UNCLE TOM'S ROSE TONIC

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In many instances, where the soil is healthy and fertile, a good quality organic mulch can be sufficient to keep roses growing and blooming well. 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". Whenever you are seeking sustainable and eco-friendly options for feeding roses, it is important to restrict yourself to organic options. Healthy Soil Equals Happy Roses

All of these products are safe to bees and pollinating insects & non resistant to roses so can be sprayed on the plants as many times as needed. 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. These plants are somewhat fussier than wild roses and are very hungry plants that often need additional feeding to perform at their best. It will provide nutrients to the roots as it decomposes, act as a weed suppressant and help to retain moisture in the soil.” Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic is a fantastic easy to use product that acts as a tonic/rose feed to promote new strong and healthy growth. Uncle Tom's is a natural and safe product which is perfect for gardeners who don't like to use chemicals within their garden, and also this makes it bee, insect and butterfly friendly. Use every 7-14 days in periods of active growth (April to October) - starting early to prevent disease problems and encourage healthy growth from the beginning of the season, and save the ease of trying to cure an issue.

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A good pruning regime and an annual mulch of organic matter which will do three things,” says David Allison.

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. 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. These can sadly often do more harm than good and are a poor choice for wildlife and the environment. 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 A 1 litre bottle should provide 30-40 applications to a single rose plant in a 7”x9” pot 45cm high and 40cm wideThe 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. This wild growth will look different, being a lime green leaf colour with a matt finish, which can overtake the growth of the correct grafted rose and eventually kill off the grafted part of the rose if not controlled. 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 The fortnightly feed for roses before buds form should be a general-purpose, relatively balanced organic liquid fertiliser, such as compost tea.

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. 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. This photo shows just how much difference regular feeding makes. Both ‘ Frilly Cuff’ roses were pruned at exactly the same time and to the same height, but the big difference is that one has been fed fortnightly, whereas the other one hasn’t been fed at all. As you can see the plant that received a regular feed is much bigger, healthier and is bursting with buds. Many feeds are available, but the one we w ould most recommend is Uncle Tom’s Rose Tonic, which we used for this demonstration. Uncle Tom’s Rose Tonic will not only encourage strong healthy growth but will also increase disease resistance. This means that they can often be content with much less feeding than roses that are grown in containers, confined beds or planters.

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. 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.