Rejuvenating soil in neglected cornfield
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Comments (7)Jodik says: The coir might look dry on top, but down in the center of the pot, it could be quite moisture-laden! I have found it helpful to insert little wooden skewers carefully into the soil to about root level, and leave them there... I take them out and press them against my cheek to test for dampness... if they feel at all damp, I wait to water... but if the skewer comes out dry, it's time to water. My coir is 4" deep in a closed pot. I put the skewer to the bottom of the pot. When I take it out how many inches of bone dry top "soil" should there be before it's time to water again? Is it 1", 2" or 4"? I just went 10 days without water and only 1" of the top was dry so am I supposed to water this direct sun pot once every two weeks or so to avoid over watering, really? And how much water for my 6" closed pot? I had been watering 1 1/2 cup or so once a week and my plant was fine but I'm now worried that was too much so I'm re-evaluating. I know what conventional wisdom says (water deep, not shallow) but that advice doesn't seem to apply to my situation. Also how long should it be before I see new leaf growth in the summer time (first season outside)? My 18 month old Red Lion so far has only grown new leaves once a year. At potting and at dormancy end....See MorePruning and caring for neglected rose bush
Comments (20)Krissy, You're already a pro at pruning! Good job! Now, as you have been advised, it's time for a mulching as you indicated you will shortly do. I would extend the area of your cleared soil 6" more, all around. It's good to keep the root zone of a rose with nothing growing in it, if possible....moisture and nutrient competition is minimized thereby. Is that a gate I see behind your rose? If so, you don't have to worry about your rose opening it and making a break for it. With the excellent care you will be giving it, your rose is there to stay. (kidding!) The Bayer Advanced Disease Control is an excellent disease control. It appears your rose was defoliated by the fungus black spot, the bane of all rose lovers. A regular spraying program will keep your rose nice and disease free....blooming like crazy. Also, expect to see basal canes start emerging from your rose's crown. They are so important for rejuvenating a bush. Old canes begin to poop out and must be replaced with new ones. Healthy roses generally produce a new basal cane or two on a yearly basis. Moses...See MoreI’m back and Rejuvenating the flower beds
Comments (12)I know some people who put fresh horse manure on existing roses. I don't know about putting it on new roots or bare roots that aren't established. I use rabbit manure and composted chicken or cow manures etc. The rabbit can go straight on and the others only take a few months to compost here in NE FL during the warm summer months. In the winter composting could take longer. You mentioned that your source has had the manure piled up for awhile. Maybe it is already partially composted? Hopefully lol. I think your idea is a great idea as far as getting back to gardening. Gardening is so soothing to the soul and good exercise. I haven't had chili thrips here yet. Keeping my fingers crossed but I expect they will eventually get up here. The good thing about starting over is, you have another opportunity to make your garden over the way that you want it using the knowledge and experience you gained from you last garden. New color schemes, layouts etc. Good info on horse manure http://homeguides.sfgate.com/long-wait-before-using-horse-manure-garden-71634.html Info on manure from the American Rose Society http://www.rose.org/rose-care-articles/its-not-just-a-bunch-of-manure-a-look-at-natural-fertilizers/ Info from gardenweb [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/can-i-use-horse-manure-to-feed-roses-dsvw-vd~1708766[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/can-i-use-horse-manure-to-feed-roses-dsvw-vd~1708766) ~Sjn...See MoreRejuvenating gardens in decline?
Comments (13)Good to see you back, Jerome, and it's pleasant to hear you have time once more for your roses. I had about a year and a half in which I considerably neglected my garden, but since mid-August I've finally been able to work on it steadily, though the amount of maintenance required is staggering. Lately I've been cleaning up an area I hadn't touched for two years. I've been shearing weeds and pulling Bermuda grass, cutting out old growth from the roses and mulching. There are a couple of roses that have rootstock suckers to remove and some obnoxious perennial weeds and one elm to dig out, but they'll have to wait: we haven't had a good soaking rain for two months, and right now you'd need a pick to dig. We had a prolonged drought in 2017 (worst in eighty years, I read) with high temperatures, and I found out the garden can take it. All the roses that were doing well at the start of the drought came through it fine. I think much of California still had less rain and more heat than we did, so what was true here may not apply to where you are; also, our roses have good deep clay to get their roots into, which is important. It may also be important that we don't water after the first year, a practice that forces the roses to root deeply. It's hard to establish favorable conditions for the warm climate roses--the soil tends to be too heavy for them and is difficult to amend sufficiently--but the Teas, Chinas, and Noisettes that were thriving at the start of the drought were still doing fine at the end of it. The main problem with not irrigating isn't the survival of the roses, but the flowering. At the moment ,with the summer drought still holding on, there's hardly a rose bloom in the garden. For pruning I'm taking out old, damaged, and dead growth now, promising more drastic attention to some plants during the winter. The Noisettes and Tea-Noisettes always get a thorough cleanup and retraining in March, and roses with Multiflora in their ancestry need significant pruning. The once-blooming old roses of European origin can be prettied up by pruning, but they don't seem really to need it to live and flower....See Moretrpnbils
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