Coffee Grounds for Roses - Yes?
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Comments (15)I've used both the cubes and the pellets and much prefer the pellets. When I first started using alfalfa around the garden, I looked all over town and all I could find were alfalfa cubes intended to be horse feed. I went through a 50# bag of the cubes and finally ran out last fall. This spring when I went to find a replacement, the store I got them from last time had switched to a pellet product instead of the cubes. Now that I have used both, the pellets break up and dissolve into the soil much faster than the broken up cubes ever did. Plus the pellets seem to dissolve into the tea better or at least the 'crud' goes through my watering can better than the sludge resulting from the cubes did. Pellets are the way to go unless the cubes are all you can find. As long as it is 100% alfalfa and no salt, it should be fine for the garden....See MoreCoffee Grounds in Roses
Comments (3)Coffee grounds are used as an overall soil amendment. They do not have to be used on roses, they should be applied to the entire bed. They have a small smount of nitrogen, but are not used as fertilizers. They help make the soil better. They will decompose. You don't want to apply them thickly, as they will crust over and repel water. You might want to browse over at the Soil, Compost and Mulch or the Organic Gardening forums, there are usually a few threads on using coffee grounds....See MoreCoffee grounds and Roses
Comments (14)Actually I only cover because I do not want to take any chances as all our roses are looking real good at this point... But actually those low temps are only lasting for a few hours and its been cloudy & windy here so even at temps in the 20's I have seen no frost.... I'm watching my nephews dog for a week so I have to get up all hours of the morning to let it out so that is how I know there has been no frost...lol... But those clear nights frosts can be really heavy so I cover to be on the safe side.......See MoreHelp with how to winterize roses in the ground & roses in containers
Comments (15)Sorry to be reviving an old thread, but I had some additional questions. First time I've posted on here; I've been primarily on the kitchen and bath forums. We live in Eastern WA state - zone 6a. We have had roses in containers that we overwinter with varying levels of success for the last 5 or 6 years. Our property is in unfenced deer country, but I really wanted some roses and they actually won't come on the front deck (amazingly). This is the first year that we haven't placed our roses in our unheated, uninsulated detached garage. We have them up off the deck ,in a sort of protected corner, with insulation around the pots themselves. I have watered them about once a month. My question is this: these roses, and I have only 2, never actually seem to go dormant. Even before when I would put them in the garage for the winter, they seemed to retain their leaves. This year I was sure I'd see the leaves get brown and fall off, since they were outside, but that hasn't really happened. It appears to me that I haven't killed them quite yet and I'd like to keep it that way. Here's what they look like right now: When we first started doing this, we successfully kept them for at least 3 or 4 seasons. Then, one year both bushes died. We replaced them, not with identical varieties, and the next year (maybe 2 years ago?) one died and one didn't. I've never pruned in the fall, having read it's better not to. Sorry this post is so long, and again I'm not sure I have a problem (yet), but was just wondering if anyone had any insight. The information in the posts above has been very helpful. Thanks....See More- 9 months agoingrid_vc zone 10 San Diego County thanked Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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