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That is what i was just thinking...for us folks here in the mid Atlantic or those up north, might not quite work as well.
I find Epsom salt added with any fertilizer helps enhance the uptake of the fertilizer. More vibrant blooms, richer color, darker green foliage and stronger plants.
—-> Regular applications increase magnesium levels in leaves which is vital for chlorophyll production process and seed germination. It also helps strengthen cell walls and improves the plants’ inflow of sulfur, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
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you just dig a hole in the rose bed and bury them and also dig a hole for the cold coffee grounds and bury them as well . works wonders since I live in the south they decompose rather quickly thus giving off their nutrients to the soil . It works beautifully .
Yes. I have not used it this year, since I have no explanation as to why my other knockouts died, I thought I would forgo any chemicals on the remaining one. As I wrote in another thread, this year something is eating the buds off it. Call me stumped.
you just dig a hole in the rose bed and bury them and also dig a hole for the cold coffee grounds and bury them as well . works wonders since I live in the south they decompose rather quickly thus giving off their nutrients to the soil . It works beautifully .
This technique works for all kinds of flowering shrubs here in Florida. I even make my own potting soil and include the grounds from used K cups. Works wonders!
I don’t really think the Bayer was to blame, because the roses did so well on it for several years. Many blame “the gumbo” in the soil here. They say that plants do fine fore several years until the roots hit the gumbo, which I guess is a layer of clay.
Anyway all over the neighborhood, and in public plantings, the knockouts are big and covered with blossoms. My one remaining one is barely hanging in.
Even better are the double knockout roses that have a bloom like no other.
I am impressed with the difference that the Epson salt make.
I actually just discovered it last year and after several weeks of starting to use it the effect was night and day for a product so inexpensive.
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Anyway all over the neighborhood, and in public plantings, the knockouts are big and covered with blossoms.
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