UNCLE TOM'S ROSE TONIC

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Those in containers will require more work and are typically provided with a liquid plant feed every second week from the middle of spring to late summer. Why You Should Fertilise Roses We would recommend spraying from April to October for the best control with 1 application every 1 to 2 weeks, only spray when overcast or early morning or late evening if hot and sunny, never spray your roses in hot direct sunshine from mid morning to late afternoon as this will scorch your leaves and flowers.. Treating Greenfly, Aphids & Pests Roses are very hungry plants and should therefore be fed regularly throughout their livesto ensure maximum blooms and growth, from first year plants through to 50 year oldramblers.We recommend a good feed of a nitrogen high feed like “ Top Rose Gold” after the late-winterprune in February, then feeding every two weeks throughout the flowering period with ahigh potash feed like “ Tomorite” or " Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic".

This means that they perform best when they are fed at least once a year and mulched well with organic matter after feeding. A good pruning regime and an annual mulch of organic matter which will do three things,” says David Allison. I write with an endorsement for your product known to me as Farm-Fos-44, but now on sale to the public as Uncle Tom's® Rose Tonic. This will be my 8th year of use. As a Rose Breeder and a countryside lover I try to be as environmentally friendly as humanly possible and only use products that I feel will be safe. I always mulch roses with good quality homemade compost or manure after any other fertilisers are added in the spring. A 1 litre bottle should provide 30-40 applications to a single rose plant in a 7”x9” pot 45cm high and 40cm wideI feed my roses annually with a granular feed like national growmore, tonk’s rose feed or fish blood and bone,” shares David Allison from the NSALG. You 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

It will provide nutrients to the roots as it decomposes, act as a weed suppressant and help to retain moisture in the soil.” Amateur gardeners now have the opportunity to benefit from the simple power of potassium phosphite, a nature-identical plant food. For several years now, it has been widely used by professional growers and the results have prompted recommendations from many of the leading members of the rose breeding and growing industry.Our own native rose varieties are extremely resilient and hardy and can cope with a wide range of soil conditions. Unfortunately greenfly love roses and at some point in the season you will get one or several infestations, because we grow our roses very close together we have to spray every 1 to 2 weeks during active growth to control and resistance to products is a problem even on a commercial scale.

However, most of the roses grown in UK gardens are hybrid types or those that have been bred over generations to have the optimal visual appeal.Control can be left to nature with birds and other insects like parasitic wasps feeding off them or the onset of cooler weather or wet and windy conditions which greenfly don’t like. Simply add 10ml of Uncle Tom’s Rose Tonic to 1lt of water and apply as a drench or rose spray – contains potassium phosphite fertiliser, free from additives, wetters and dyes. 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/ This is also something that you can make yourself at home, using any potassium-rich leaves from plants like comfrey or other dynamic accumulators of potassium. Mulching Roses

This Rose Society UK book gives the reader more information about many different pests and diseases with colour pictures and proposed treatments. This book describes only the major pests affecting roses, whilst there are many chemical products on the market the Rose Society UK encourages environmentally friendly products.Our Sulphur Rose formulation is easy and convenient to use, simple sprinkle the Sulphur Rose directly into water, stir and apply You can use your SULPHUR ROSE mix in your sprayer or refil an empty SULPHUR ROSE 1 litre hand srayer Mulching roses is, for me at least, the most important stage when it comes to caring for roses and making sure that they have the nutrition they need throughout the year. These and other organic additions can be added to a planting hole when planting new roses or crushed, chopped and spread around the roses in spring before you mulch around the area with your primary slow-release feed and mulch material. Fortunately, these favourites come in a wide range of varieties to suit almost any garden and they are generally relatively easy to grow.