Hello Dear Rose Friends,
The first month of magnificent autumn is over already. We can feel it in the cooler evening and definitely colder mornings when it’s still dark at 7am and we’ve already been up for a few hours. We’ll be glad to see the end of daylight savings so that we can get outdoors a little bit earlier.
I tried to water the potted roses by moonlight one morning last week. It didn’t work well! It won’t be too long now and we might not want to be getting up too early on the freezing winter mornings so we'll enjoy the lovely autumn weather whilst we can.
JOKE THIS WEEK:
Q. There are ten cats on a boat. One jumps off, how many are left?
A. None, they were all copycats!
I wish all gardeners were copy cats and do what I’m doing right now across all areas in my garden. I am distributing quality compost and fertilizer, covering with mulch and watering in with Eco-seaweed.
My bulbs are starting to push through and I know if I cover all garden beds during autumn with this TLC, our trees and roses will be better able to tolerate the potentially freezing conditions during winter. Go on, be a copy cat!
GARDEN MANAGEMENT PACK
In order to encourage you, we’ll upgrade the Eco-seaweed pack in our organic rose management pack and send 600g instead of the regular 100g. This is a great saving which includes pack and post … $89.00 Buy Now!
ECO ROSE MANAGEMENT PACK
This special promotion comes with the following products.
- 1x 600g Eco-seaweed powder
- 1x 500g Eco-fungicide powder
- 1x 500g Eco-oil insecticide
FERTILIZING ROSES IN RAINY CONDITIONS
Should I just stick with 'solid' fertilizer, blood and bone and potash, pellets, Black Grit (from Vasili), etc. as they are less likely to wash away? In anticipation of an informative reply, Regards.. Barbara"
My response: Because of the incredible amount of rain still falling along the east coast, I believe it’s imperative that you maintain both liquid and pellet fertilizer as soon as practicable because yes, indeed, lots of valuable nutrients will have washed through the soil / potting media and your plants will appreciate regular fertilizer to recover. Remember, Eco-seaweed solution is not fertilizer but rather a tonic to relieve stress and nurture plants!
REPOTTING ROSES
Hi Lucy, if it’s time to repot your roses that have been in the same pot for say, two years or more, you can re-use existing pots by cutting the roses back to their almost original size!
Yes, cut the tops and the roots evenly to the same length, soak them in seaweed solution for an hour or so and then pot them into fresh potting media and soak them with seaweed solution at least twice a week for a few weeks after transplanting.
Of course, you might prefer to have new varieties in the pots so plant the roses you have into an area of your garden using the same method as above.
As winter approaches, now is an ideal time to transplant and move plants around your garden. They’ll settle in well before it gets too cold!
SPECIAL OFFER THIS WEEK
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ONE MORE GIGGLE BEFORE YOU GO:
Q. Why are roses bad cheerleaders?
A. Because they're only rooting for themselves.
Get out into your garden while the weather is cool and ideal to tackle those tasks you’ve been meaning to undertake for some time! Enjoy the moments. Cheers from Gra and Diana, Mooi and the team here at Silkies Rose Farm, Clonbinane …