Rose Fertilizer

Rose Fertilizers & Your Garden

Executive Summary about Rose Fertilizer by MJ Blake

Rose fertilizers provide the right blend of nutrients needed for your plants to produce quality flowers. 

Roses can be picky about soil, in addition to a sunny location and a well drained soil, they need a pH of 6.5 to 7.0. If the soil is too alkaline - add sulphur, for an acidic soil - add lime. 

Fertilizer is a balanced mix of the three essential nutrients plants need: nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous. In portions of 10-15-10, the nitrogen helps foliage produce chlorophyll, phosphorous balances pH and promotes growth, and potassium helps the plant develop hardy canes and the ability to withstand cold temperatures. 

The first application should be made at the time of planting. The next step is to water and tend the plant as new roots grow. Watch the plant carefully for signs of the first leaf; allow 2 weeks to pass before feeding. 

In mid-summer when roses are in full bloom, fertilizer should be applied again. This feeding is crucial for continued growth of the plant. 

Roses slow down with the advent of fall and completely stop growth for the winter. The last round of fertilizer should be applied, ideally, about 6 weeks before a hard frost. This application will sustain plants through the winter without promoting the growth of new stems.

Make and Maintain Rose Fertilizers

Executive Summary about Rose Fertilizer by Joe Griffon

To have beautiful, healthy blooms your roses need a nutritional diet of rose fertilizers. Late winter is the best time to fertilize existing rose bushes. During spring the soil will be warm and fertilizer will help your roses for blooming.

A good fertilizer recipe for average sized rose plants: one cup bone meal, one cup cottonseed meal, one half cup blood meal, one half cup fishmeal, and one half cup Epsom salt. 

For newly planted roses, do not fertilize until after the plant has bloomed for the first time. The newer plants have a greater chance of burning, and extra care has so the roots don't burn. 

Organic fertilizers are good for roses because of their slow release properties. There is guaranteed to be a big, healthy bloom if slow release fertilizer is added from spring through fall. It is also good to add a tablespoon of chelated iron to the dry mix of fertilizers. Then apply around the base of the bushes and on the soil.

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