DLEverette----Growing good roses doesn't need to be hard. It all starts with the soil. If the roots of your rose are big, healthy and happy, most of the battle is won. I use strictly Sta-Green Flower and Veggy soil. Trust me, the roses love it. Most (99%) of my large roses are on an under stock (multiflora, Dr Huey and Fortuniana). All three under stocks do great in my location. My Distant Drums is on Dr Huey. Over the years I have tried every type of feeding you could think of. I've settled for simplicity with great results.Once a month, starting April 1st, I apply about 3/4 of a cup of 10-10-10 around each bush until Labor Day. The first of March I throw down a shovel full of Black Kow on each bush and apply Beaty's Liquid Seaweed on each bush and water it in. The 3rd week of September I apply Fish Emulsion. I spray my roses every two weeks with Bayers Rose and Shrub Disease Control. During July I switch over to Honor Guard for two applications, then back to Bayers. Everything stays clean and my roses are happy all growing season.
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information very good, I will do the same for roses
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