Gosh that's a lot @Fire. I've yet to do all mine which I'm hoping to do tomorrow.
Your Nathalie Nypels are a bit ahead of mine @Marlorena so I'm quite excited to see how mine will hopefully look in a week or two. May I ask, an article in the Telegraph today indicated that you should water new roses once a week in their first year. Would you do this even if it's been raining hard do you think? Our clay soil is still quite soggy so I don't think I need to just yet?
It sounds like a lot but it isn't really - equivalent of 16x50 litre bags. It doesn't go far on both the front and back. It's nowhere near enough to put the recommended four inches on all the beds. I basically did just a bit on the raised beds and the roses. I have kept a bit back too.
Such sweet pups @Jessica, one forgets what a handful they are at that age. Our blind, deaf old girl is on her way out according to the vet, but she has such a huge will to live and has defied medical science for so long..
Yes, I grow chives @Marlorena, I usually buy cheap little pots from the GC and dot them around since seeds are hard to come by here. Mostly as a theoretical aphid repellent but they look pretty regardless.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yeah, I'm not sure they make any difference to aphids, but I just think they look so nice especially when the flowers open..
@Lizzie27 .. I don't like rules, do you? whilst the advice is sound, more for modern roses I should add, and if you've only got one newly planted rose then you might be inclined to follow this advice, but I'm afraid it doesn't happen here, but yes, even if heavy rain, if I was a diligent waterer I would still put a full can on the roots - during the growing season they can never get enough, especially those thirsty Austin's with the big cabbagey blooms..
Incidentally on this subject, I don't know if anyone else has noticed but they hate hard tap water and hardly respond to it, and I've never got enough rain water - which they love - to go round, never mind once a week.. My tap water is so hard it turns the foliage chlorotic and it locks up nutrients. Other than keeping the roses alive, it's useless here as far as I'm concerned..
Obviously potted roses, yes we're going to be watering them religiously aren't we?.. they soon dry out..
@Victoria Sponge Rehomes, very well loved and cared for, owner sadly became too ill so they returned to our breeder so they could find a good new home for them (its in contract). They called us a while after we lost our youngster to see how we felt about meeting them @Nollie my old girl is about 13 - 14 at the moment. Shes wonderful, we treasure every day.
Thanks for that @Marlorena, I did go out and water all the newly planted ones in the ground after all but forgot to do the two potted ones. Duh, I'll do those tomorrow. I do use water butts (we've got 9) as much as possible but obviously have to use tap water when necessary. Our water is also one of the hardest but needs must.
Absolutely Marlorena, the Austins are the worst when it comes to chlorosis with my hard water, most others don’t seem to mind nearly as much. I dose them regularly with iron and a little magnesium, plus mulch heavily with acid compost, which helps, but it just not the same as rainwater. They are always first in the queue for it, especially the dark/darker leaved ones. The veg garden also loves rainwater, no amount of irrigation makes up for a good downpour. I’m leaving most of the veg garden fallow this year, I got so little reward for all that work last year.
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...anyone else grow Chives with their roses? I find them indispensable.. so fresh, so early..
'Nathalie Nypels'..
Lovely stuff @JessicaS, are these two rescues/rehomes too?
Your Nathalie Nypels are a bit ahead of mine @Marlorena so I'm quite excited to see how mine will hopefully look in a week or two. May I ask, an article in the Telegraph today indicated that you should water new roses once a week in their first year. Would you do this even if it's been raining hard do you think? Our clay soil is still quite soggy so I don't think I need to just yet?
@Lizzie27
.. I don't like rules, do you? whilst the advice is sound, more for modern roses I should add, and if you've only got one newly planted rose then you might be inclined to follow this advice, but I'm afraid it doesn't happen here, but yes, even if heavy rain, if I was a diligent waterer I would still put a full can on the roots - during the growing season they can never get enough, especially those thirsty Austin's with the big cabbagey blooms..
Incidentally on this subject, I don't know if anyone else has noticed but they hate hard tap water and hardly respond to it, and I've never got enough rain water - which they love - to go round, never mind once a week..
My tap water is so hard it turns the foliage chlorotic and it locks up nutrients. Other than keeping the roses alive, it's useless here as far as I'm concerned..
Obviously potted roses, yes we're going to be watering them religiously aren't we?.. they soon dry out..
@Nollie my old girl is about 13 - 14 at the moment. Shes wonderful, we treasure every day.