dave weil wrote:


Osmocote has worked for me.

I'm definitely using it on the potted roses. You may recall that I had a
fert tragedy with the granulart when my preoccupied Evil Twin used it--a
lot of it--in the pots.


Here is the question: can I have more and/or better blooms?

One thing that I think you should consider is the relative youth of
your plants.

Makes sense. What's odd is that I have had ownroot babies arrive from
Michael's with HUGE buds and blooms--but when they bloom for me later,
they are small.



Of course, I have unusually rich and fertile soil to begin with. The
one plant that doesn't bloom as profusely as I've seen in pictures,
Sombrueil, only gets sun for half the day. This makes me suspect that
your sun might be worth evaluating.


My soil is good--I pretty much replaced rather than amend, and got the
clay out of here. Everybody gets at least six hours of direct sun--some
afternoon, some morning. They get lots and lots of water, which has made a
big difference in the health of the plant and the vigor of the growth of
the green parts--it is true that part of fighting bs is to have a rose so
healthy it renews itself quickly--but the blooms are still small on lots
of them. Maybe it is their age. They are all under 5.