Edition 10th October, 2024

10th Oct 2024

Hello Dear Rose Friends,It’s been glorious weather here at Clonbinane with just enough ‘rain event’ to keep the soil nicely moist without having to irrigate garden beds … YET! It will happen of course but meantime, we’ve fertilized all the gardens and mulching has been a priority with an extra pair of hands during the school holidays … grandson Cooper hard at work with Janelle supervising

Last week’s product promotion was a resounding success and very timely that you all stocked up on the Organic Rose Management products! I’m very interested in your feedback about the Fair Dinkum Seaweed Gold and Bloom Boom because I’ve used them both for a long time and find the results amazing – let me see pictures of your roses after several applications as I’m sure you’ll agree, the roses become more bountiful and robust when using these two products regularly.

Aphids have definitely moved into Clonbinane and there’s just a few too many for the little birds to keep up because it’s still relatively cold each morning and the ladybirds aren’t making their presence felt just yet either!

Pat emailed and asked what the issue was with her roses – see this pic

MY RESPONSE TO PAT'S EMAIL ...

It appears to be fungus … do you use the organic rose management spray program?

Eco Fungicide with Eco oil and Seaweed Gold solution should sort this out but meantime, I would trim that damaged foliage off … did you have aphids earlier?
They can cause this damage too …

cheers - Graham

THEN AN EMAIL FROM PAT ...

“Wow! Thanks. I was worried about witches broom..

Yes, I do use the organic management program but probably didn’t spray as much in the last few months as I would normally and had terrible aphid infestation before that.

Will get the eco combo spray going again.

Thanks - Patricia

Predators were on hand in large numbers which is why we’re leaving this for Mother Nature to clean up and I’ll put more pics in of these same roses next week …

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WATERING POTTED ROSES …

It’s ever so important that you understand potted roses must be watered every day as the weather heats up and plants have adequate root systems and they’re starting to flower.

This email came in from Drew …

Hey just a question, looking for some help. I have a Lincoln and a just joey hybrid tea's and they are both going very yellow. I have attached photos. A lot of the roses are getting a fair few yellow leaves. Any suggestions? I am only watering 2 times a week as it's getting hot up here now and I have given them some iron last weekend but they are continuing to go yellow. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards, Drew

MY RESPONSE TO DREW …

Oh, my goodness! They’re desperate for a decent watering!!! You may have to apply a soil wetter in order to get that potting media wet again … sometimes, depending on the quality of media, it’s near impossible to get those pine bark chips wet after they’ve been very dry.

You need to purchase seaweed solution and soil wetter, apply as per instructions and moving forward, all potted plants need at least daily watering … you’ve also got terracotta pots which means they’ll dry out quicker than plastic pots … glad it’s weekend and you’ve got time to attend to these poor dry plants!

Cheers and please let me see pictures in a few weeks after you’ve fertilized, soaked regularly with seaweed solution and done daily watering!

No amount of any product other than water was going to assist with getting the foliage on those roses healthy! Drew assured me he would water his pots daily and use seaweed solution more consistently so the roses will flourish again soon.

If you’re ever unsure of any situation with your roses, please don’t hesitate to reach out via email to info@rosesalesonline.com.au and we’ll work with you to find a solution.

Meantime, of course, enjoy all the moments in your (almost) flowering spring garden …

Best wishes from us all here at Silkies Rose Farm.