So, long story short, (too late) make sure you find out how to take care of the plants you have, in your particular climate. It looks like we
were slowly killing these rose bushes, and didn't even know it...
After 4 years though, two of them were dead, and two others were not looking so good, so we decided to replace the dead ones. After going to
We planted the new roses to replace the dead ones, and gave them all
some 'root
stabilizer', and started watering them every day for a couple weeks.
I'm somewhat surprised. I've always found despite a reputation for requiring ef fort that roses tend to be pretty bullet proof. In the
days of my youth we had roses down the fence side of the driveway which took a belting most of the day and were studiously ignored for years. While they didn't end up the best specim ens none of them died.
If you hadn't gone to the nursery you wouldn't have found you need to water mor e, but I'd be inclined to try some cuttings of the existing
old roses. :) They take time to establish but will often grow well.
Roses also like blood meal; or you can buy the shake and fertilize specifically for "Roses." If you think you have a lot of blooms now .. wait till you fertili ze them :)
As for Vegi's .. we've had horrible luck starting ours in our green
house this y ear. This entire spring has been mostly cold and overcast.
I did have some fertilizer that I added this passed spring. When is the best time to do that?
Thanks for reading this...
I have 2 pots with Gazanias in them. One is 4 years old, the other 3.
The 4 year old is full of buds this year but the 3 yr old one has nice dark green leaves but NO buds! Someone suggested it may have too much nitrogen in the soil. I suppose it's possible as I added some cow maneur into it however what does one do to neutralize it? It's getting a bit
late in the season and I'd like for it to have at least 1 round of buds before fall.
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
This will be a 'I'll ask my wife question' :)
Meantime I found this
Name: treasure flower, gazania, Gazania rigens and varieties
Height: ground-covering herbaceous perennial usually no more than 50cm high Foliage: green or grey-green, narrow, pointed leaves; some are
downy; some have a light underside.
Climate: sub-tropical to temperate; drought-hardy; frost-tolerant.
Soil: well-drained; tolerant of poor soils; the better the soil, the better the plant will grow and flower.
Position: full sun; tolerant of light shade, but too much shade
inhibits flowering.
Flowering: daisy flowers in bright colours and multi-colours, some with dark centres.
Feeding: use a long-term, controlled-release fertiliser.
Watering: water when conditions are hot and dry; good drainage is essential.
has nice dark narrow pointy green leaves and they're quite firm so I know it's far from being dead. One lady suggested it has too much nitrogen in the soil - but didn't tell me how to neutralize it : \
Thanks, that much I already knew. The one pot that's not growing any buds has nice dark narrow pointy green leaves and they're quite firm so I know it's far from being dead. One lady suggested it has too much nitrogen in the soil - but didn't tell me how to neutralize it : \
This will be a 'I'll ask my wife question' :)
Not a green thumb either I see <G>
Captain Obvious wrote to N1uro <=-
Woodchips or sawdust work. Regular old dyed mulch as well.
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
My wife says just leave it, it may not flower this year but you should
get a crop of flowers next year.
I did do a google search on them and there were some comments about the nitrogen promoting healthy flowering at the expense of flowering.
Watering seems to be key to getting good flowering too from what I can tell.
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
Nope but also learning and to be fair learning more in the last few
years than prior when I was less interested in such things :)
Nope but also learning and to be fair learning more in the last few years than prior when I was less interested in such things :)
You're never too old to learn :)
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
Today it was learning to prune roses. I got a basic 101 lesson from my wife then let a poor hapless rose that she knew could take my hacking
:)
Today it was learning to prune roses. I got a basic 101 lesson from m wife then let a poor hapless rose that she knew could take my hacking :)
Now you'll have to keep us all informed as to it's life status <G>
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
Tomorrow it gets a proper haircut with the expert barber in our house.
It's a good thing I don't prune flowers. If I gave them haircuts as I
do my own they'd be shaven down to the soil :)
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
I can do similar things with my lawnmower set to a low catcher setting
:)
I can do similar things with my lawnmower set to a low catcher settin :)
I have a couple of dead trees I wish I could do that to. They're just a bit too big.
Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
It's the rocks and other solid lumps you have to watch out for, oh and adults and kids too :)
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