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Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise.
Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. TIA HB |
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On 2/9/2015 1:26 PM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. TIA HB My roses are already showing leaves, so I fed them yesterday. I gave them a mix of ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates (listed in declining amounts). -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ |
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On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:49:51 PM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote:
On 2/9/2015 1:26 PM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. TIA HB My roses are already showing leaves, so I fed them yesterday. I gave them a mix of ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates (listed in declining amounts). Tx, David. How is this different from commercial rose food from nursery? I don't have one handy to compare formulae. TIA HB -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ Thanks for reference! Will look up. Have fertilized so little & so haphazardly over the years ...decades! There is a school of thought (not that I follow them) that holds roses are so tough you can do or not do almost anything to them. Will try a little love this year. HB |
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On 2/11/2015 8:32 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:49:51 PM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote: My roses are already showing leaves, so I fed them yesterday. I gave them a mix of ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates (listed in declining amounts). Tx, David. How is this different from commercial rose food from nursery? I don't have one handy to compare formulae. TIA Commercial fertilizers often contain phosphorus, which is a waste of money and a potential pollutant. The problem is that phosphorus -- which promotes flowering -- does not readily dissolve. Instead, it must be placed where roots will find it. That is why I always place either bone meal or super-phosphate in the bottom of planting holes when planting something. Also, every 5-10 years or so, I take a piece of steel rebar, poke holes about 1-2 feet deep in the root zone of my roses, and then fill the holes with super-phosphate. Furthermore, roses prefer an acid soil. That is why I use sulfates. Most commercial fertilizers are relatively neutral. Despite all that, I do use a commercial fertilizer. I feed my roses monthly from the time new shoots appear after pruning until late October. After the initial feeding with ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates, I alternate between only ammonium sulfate (nitrogen) and a commercial fertilizer that contains a systemic insecticide. The instructions for the commercial fertilizer say to use it every 6 weeks, but I only use it a full two months apart. I never see aphids, spider mites, or bark borers. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ Thanks for reference! Will look up. Have fertilized so little & so haphazardly over the years ...decades! There is a school of thought (not that I follow them) that holds roses are so tough you can do or not do almost anything to them. Will try a little love this year. Roses are tough, As tough as nanny goat's knees. Often the only thing still left growing round old abandoned houses in the Australian country side will be roses and our countryside IS tough. that being said, those roses will all have gone back to the rootstock but they will still be growing and be thickets but they will still put out some flowers. But grafted roses in beds do a lot better with a bit of care. It is very important to regularly dead head them if you want flowers. They will put out a new flush about 6 week during the season after being dead headed. And they do like a bit of water and that regular bit of feed. I too used to ignore mine but a few years ago (after visiting the rosarian I mentioned I was inspired to try to really start looking after my roses. I'd already discovered "sudden Impact for Roses"and knew how good it was for them, but I was slack about being regular in both the dead heading and the regular feeding routine. Being better int hat area has made a big difference to my roses. I live in a cold winter, hot dry summer area, and rose like those conditions and do even better if given a bit of help along the way. |
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On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:36:41 AM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote:
On 2/11/2015 8:32 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:49:51 PM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote: My roses are already showing leaves, so I fed them yesterday. I gave them a mix of ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates (listed in declining amounts). Tx, David. How is this different from commercial rose food from nursery? I don't have one handy to compare formulae. TIA Commercial fertilizers often contain phosphorus, which is a waste of money and a potential pollutant. The problem is that phosphorus -- which promotes flowering -- does not readily dissolve. Instead, it must be placed where roots will find it. That is why I always place either bone meal or super-phosphate in the bottom of planting holes when planting something. Also, every 5-10 years or so, I take a piece of steel rebar, poke holes about 1-2 feet deep in the root zone of my roses, and then fill the holes with super-phosphate. Furthermore, roses prefer an acid soil. That is why I use sulfates. Most commercial fertilizers are relatively neutral. Despite all that, I do use a commercial fertilizer. I feed my roses monthly from the time new shoots appear after pruning until late October. After the initial feeding with ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates, I alternate between only ammonium sulfate (nitrogen) and a commercial fertilizer that contains a systemic insecticide. The instructions for the commercial fertilizer say to use it every 6 weeks, but I only use it a full two months apart. I never see aphids, spider mites, or bark borers. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary Most informative, tx. Two further q's: Why would (commercial)) phosphorus be a "potential pollutant". Which commercial fertilizer avec insecticide do you use? TIA HB HB |
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On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 3:25:29 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ Thanks for reference! Will look up. Have fertilized so little & so haphazardly over the years ...decades! There is a school of thought (not that I follow them) that holds roses are so tough you can do or not do almost anything to them. Will try a little love this year. Roses are tough, As tough as nanny goat's knees. Often the only thing still left growing round old abandoned houses in the Australian country side will be roses and our countryside IS tough. that being said, those roses will all have gone back to the rootstock but they will still be growing and be thickets but they will still put out some flowers. But grafted roses in beds do a lot better with a bit of care. It is very important to regularly dead head them if you want flowers. They will put out a new flush about 6 week during the season after being dead headed. And they do like a bit of water and that regular bit of feed. I too used to ignore mine but a few years ago (after visiting the rosarian I mentioned I was inspired to try to really start looking after my roses. I'd already discovered "sudden Impact for Roses"and knew how good it was for them, but I was slack about being regular in both the dead heading and the regular feeding routine. Being better int hat area has made a big difference to my roses. I live in a cold winter, hot dry summer area, and rose like those conditions and do even better if given a bit of help along the way. Tx for helpful info. I DO deadhead faithfully, and shape during the summer/early fall, since certain varieties tend to go ape if not controlled. Will be interesting to see -- if I can get my head around regular feeding -- how roses respond, given the vagaries of climate change. Ex: Today it was over 80 F at noon. So hot I could not work in back (South-facing) garden. While my poor kids in NY are freezing their assets off, and New England is up to *their* assets in snow with public trans not running. |
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On 2/11/2015 4:29 PM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:36:41 AM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote: On 2/11/2015 8:32 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:49:51 PM UTC-8, David E. Ross wrote: My roses are already showing leaves, so I fed them yesterday. I gave them a mix of ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates (listed in declining amounts). Tx, David. How is this different from commercial rose food from nursery? I don't have one handy to compare formulae. TIA Commercial fertilizers often contain phosphorus, which is a waste of money and a potential pollutant. The problem is that phosphorus -- which promotes flowering -- does not readily dissolve. Instead, it must be placed where roots will find it. That is why I always place either bone meal or super-phosphate in the bottom of planting holes when planting something. Also, every 5-10 years or so, I take a piece of steel rebar, poke holes about 1-2 feet deep in the root zone of my roses, and then fill the holes with super-phosphate. Furthermore, roses prefer an acid soil. That is why I use sulfates. Most commercial fertilizers are relatively neutral. Despite all that, I do use a commercial fertilizer. I feed my roses monthly from the time new shoots appear after pruning until late October. After the initial feeding with ammonium, iron, and magnesium sulfates, I alternate between only ammonium sulfate (nitrogen) and a commercial fertilizer that contains a systemic insecticide. The instructions for the commercial fertilizer say to use it every 6 weeks, but I only use it a full two months apart. I never see aphids, spider mites, or bark borers. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary Most informative, tx. Two further q's: Why would (commercial)) phosphorus be a "potential pollutant". Because the phosphorus disolves so slowly, it is more likely to wash away and enter streams and lakes. Eventually, it will disolve and then cause excessive algae growth. As the older algae die, their decomposition consumes more oxygen than the living algae produce, leaving insufficient oxygen for fish and other aquatic animals. Which commercial fertilizer avec insecticide do you use? TIA I use Bayer 2-in-1 rose and flower care. It contains Imidacloprid, which should be used sparingly since it is quite harmful to bees. Although not approved for use on edibles, studies indicate it is harmless to birds and mammals (including humans). Thus, I use an Imidacloprid drench on my peach tree to prevent flat-head bark borers; but I use it only after the tree has finished blooming. I also use Imidacloprid on my dwarf citrus to treat leaf miners, but only after I see actual leaf miner damage and not when the trees are blooming or about to bloom. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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On 2/11/2015 3:25 PM, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ Thanks for reference! Will look up. Have fertilized so little & so haphazardly over the years ...decades! There is a school of thought (not that I follow them) that holds roses are so tough you can do or not do almost anything to them. Will try a little love this year. Roses are tough, As tough as nanny goat's knees. Often the only thing still left growing round old abandoned houses in the Australian country side will be roses and our countryside IS tough. that being said, those roses will all have gone back to the rootstock but they will still be growing and be thickets but they will still put out some flowers. But grafted roses in beds do a lot better with a bit of care. It is very important to regularly dead head them if you want flowers. They will put out a new flush about 6 week during the season after being dead headed. And they do like a bit of water and that regular bit of feed. I too used to ignore mine but a few years ago (after visiting the rosarian I mentioned I was inspired to try to really start looking after my roses. I'd already discovered "sudden Impact for Roses"and knew how good it was for them, but I was slack about being regular in both the dead heading and the regular feeding routine. Being better int hat area has made a big difference to my roses. I live in a cold winter, hot dry summer area, and rose like those conditions and do even better if given a bit of help along the way. One important thing (among others) to remember is that, if you are growing a plant that would not be found growing naturally in your environment, you must resort to unnatural care for that plant. Since hybrid roses are unnatural, they require unnatureal care in all environments. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean, see http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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On 12/02/2015 12:18 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
On 2/11/2015 3:25 PM, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ Thanks for reference! Will look up. Have fertilized so little & so haphazardly over the years ...decades! There is a school of thought (not that I follow them) that holds roses are so tough you can do or not do almost anything to them. Will try a little love this year. Roses are tough, As tough as nanny goat's knees. Often the only thing still left growing round old abandoned houses in the Australian country side will be roses and our countryside IS tough. that being said, those roses will all have gone back to the rootstock but they will still be growing and be thickets but they will still put out some flowers. But grafted roses in beds do a lot better with a bit of care. It is very important to regularly dead head them if you want flowers. They will put out a new flush about 6 week during the season after being dead headed. And they do like a bit of water and that regular bit of feed. I too used to ignore mine but a few years ago (after visiting the rosarian I mentioned I was inspired to try to really start looking after my roses. I'd already discovered "sudden Impact for Roses"and knew how good it was for them, but I was slack about being regular in both the dead heading and the regular feeding routine. Being better int hat area has made a big difference to my roses. I live in a cold winter, hot dry summer area, and rose like those conditions and do even better if given a bit of help along the way. One important thing (among others) to remember is that, if you are growing a plant that would not be found growing naturally in your environment, you must resort to unnatural care for that plant. Since hybrid roses are unnatural, they require unnatureal care in all environments. Hmmmmmm. I don't think I'd agree with you on that score with the exception of Julia's Rose. That damned rose just looks for an excuse to turn up her toes and die and she does that to every other grower I know round here. I've killed several Julias and so has at least one other grower I know and others have also reported killing her. Pity, given that she is such a glorious colour but I guess that since she's derived from Blue Moon, which I always think is a truly loathsome rose, that parentage might be have been pushing the envelope a bit. Anyway, I every other rose we have here really is as tough as nanny goat's knees and I stopped counting how many we had at 112 and I know we've got more than that and I have also platned more since I stopped counting. Poor old Altissimo, of which I have perhaps 5, is still surviving along the chook pen fence line near a bit oak and a rabbit warren and there survival is despite not having had any watering or feeding or even pruning from me in the 20 ears that we've been here. I really should go and excavate them and do some maintenance on them, especially since this year the blooms were just lovely. I do love single roses - well really, I love nearly all roses except for non scented ones and the species roses which I can't have because of the danger their thorns present to my health. |
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On 12/02/2015 11:36 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 3:25:29 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. Every 6 weeks once Spring gorwth commences is what I plan. Of course I never manage to keep to that schedule but litte and often is the way to go. Do you have "Sudden Impact for Roses" in the US? If you do, I use that and recommend it as does one of this countries better known rosarians. http://www.neutrog.com.au/sudden-impact-for-roses/ Thanks for reference! Will look up. Have fertilized so little & so haphazardly over the years ...decades! There is a school of thought (not that I follow them) that holds roses are so tough you can do or not do almost anything to them. Will try a little love this year. Roses are tough, As tough as nanny goat's knees. Often the only thing still left growing round old abandoned houses in the Australian country side will be roses and our countryside IS tough. that being said, those roses will all have gone back to the rootstock but they will still be growing and be thickets but they will still put out some flowers. But grafted roses in beds do a lot better with a bit of care. It is very important to regularly dead head them if you want flowers. They will put out a new flush about 6 week during the season after being dead headed. And they do like a bit of water and that regular bit of feed. I too used to ignore mine but a few years ago (after visiting the rosarian I mentioned I was inspired to try to really start looking after my roses. I'd already discovered "sudden Impact for Roses"and knew how good it was for them, but I was slack about being regular in both the dead heading and the regular feeding routine. Being better int hat area has made a big difference to my roses. I live in a cold winter, hot dry summer area, and rose like those conditions and do even better if given a bit of help along the way. Tx for helpful info. I DO deadhead faithfully, and shape during the summer/early fall, since certain varieties tend to go ape if not controlled. Will be interesting to see -- if I can get my head around regular feeding -- how roses respond, given the vagaries of climate change. Make an entry in your diary as treat your feeding routine like you do your 6 weekly hair appointments?????? Ex: Today it was over 80 F at noon. So hot I could not work in back (South-facing) garden. While my poor kids in NY are freezing their assets off, and New England is up to *their* assets in snow with public trans not running. No surprise given the distance between where you live and where they live. The worst thing is the variability of yoyo temps in your own area. We've had hot, cold, hot, cold. No wonder the poor old toms don't know if to ripen or not. |
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On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 6:00:14 AM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 12/02/2015 12:18 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 2/11/2015 3:25 PM, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. [...] I do love single roses - well really, I love nearly all roses except for non scented ones and the species roses which I can't have because of the danger their thorns present to my health. Pls elucidate species roses, thorns, health danger -- if not intrusive q. Also let's hear it for the few scented roses still available at nurseries. Anybody know an on-line source for scented roses? HB |
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On 13/02/2015 11:40 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 6:00:14 AM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/02/2015 12:18 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 2/11/2015 3:25 PM, Fran Farmer wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:35 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:53:34 PM UTC-8, Fran Farmer wrote: On 10/02/2015 8:26 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote: Have to confess, fertilizing is one of my weakest areas, garden-wise. Ex: Always afraid to fertilize roses, too soon after pruning. Pruned late January. ISTR wait till first buds appear? Or? Wd appreciate input from members *with similar climates* (So. Calif Coastal). Also your guides to best Internet sites. There's overwhelmingly much out there. [...] I do love single roses - well really, I love nearly all roses except for non scented ones and the species roses which I can't have because of the danger their thorns present to my health. Pls elucidate species roses, thorns, health danger -- if not intrusive q. Species roses are very, very, very Thorny. http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-d.../species-rose/ Do you remember the story of the discovery of Penicillin and how it was first given to a policeman who had blood poisoning from the scratch from a rose which he got on his cheek? http://www.healthcentral.com/dailydo...ot_feb_12_1941 I have had an infection from the tiniest scratch from a rose. I've been told not to prune them and if I ever get a scratch to instantly disinfect and cover with an antiseptic dressing. I am now very, very cautious round roses and get my SO to prune. He does that and although I don't like the way he does it, I know that the roses will survive despite his treatment and at least I can still have roses. Also let's hear it for the few scented roses still available at nurseries. Anybody know an on-line source for scented roses? Good luck. I won't buy non-scented rose bushes. My favourites for perfume are "Mr Lincoln" and "Papa Meilland". |
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