What Type of Fertilizer Do You Use on Your Roses?
LindaMA
16 years ago
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Jean Marion (z6a Idaho)
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What do you use to fertilize your container roses?
Comments (12)I'm alternating fish emulsion, alfalfa tea, and Mill's Magic Liquid. From time to time I've tried applying Rose-Tone or Mill's Magic to the soil but liquids are sooo much easier. I like to spread a llittle compost on the top of the soil, as they do seem to "sink" a little over time. Since it's so hot here I put about 1/2" of shredded hardwood mulch to keep them from drying out so fast. I've only been growing roses in containers for 3 years so I'm still developing a routine, I like to ready what everybody is doing. Mine haven't been getting their share of coffee grounds and banana peels-- I think the potted roses would enjoy them, don't know why I never gave them any before....See MoreWhat sprayer do you use to spray your roses?
Comments (12)I bought the 'SpotShot Battery-Powered Sprayer' from Rosemania 3 years ago. It has a 7-gallon capacity sprayer and comes with two different sprayer heads. It is mounted on a 2-wheel cart which is excellent for wheeling around and has 50-feet of hose and a very long wand for hard-to-get places. I paid $399 plus an extra $40 for longer hose. The wand is easy to handle and allows you to reach up to taller climbers and in awkward places to spray. What used to take hours can now be completed in 1.5 hours and then I'm off to other garden chores. The tank is easy to fill and clean; an added bonus. Best investment ever IMO...only had to replace the battery once in 2 years and I use it every 2 weeks. If you have alot of roses, I recommend this sprayer. No more lugging around a hand-sprayer and definitely no more hand-pumping. Here is a link that might be useful: SpotShot Sprayer...See MoreDo you give your roses organic fertilizer tea?
Comments (39)VAPORVAC, you gave me a great idea. An aerator of a fish tank !! My problem is maybe it's a lot of tea I have to prepare. Are several containers ... what would require me to buy several fish tank aerators? Vaporvac, I do not care if you call me Joy because the word I like. But actually my name is Maria. The Garden of Joy is the name of my garden and is also the name I use on Facebook. When you say the conversation warms up, do you mean that you argue passionately? If so, I do not care. I am Spanish and if something characterizes us to the Spaniards is that we are very, very, passionate people. We are vehement and we live things very intensely. So I will heed your advice and I will also visit the ancient roses forum. Although I do not know if they will make the effort you make in understanding me. It must be difficult to understand my English. It is not true? Jajjajaja Surely say barbarities. I am sorry. SAMUEL, many thanks for your kind words. The vinegar is put in small quantity. I have enough roses in the range of violets, purples, magenta .... I have verified that if I acidify a little (just a little) the ground, the colors of those same roses produce roses in tones that pull more blue than red. Let's say the colors are a bit colder, more violet than purple. I do not know if I can explain. I tell you, the vinegar is to acidify the soil a bit. Fishmeal is fish which is dried, dehydrated and then ground, pulverized. It has many nutrients. But it smells very bad, very bad, very bad !! What beautiful lupines !! It strikes me that he cultivates the strawberries next to the vivacious ones. In my case would be impossible because the strawberries become very large forests, I think they invade the vivacious. I envy their lupins because I tried twice to grow them and they came to flourish but they always became ill and ended up dying. And I gave up !! SAMUEL I think my tea would be of better quality if I managed to aerate it. This would help increase the amount of microorganisms present in the tea that I bring to my roses. In forest areas near my garden there are also deer, but these animals never approach the gardens. I live in an urbanization. I do not know how to say it in English A space of land with individual houses and that has streets with asphalt. Very quiet area without much vehicle but urbanized enough that the deer do not approach. There is also some difference in how we understand the Spanish gardens. I explain. Here for most gardeners, it would be unthinkable not to hedge your property. It is not frequent to see open gardens. Almost all the gardens have a wall, hedge, fence ... that makes limit and prevents the penetration of animals....See MoreWhat fertilizer do you use to get lots of blooms for your flowers?
Comments (3)Yeah there is no reason to use that much P unless you want to pollute your environment. In fact, if you want a more compact plant, you should almost cut out P completely to shorten internode length at the beginning like the commercial growers do. All the Bloom booster labeling is just marketing BS. Just provide a good level of consistent fertilization with a 3-1-2 water soluble and you'll be fine and don't forget the CRF. If you want to slow down the vegetative growth some then use a 3-1-3 or add some extra K to lower the N proportion....See Morecatsrose
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