It works!!! I scattered it around my rose hedge in the front two spring seasons ago, and I have had clear green leaves. I plan to do the same next year. Soot does provide acidity, and roses do like slightly acid soil. Infact the idea was brought over from India during the Raj.
I have an old gardening book that I am exploring (no index) and today i found it suggests soot as an insect repellant though I haven't found which insects yet.
what a lot of plants too choose from may be I should of asked for this year, may of made it a bit easier to pick, like the picture Busy-Lizzie
I have a margaret merril rose which is a small cream/ white colour and very scented. I also brought lots of achillleas as well this year - nutcutlet, lots of nice colours in this plant and good for bees and butterflies. French beans also like.
You can pick a few plants you like as your favourite plant . Nice to see that all different plant are liked.
My favourite garden flowers are roses. Favourite wild flower is bluebell - oh the scent of an English bluebell wood. Favourite vegetable is runner bean - pretty to look at, fun to pick and tastes delicious. Photo of rose Madame Alfred Carrière in my garden.
Oh Busy-Lizzie,, I had to quote your post so I don't have to keep going back to look at your lovely garden, between you and Lavender Lady's lovely garden I have many an adoring stare at the puter screen, its beautiful.
I like columbines and campanulla, I also have an evergreen sea holly which is very stricking.
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Buzzie-Lizzie,
I hope my Madame AC looks like the one in your garden. I planted mine in the front garden up against a wall. Cant wait for it to do its magic
French beans (runners) and fuschias and I love my tomatoes, so do my family!
has anyone heard of using soot from a coal fire chimney around their roses to acidify the soil and stop blackspot in roses?
its an old victorian tip, ive never tried it as i dont grow roses but id heard its great for killing off the blackspot spores in the soil
I would be interested to know if anyones tried it and what sucess they have had
I heard that it
scares cats away from your plants .
It works!!!
I scattered it around my rose hedge in the front two spring seasons ago, and I have had clear green leaves. I plan to do the same next year. Soot does provide acidity, and roses do like slightly acid soil. Infact the idea was brought over from India during the Raj.
I love blue flowers. We have a wood quite near and each year we go for a walk when the bluebells are out. Absolutetly beautiful
I have an old gardening book that I am exploring (no index) and today i found it suggests soot as an insect repellant though I haven't found which insects yet.
Hello all
what a lot of plants too choose from may be I should of asked for this year, may of made it a bit easier to pick, like the picture Busy-Lizzie
I have a margaret merril rose which is a small cream/ white colour and very scented. I also brought lots of achillleas as well this year - nutcutlet, lots of nice colours in this plant and good for bees and butterflies. French beans also like.
You can pick a few plants you like as your favourite plant . Nice to see that all different plant are liked.
Oh Busy-Lizzie,, I had to quote your post so I don't have to keep going back to look at your lovely garden, between you and Lavender Lady's lovely garden I have many an adoring stare at the puter screen, its beautiful.
I like columbines and campanulla, I also have an evergreen sea holly which is very stricking.