Happy Birthday @Fire, what a lovely idea for a treat.
Yesterday and today have been just gorgeous here. I only wanted to be out so taking @Marlorena's lead the roses are fed and manured (latter in ground ones only) . I used DA rose granules on everything, clearly it has fish content but using it is best in still conditions. Even so the high dust content gets everywhere. Also 5 clems from Taylors were planted and all my pots rearranged.
@Mr. Vine Eye I considered buying that because your results were great last year! But then I decided to get the DA fert with the discount, while ordering the roses…sorry that’s neither here nor there to your question 😛
@cooldoc ..thanks.. I think it's a bit of a shame to be honest... I hadn't checked them out for a long time..
@Mr. Vine Eye Tack does lovely potted roses, no idea what her feeding regime is, but granular is fine for pots... feeding once a fortnight is perfectly adequate if you can stick to it, but I admit to going a bit more often than that sometimes, more a little and often, but it's overfeeding really..
.. @Fire ..lucky you to go to Sissinghurst and a nice B and B too.. sounds great.. lovely place to stay I imagine..
Sis-ter are two of my fav places, so great to have two days to explore both again. I have no car else I would go down all the time, esp to study with Fergus at Dixter.
There was so much going on at Dixter - huge ferula communis popping all over the place. I've missed both places dearly over the last two years. Great to see the bones of the garden and to raid the nursery. Heaven to have the place almost to ourselves. Wonderful to catch the last of the snowdrops. It's an ambition to grow a cutting from their huge rosa Florence Mary Morse. It's never in stock.
Thank you @Marlorena. I will feed the pots DA rose grains again in July and I give seaweed drench and tomorite half strength, alternately, every 10-14 days, ish.
Edit For the pots I think my second mid summer feed was Miracle Grow Rose and Shrub slow release granules in 2020, that was fine too.
Happy birthday @Fire. What a lovely way to celebrate your birthday.
@Mr. Vine Eye, I have been using Wilko rose food. Not sure how it compares to anything else though. I also used their tomato feed as liquid feed for pots but I could not manage to feed or water regularly last year.
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..thanks.. I think it's a bit of a shame to be honest... I hadn't checked them out for a long time..
@Mr. Vine Eye
Tack does lovely potted roses, no idea what her feeding regime is, but granular is fine for pots... feeding once a fortnight is perfectly adequate if you can stick to it, but I admit to going a bit more often than that sometimes, more a little and often, but it's overfeeding really..
.. @Fire
..lucky you to go to Sissinghurst and a nice B and B too.. sounds great.. lovely place to stay I imagine..
@Mr. Vine Eye, I have been using Wilko rose food. Not sure how it compares to anything else though. I also used their tomato feed as liquid feed for pots but I could not manage to feed or water regularly last year.