeners will find that their roses can become completely infected and lose all the leaves and flowers. Not only is this unsightly, but the plant will be weakened, stressed and vulnerable, and may not survive.

A gardener has taken to the Gardening Hints, Tips and DIY page on Facebook to share a natural solution she found worked on her roses. Judy Hill claimed that milk was the key to clearing up this disease.

She wrote: "How can you control black spot? I use diluted milk watered at the base every two weeks. It produces nice, green, glossy leaves, and it also serves as a food source for them. I always end up with lots of healthy roses now."

Judy shared a photo of her treated rose, which was in bloom and had shiny, vibrant green leaves.

Taking to the comments, a fellow group member agreed with this method and found the same success with their roses.

Kristen Do said, "I have been using diluted milk as rose sprays for several years now, and I can guarantee you that it works beautifully.

"In fact, I had a mass infestation of powdery mildew a couple of weeks ago due to the rainy weather.

"All I used was milk and water in a spraying bottle, and then I sprayed all the leaves from top to bottom. One part milk and two parts water.

"After a couple of applications, the powdery mildew was gone. The rose leaves also became greener, shinier, and the plants look very happy overall."

She pointed out that you can also use spoiled cream as an alternative. She added, "The thicker the cream, the more water you add in."