UNCLE TOM'S ROSE TONIC

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From late May onwards, feed weekly with either a liquid rose fertiliser or a liquid tomato fertiliser,” adds Stewart. The key thing to remember about feeding roses is that roses take their nutrition from the soil or growing medium in which they grow and they need a good quality and fertile soil or growing medium to thrive.

Roses have a big appetite and if you satisfy the need for food and water, you will get more flowers,” Philip from Harkness Roses says.Using mycorrhizal fungi granules at planting time on all roses makes a huge difference to the establishment and the performance of roses,” says Chris. This depends on you and how good you want your roses to look and perform, the main thing is to make sure your roses are kept well fed and this will help greatly in keeping disease problems at bay or to a minimum level. Regular spraying of the foliage in summer months before you see problems will definitely lead to improved performance and much cleaner and healthier growth.

Alongside a good watering and feeding regime, a good mulch also provides a barrier from pests and diseases,” says Ben Stirton, the nursery manager at Country Garden Roses. The fortnightly feed for roses before buds form should be a general-purpose, relatively balanced organic liquid fertiliser, such as compost tea. Your rose puts tremendous efforts into growing strongly and flowering in large numbers throughout summer and autumn which requires a lot of nutrients from the soil, feeding your roses on a regular basis keeps them strong and healthy and gives them much greater immunity to diseases and health problems. A 1 litre bottle should provide 30-40 applications to a single rose plant in a 7”x9” pot 45cm high and 40cm wideYou could also add a slow or a controlled release fertiliser like these Osmocote granules. They are activated both by temperature and moisture in the soil. These are really good because the nutrients aren’t just released willy nilly. They’re released when the plants can use them to their best ability and they also last in the soil for Our own native rose varieties are extremely resilient and hardy and can cope with a wide range of soil conditions. This type of connection occurs with many plants and it significantly increases the amount of soil the plants can access for nutrients and water, expanding their root system. 2 Mahr, S. (n.d.-e). Mycorrhizae. Wisconsin Horticulture. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/mycorrhizae/ A good pruning regime and an annual mulch of organic matter which will do three things,” says David Allison. once the petals of the flowers start to turn brown after fully opening and flowering they need removing, ideally before the petals fall to the ground to trigger your rose in to re-flowering again.