Feeding
Your Roses: Can You Believe What You Read?
by Vernon Rickard
ARS Carolina District Winter Meeting
January 27, 2001
* Before fertilizing in spring, loosen soil with fork to open up the soil.
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Middle of March |
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Sta-Green Fertilizer (15-5-13) - 3 mos. |
1/4 cup per plant |
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Epsom Salt |
1/3 cup per plant |
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Gypsum |
1 cup |
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Dolomite Lime |
1/2 cup |
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Ecojoy |
2 cups |
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First Week in April |
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Miracle Gro water soluble (15-30-15) |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Fish Emulsion |
2 tablespoons per gallon |
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Chelated Iron |
1 teaspoon per gallon |
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Middle of April |
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Mushroom Compost |
2 shovels per bush |
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Last Week in April |
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Magnum Gro water soluble (8-10-8) |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Fish Emulsion |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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First of May |
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Ecojoy |
2 cups per plant |
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First of June |
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Miracle Gro water soluble (15-30-15) |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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First of July |
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Sta-Green Fertilizer (15-5-13) - 3 mos. |
1/4 cup per plant |
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Alfalfa Tea & Miracle Gro water soluble (15-30-15) |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Mid August |
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Ecojoy |
2 cups per plant |
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Epsom Salt |
1/3 cup per plant |
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Chelated Iron |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Fish Emulsion |
2 tablespoons per gallong |
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Magnum Gro water soluble (8-10-8) |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Mid September |
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Fish Emulsion |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Magnum Gro water soluble (8-10-8) |
1 tablespoon per gallon |
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Mushroom Compost |
2 shovels per bush |
* Also uses blood meal and superphosphate for hardiness