Potash on roses - how much to use?
femmeradsy
18 years ago
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Comments (14)I agree jaxondel. I'm going to withold any more fertilizers for the season. I think what I put on is probably an overload! We are supposed to get some rain the next couple days and I'm hoping that it'll help dilute the stuff even more. Good news, (I think so) that my William Baffin is starting up again (a couple more stems growing now). I have to remember that they were just planted last season and are babies! I tend to over love my plants and kill them that way. lol I do like greensand myself! When I first prepared the rose bed I amended with greensand. So what if it takes a while to work right! It's good stuff. I wish I could have used it now, but the bed is in full swing and I can't work it into the soil now. I will keep everything well hydrated. Plants don't WANT to die! They want to live. One lesson I learned too is that after officially and finally getting the soil test, I realize now that my do-it-yourself soil pH tests were wrong! And that I have a slightly alkaline soil. And, like a dummy, I was top dressing with mushroom compost in fall the last couple years, and making the problem worse! Never again will I use that mushroom compost! Now, I am waiting on my compost pile, but in the meantime I will just top dress in fall with maybe cow manure. That should be ok right? It'll sit all winter and be good for them in spring....See MoreHow much potash?
Comments (10)Although greenwaste compost would be my first choice too, 0.75 cups of fertilizer per 100 sq.ft. is a pretty good amount. 0.75 cups of muriate of potash (0-0-60) is about 7.5 ounces per 100 sq. ft. or, to put it in terms that are more familiar for most, 4.7 lbs per 1000 sq. ft. That would put you at about 2.8 lbs of actual potassium per 1000 sq. ft. That's pretty typical and should do the trick. Remember, you don't want to over-apply, especially those really soluble sources. And how much time and energy does it really take to spread a little more than 1/2 cup of fertilizer over 87.5 sq. ft.? (a little less than a 9 foot by 10 foot area total)....See MoreHow much Superthrive for newly planted rose
Comments (7)I had a Ramblin' Red from High Country Roses I planted straight in the ground. I was kind of wilty to start with right out of the box. This was back in mid May. I planted right in the ground, buried about 4 inches below. It started yellowing a dropping leaves left and right. It kept going downhill. I tried giving it just superdilute sea tea, but it still died. I will post some pics so you can see the progression. I think it was the soil mix to start with, because I used 50% native soil, 40% composted bagged manure from my garden center, about 20% peat, and a handful of greensand, bonemeal, and a handful of Foxfarm organic granular fertilizer. The same mix was used with my John Cabot bareroot, which I had soaked for 3 hours (probably not long enough I think). He just sat there for weeks looking like sticks. Never did any growing at all. What a shame. Both are RIP now. This time I dug out the "over done" soil and replaced with 50% top soil, about 30% peat, and 10% sand. No fertilizers! This is how I planted my first climbing roses Scent from Above and Social Climber, and they both did wonderful. Anyways here's the pics of Ramblin' Red before he was laid to rest:...See MoreHow much space do rose seedlings need?
Comments (9)That's going to depend upon how many seedlings there are per pot and of what type. If you have three or four minis in a small pot like that and can both keep them from frying in too high heat and well watered, they could exist their first year or so in many instances. If you've raised seedlings of large climbers or shrubs, one would outgrow that size pot in a very short time. I created 2' X 4' x 8" deep wooden table planters with screen and wire bottoms which stand on saw horses. I plant all the seeds in them and leave them from planting (around Thanksgiving) until the following Thanksgiving when the temps are cool enough for transplanting and the rains SHOULD begin. I cover the tops of the tables with wooden lids which are 1" X 2" frames with hardware cloth stapled to them so air, light and water can easily get in, but rodents and birds are kept out. Once they are transplanted, they can go into anything from a four inch pot to a five gallon, depending upon the seedling. I had many fit the four inch pots this year with just as many demanding gallons, two and three gallons and several which required five gallon nursery cans. If the seedlings don't out grow the size pots you've used, they can remain in them until they do. Many seedlings won't generate vigorous root systems on their own and those are often not healthy nor vigorous enough to retain. Generally, mice, birds, rats and squirrels LOVE the seeds. Squirrels and other rodents will eat the hips and seeds like candy as they've very nutritious and require virtually no effort to "harvest". Seedlings are susceptible to rabbits, rats and squirrels. Keeping all of them out is a constant battle. For the smaller ones, I place them up in a raised terrace where the rabbits generally can't get in to. I have to use traps for the rats/mice. Squirrels are impossible as it's illegal here to do anything to them. For the larger cans, I put the gallons inside and surround them with the larger cans to create a barrier which works to a point. But, as with burglers, if one WANTS in, you can't stop them. Good luck! Kim...See MoreSparaxis
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