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Old 19-06-2006, 03:52 PM
Tiger303 Tiger303 is offline
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true, thinking behind it is soil which is rose sick will affect the ability of new roses to establish and grow strongly, but by time the cardboard has rotted the rose will be strong enough to not be too badly affected by soil sickness. well, thats the thinking at least

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Originally Posted by Charlie Pridham
The RHS were trialing planting in cardboard boxes full of fresh compost, I
think the idea is by the time the rose gets through the box its got going.