Has anyone used Rose-tone
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What else do you use RoseTone for?
Comments (16)Virtually all organic fertilizers are, Ann. Dogs LOVE the stuff. Many also like Sluggo, the iron phosphate snail bait. One of mine goes nuts when he finds the stuff. He likes it as much as he likes the snails themselves. The other one prefers any poop she finds and all the "worm jerky" out front after the rains. Takes some real effort to police the area before they're allowed out! I can't use organics out back because the animal by products attract the coyotes, bob cats, raccoons while the plant by products attract every rodent, squirrel and rabbit for miles. Those attract SNAKES and all organics encourage earth worm activity and that brings more MOLES. Danged if I do, danged if I don't! Kim...See MoreAnyone ever use Plant Tone?
Comments (10)I use Plant-tone too. I also use a lot of composted horse manure. I did grow some tomato plants using both, or just Tomato-tone, and the tomato plants do grow better with both! (Tomato-tone just has a little less Nitrogen than Plant-tone) ajpa, my Lowe's had a closeout price on HUGE bags of Holly-tone, so I have been using it and adding some woodstove ashes to it to make it more neutral. I did not approach it scientifically at all, I just use "some." If you have clay soil, the pH change will occur more rapidly, but I have sandy soil and I probably won't see any pH change for awhile (or ever) if I'm not doing it right. I'm not an experienced rose-grower, so checking with the rose forum about this is a good idea, in case roses are sensitive to pH changes....See MoreUsing Mills Rose Magic or Rose Tone
Comments (12)Nanadoll, I am actually about 2.5 hours from Southwest Fertilizer - have to go to Houston, which is not too much fun with the traffic, but not that much trouble considering the great time I have when I get there! I only go once a year, but get the 15% off for that week, so I load up on things. They have all kinds of different fertilizers that are fun to try, gadgets, tomato, pepper plants [which are a sight for sore eyes in my area!]. Yes, they do have a website and they do send things. I am sure they carry the "Tones". They are super nice people, very helpful. We are going Feb. 8 - it is my first "gardening road trip" of the year and I cant wait! For those of you who cant get the "Tones" - check with your local nurseries or feed stores - they might order some for you, or you could tell them how much you like them and they might start stocking them. Never hurts to ask! Judith...See MoreFertilizing for hot & heavy rain & lowest salt & trace elements
Comments (4)Thank you, Val, excellent info about the dose (2 Tablespoon) .. is your soil sandy/loamy ? Sandy soil leaches out salt easier than clay (retains salt very well). Seaweed from CA (alkaline clay) raises her own-chicken, she dilutes her fresh-poo with water 1st, before applying. Seaweed has 11 inch. of rain, compared to Newberry, Florida of 47.33 of rain. Sulfate of potash has salt-index of 43, at half of salt-index of high-nitrogen chicken manure. I put 1 teaspoon sulfate of potash per small own-root rose. The roses in loamy potting soil (MG-moisture control) .. didn't mind. But the roses in my dense & heavy & sticky clay wilted in hot sun, despite my watering in. For that reason I don't apply fertilizer in clay, unless it's all-night, or all-day rain right after application. When the deer ate all the leaves off my own-root Firefighter rose in June 2013, I spread 1/3 cup of dried-chicken manure NPK 5-3-2 around the bush .. and watered that in .. but we didn't get rain for over 2 weeks in June, and that burnt some of its roots, it didn't survive winter. The late rosarian Karl Bapst, zone 5a, also warned folks about less granular fertilizer in spring since the newly-grown feeder roots is so tiny, thus too much granular fertilizer will burn it. Zone 5a own-roots are so small, with winter below -20 killed all the feeder-roots, and new-growth is very tiny....See Moresusan4952
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