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Birds and plant food
Char74016
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Hi All,
The little house sparrows must be impressed with how much my rose shrubs grew this spring as I've noticed a few playing around them lots the last couple of week! It looks like they might be having a peck at the odd aphid but encase they are picking at the soil for a snack, I use MiracleGrow soluble blue powder to feed all my plants! Is this ok for the birds (absolutely no mention of pet of wildlife safety on the box!)
Thanks in advance!
While on the subject, all roses are treated with ROSE CLEAR GUN every now and again would you recommend I avoid using?
The little house sparrows must be impressed with how much my rose shrubs grew this spring as I've noticed a few playing around them lots the last couple of week! It looks like they might be having a peck at the odd aphid but encase they are picking at the soil for a snack, I use MiracleGrow soluble blue powder to feed all my plants! Is this ok for the birds (absolutely no mention of pet of wildlife safety on the box!)
Thanks in advance!
While on the subject, all roses are treated with ROSE CLEAR GUN every now and again would you recommend I avoid using?
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If you feel you need to use Rose Clear, then only use it at dusk when most (but certainly not all) beneficial bugs are getting ready for bed.
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Unfortunately Zenjeff, I have a very small yard that's concreted throughout so have to stick to pot planting, and it's just not convenient to have bags of horse poo and the likes hanging around 😂
I must say, I was concerned there was no mention of wildlife safety on the box, but as I understand, these kind of foods just even out the soil's PH to 'good enough for most plants'?
I'm only an experimental gardener but recently started using the miraclegrow as am trying out potting in coir this year (again just due to space + storage reasons!) but realised this doesnt have the food beads or anything mixed in as the bags of compost I would usually buy would.. tips are always greatly appreciated 😊 !