On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:03:17 GMT, "Theo"
wrote:

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

Well, Old Blush is always weeks and weeks ahead of everything else. So
it's not all that big of a deal really.

However, I'll have to say that I'm getting really strong red growth on
my roses. Don Juan especially seems to be really going like
gangbusters.

We got a little rain last night but in general, it's been pretty dry.
This is the start of the rainy season though.

Even though I'm still expecting a couple of frosty nights, I'm doing
the pruning thing. I can't argue with Mother Nature, who seems to want
to get my roses started. Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand. Epson
salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down. I need to get some
good compost as well... Oh yeah, I need to get some fish emulsion as
well...