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1st time adding manure to roses, any advice??
Comments (18)Probably the ideal time to add manure would be spring. We do it when we get a round tuit. It's not a huge issue here, for the roses are never actually dormant, or fully out of bloom. Lynn, we have in the past gotten our horse poo from a small local boarding stable. The horses are NOT out grazing. They're in stalls or corrals, and nothing is growing there. Bagged stall waste -- largely straw -- is kept separate from the bags of manure. We did bring home some of that once, for a specific non-rose project. It was pretty urine-soaked, and rotted nicely in place. The manure is pretty much "pure" manure. It's bagged up in old plastic bags or feed sacks. You have to get there early to score it, because it disappears very quickly. We once watched a woman fill the entire trunk and inside of a fairly new luxury car, piling it carefully around the baby in the back seat in an infant car seat. It was awesome. If I run short of that source, I can always try for manure from my nephew's two horses. Lastly, the first time someone told me they used horse manure straight from the horse, I did not believe it. After hearing it more than once, we tried it, and saw that it's pretty wonderful stuff, just as it is. But one man's ceiling is another man's floor, and you shouldn't do anything you feel uncomfortable about. Jeri...See MoreWhere to buy Old Port in USA
Comments (11)Dear Tom, I am so very sorry for your loss. I too am in zone 6, though not sure if I'm 6b or 6a. From your description of your climate, it sounds pretty similar to mine, except we do often get much hotter than 90. And of course last winter was unusually cold (strings of below zero days). In any event, I often buy bands around this time (usually as my birthday present to self) - and in fact I have 2 replacements of incorrect roses coming from Rogue this week. I have never lost a one over the winter. Here's my technique: Unless the plant arrives REALLY huge, I never plant a band directly in the garden - I find the little bands just get swamped by bigger plants. Instead, I give the band a few days to recover from shipping. Then, I get a 1-gallon pot, fill it with a good organic (no chemical fertilizer) potting mix, and plant the band in said pot. I use a trick I learned from Northland Rosarium, which is to put the band, pot and all, in the big gallon pot, then fill in with the soil, then pat down. Now, slip the band pot out - you'll have a perfectly band-shaped hole in the pot. Then, gently slip the rose out of its pot, and pop it into the perfectly-sized hole, and fill in and firm in with soil. This minimizes root disturbance and shock to the little rose. In its gallon pot, the rose can grow on through the rest of the summer, putting on roots and size. You just have to be careful to keep it watered and fertilized (I give it a handful of slow release organic stuff like Alfalfa meal or Rose tone about a week after potting, and that's it for the summer. No chemicals its first year!) Now, to get it through the cold winter! Come fall, usually close to around when we get first frost, I clean out my veggie garden. Then, I dig a hole, and sink the potted-up rose in. I sink it in so the entire pot is underground, up to its lip, but the plant is sticking out. Then, once the cold really starts to set in, I put a blanket of leaves over the plant. Its ok to let the top of the plant stick out, but I like to cover the bottom few inches with leaves, just in case we have super-cold. I have been using this technique for many years, and have yet to loose a rose. The only worry is if you have voles or mice who might get under the leaf cover - in which case you might want to add some kind of repellent like shavings of stinky soap, etc. I brought all my last-year's birthday roses through our brutally cold past winter, so I feel like this technique is pretty reliable! In the spring, you can dig out the plant, maybe let it grow on a bit more, and then plant it out in late May or early June. All best wishes, Frances...See MoreJust a quick "Hello"
Comments (9)Thank you all for the warm welcome! As I am an Amercan in Ireland, so some of my pre-Ireland gardening knowledge doesn't apply. I am learning as I go. For instance, instinct told me to mulch my roses but that is completely unnecesary here. The climate here is mild, however I live on a mountain (this mountain is a hill compared to the appalachians - near I grew up). My property is built on a blanket bog - rich clay that is crazy waterlogged. The roses I have thrive because of the humidity (just enough to keep them happy but not so much as to encourage black spot) and because they receive 10 - 12 hours of sun in summer. In the seven years I've lived here there have been only 2 snowy winters. 2012 has been unusually wet and cloudy. Many desease resistant roses struggled with black spot and rust. However, my smaller roses (Joie De Vivre, Top Marks, and Sweet Magic) were exceptional this year. Most of my roses are in containers. I keep compost worms in the pots and I feed them on a budget - coffee, bananas, etc. I made my first, large, hot compost heap this year. I hope to top dress my roses in spring. I am not a rose snob - I found a generic standard rose on clearance today. The roses were absolutely gorgeous so it came home with me to add to my copper/apricot collection. Oh my goodness - it feels so good to discuss the garden! Thanks, M Ps Mary. Congrats on your Shillalah :-)...See MoreSpots on Bells of Ireland
Comments (6)i used to go nuclear with chemicals to fix every little problem ... i smoked while i used them to cut down the exposure ... after i got rid of my hybrid T roses... the big foo foo ones .. i went to no chems ... and discovered a couple truisms ... [the roses had to be sprayed every 4 weeks for bugs and diseases.. pshaw on that] 1 .. it doesnt cost anything to just throw the plants away ... why spend 20 bucks trying to fix a problem on a plant i spent two bucks on .. 2.... most of this stuff is cosmetic.. and.. see above about spending 20 bucks .. just enjoy the mystery .. until you cant stand to look at them any more .. and then get rid of them.. problems solved ... BTW.. i tried these twice... and failed completely ... and that put them on MY foo foo list.. so i just gave up trying ... problem solved.. lol .. and moved on to other problem plants.. lol .. [i see love in the mist in your future... what a nightmare.. lol ..] ken...See MoreSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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