I have just started a rose garden, and I would like secrets or tips to "old timer" care and love for my roses

any suggestions such as, my grannie used to use cornmeal, sugar and can't remember what else, and her mind is getting kind of forgetful.





Thank you

I have just started a rose garden, and I would like secrets or tips to "old timer" care and love for my roses
Spreading coffee ground under your roses is very good, too. It seems to literally "boost" the roses.


As you just started your rose garden and are looking for "old timer" tips, this may be a good website for you:
Reply:1 part full cream milk with 9 parts water is good as a fungal spray. Liquid seaweed with water is great too. Don't plant the roses too close, about 3-4 foot apart is good. The best thing you can do is have good hygiene in the garden. Dip your secateurs/pruners in bleach between cutting roses and destroy any prunings or black-spotted leaves to stop any spreading of disease.
Reply:Do you or your neighbors have a barbecue? Get ALL of the ashes you can, and spread those under the roses and water them in ... you won't need to use any other 'food' and the roses will have nice leaves and AMAZING flowers ... and best of all, it's FREE ... put ashes down at least once every two weeks through the 'budding and blooming' but stop in the fall so the plants can 'rest' and be pruned next spring.
Reply:I don't know too many old type tips but found the following web site to have tons of information: cutting, watering, top scented, ones that tolerate shade etc.








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