Roses 20 February 2017 at 3:45PM in Greenfingered MoneySaving 5 replies 1.7K views

JEN22

wHAT SOULD I PUT ON MY ROSES IN THE SPRING TO GIVE THEM A GOOD BLOOM. THEY WERE RATHER LEGGY LAST YEAR

savemoney

https://www.greenharvest.com.au/GreenGardenNotes/OrganicRoseCare.html

Keep the mulch away from the stem of the plant. Feed your roses regularly during their period of active growth with well-rotted manure or compost. Always add some sulphate of potash to blood and bone as it lacks potassium. Spray seaweed onto the leaves, in the afternoon, every 2 to 3 weeks.

Justagardener

Use epsom salts. Sprinkle around the base of the roses and work gently into the soil so as not to disturb the roots. Roses can suffer from a lack of magnesium. Epsom salts prevents nutrient lock up and will give the roses a much needed magnesium boost You will notice stronger lush growth from lower down the plant and much brighter blooms!

Mojisola

JEN22 wrote: »

wHAT SOULD I PUT ON MY ROSES IN THE SPRING TO GIVE THEM A GOOD BLOOM. THEY WERE RATHER LEGGY LAST YEAR

What type of roses are they?

Did you prune them?

JEN22

Yes I cut them hard back at the end of last season. Not sure what type they are


I'm looking to buy some feed this year and not sure what to buy. Will one product do the whole job

Farway

JEN22 wrote: »

I'm looking to buy some feed this year and not sure what to buy. Will one product do the whole job

Yes, never used it but I hear the seaweed based ones are v good, but IMHO any general fertiser would do the job

Having said that this year I ma going to try foliar feed rose spray, just to see