Monday, November 16, 2009

Rose petal edges turn brown-new English rose-fert./water OK?

Just got J%26amp;P Abraham Darby rose on sale. Upper leaves paler-fert. helped some. Watered heavily. Some improvement. Need part. nutrient?

Rose petal edges turn brown-new English rose-fert./water OK?
Put about 1/2 cup epson salts around the rose and water it in the next time you feed it. This seems to help mine. Yet this time of the year mine seem to do this for 2 to 4 weeks. I always thought they were adjusting to the weather.
Reply:This can be caused by many things. Lack of or too much water, bad ph, chemical fertilizer salts, and so on. Get a cheap ph kit at a garden supply and make sure thats good first. Next water only in the early evening to get best use of the water and don't overwater. After that your best bet is to get a "compost tea" fertilizer. You can go the http://www.terracycle.net/ website to find their product or research making it on the web. You can't overuse it and its better than chemical fertilizers in all ways. Hope that helps.

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