I’m a novice, and read somewhere that if using Mycorrhizal fungi when planting, not to use fetiliser subsequently for a while. I’d be grateful for guidance on this. Thanks.
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The advice generally is, if you are going to use MF when planting a rose, you should not put fertilizer like bone meal into the planting hole with it, as it is thought to be detrimental to the MF, and will render it ineffective but please remember that they want you to buy MF, so they sell this line that you need it.
I apply granular fertilizer to the soil surface and gently rake it into the soil, a few weeks after I've planted the rose, when it's settled in. At the early stage all it wants most is water, and more water.. preferably rainwater...
Where it is absolutely useful, to the point of essential to use MF, is when you are removing a rose, and replanting with another one. If you don't use MF, you will certainly get rose replant disease, which can last a year or two before disappearing..
Personally, if you are planting your rose in fresh ground where no rose, pyracantha or apples, anything from the rose family has been grown before, then just plant it. Your soil should already contain mycorrhizae and there is no need to add any more - in my opinion... but if you already have some, and want to feel you're doing the right thing, it isn't going to hurt to use it... fertilize on the soil surface at the end of June...
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I apply granular fertilizer to the soil surface and gently rake it into the soil, a few weeks after I've planted the rose, when it's settled in. At the early stage all it wants most is water, and more water.. preferably rainwater...
Where it is absolutely useful, to the point of essential to use MF, is when you are removing a rose, and replanting with another one. If you don't use MF, you will certainly get rose replant disease, which can last a year or two before disappearing..
Personally, if you are planting your rose in fresh ground where no rose, pyracantha or apples, anything from the rose family has been grown before, then just plant it. Your soil should already contain mycorrhizae and there is no need to add any more - in my opinion... but if you already have some, and want to feel you're doing the right thing, it isn't going to hurt to use it... fertilize on the soil surface at the end of June...