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"Jim Carlock" wrote in up corn something or another). I noticed something about banana peels and roses. Banana peels help with rose bushes, How? I never heard that before. |
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"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile but I noticed a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff) so was thinking, well if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly helps control weeds and fungus. Furthermore, the following page indicates that garlic is to use against various bugs... http://www.centralsan.org/education/ipm/resources.html The list of bugs includes: Mosquitoes, Ants, aphids, leafhoppers, thrips, whiteflies, etc I don't know but I sure do like what I'm reading. Maybe some- one else that has good success against whiteflies and aphids and misquitoes might comment on the subject. I had a terrible time with whiteflies last year. One of the corn gluten link and black spot links: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...300313017.html One person at the link indicates that edible cornmeal is the black spot preventive measure, while corn gluten meal is a weed controller. The "Jim Dandy" grits I'm trying seem to be ground white corn. So I'm crossing my fingers. -- Jim Carlock Please post replies to newsgroup. in message news:iyg4e.897897$8l.269365@pd7tw1no... "Jim Carlock" wrote in up corn something or another). I noticed something about banana peels and roses. Banana peels help with rose bushes, How? I never heard that before. |
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"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
How? I never heard that before. Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better. "Jim Carlock" wrote: Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly helps control weeds and fungus... Furthermore, the following page indicates that garlic is to use against various bugs... http://www.centralsan.org/education/ipm/resources.html The list of bugs includes: Mosquitoes, Ants, aphids, leafhoppers, thrips, whiteflies, etc I don't know but I sure do like what I'm reading. Maybe some- one else that has good success against whiteflies and aphids and misquitoes might comment on the subject. I had a terrible time with whiteflies last year. One of the corn gluten link and black spot links: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...300313017.html One person at the link indicates that edible cornmeal is the black spot preventive measure, while corn gluten meal is a weed controller. The "Jim Dandy" grits I'm trying seem to be ground white corn. So I'm crossing my fingers. As far as the banana peels helping with roses... just search google for: "banana peel" roses You'll find some stuff in the garden groups as well concerning the the information. Hope that helps. -- Jim Carlock Please post replies to newsgroup. |
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"Jim Carlock" wrote in message . .. "Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote: How? I never heard that before. Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better. "Jim Carlock" wrote: Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly helps control weeds and fungus... I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you mean the blackspot is caused by the banana. |
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"Leon Trollski" wrote:
I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you mean the blackspot is caused by the banana. I don't know. I have noticed though that mold and/or fungus does grow on banana peels, and was thinking that it "might" be condusive to "black spot" on roses. It's a long shot, the black spot occurs every year, even before using banana peels for the roses. So I'm currently messing with some grits, mixing some grits with the banana peels to see if the black spot decreases/disappears. The rose roots do like the banana peels and they grow very well when blended banana peels are placed around the top soil. Was looking for other opinions concerning the topic. Was hypothesizing and hoping others would jump in and say something one way or the other. -- Jim Carlock Please post replies to newsgroup. "Jim Carlock" wrote: "Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote: How? I never heard that before. Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better. "Jim Carlock" wrote: Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly helps control weeds and fungus... |
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"Jim Carlock" wrote in message . .. "Leon Trollski" wrote: I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you mean the blackspot is caused by the banana. I don't know. I have noticed though that mold and/or fungus does grow on banana peels, and was thinking that it "might" be condusive to "black spot" on roses. It's a long shot, the black spot occurs every year, even before using banana peels for the roses. So I'm currently messing with some grits, mixing some grits with the banana peels to see if the black spot decreases/disappears. The rose roots do like the banana peels and they grow very well when blended banana peels are placed around the top soil. Was looking for other opinions concerning the topic. Was hypothesizing and hoping others would jump in and say something one way or the other. I think blackspot is prevalent in moist outdoor conditions. Make sure you don't water the foliage, don't crowd with other plants, and consider an antifungal powder now and again on affected areas. Best time to apply is on early morning dew. |
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