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ROSES - Spring/Summer Season 2021

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  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    edited June 2021
    @Fire I add it to the watering can (the recommended amount or slightly less) and water as I would normally (8l can used for 3 potted roses). I rarely do this for plants in the ground, they have DA slow release food.

    EDIT (after I've seen your questions in your thread): I would say that the point of a liquid feed is to use it when you would water anyway, simply just add it to the can. So it's convenient and no added work. But if you use a hose or don't water at all, it wouldn't work for you.
  • OmoriOmori Posts: 1,674
    I use a pressure sprayer and give foliar feed, works out more economical and easier for me to apply. If I had fewer roses I would do a root drench but just not practical for my situation. I’m trying Uncle Tom’s this year which seems to be having a good effect. 
  • KatsaKatsa Posts: 278
    @Fire I lived in Vancouver in the winter and a small gulf island during the summer. 

    I'm also using one of those pressure sprayers for the foliar feed and. Once I use up my tomato feed I'm tempted to Uncle Tom's. But there's no getting around the fact I have 19 roses which need treating!  :D
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @Katsa I lived up on Cortes for some time and in Victoria for years.
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  • KatsaKatsa Posts: 278
    @Fire -snap! I lived on Cortes too! Had family who lived there full time. Small world. 
  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    edited June 2021
    @Fire, I suffer with back and shoulder pain. I have 5 watering canes. I put them on bench so i dont have to bend to pick up. I put liquid feed in each. then fill them with water using hose. Then carry one at a time to water/feed plants (dahlia, potted rose, annuals and tomatoes etc).

    Another method I used was to add liquid feed to water butt, then connect hose to it and use that hose to feed. It was very time consuming but easy on back and I used it for roses in ground couple of times.

    I should switch to slow release food once I have used up all tomato feed stock. I have tried it once early spring this year.
    South West London
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    How can you name such a pretty, feminine pink rose 'General Schablikine'??? 

    (I suppose that's sexist though, isn't it, as I'm assuming that the General is a male)
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    @Lizzie27 19th century general, a hero of the Crimean war. Not easy to find more about him.
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