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tea for roses?

16 years ago

Has anyone ever heard of putting tea on the soil around your roses? I was told about it by a friend who said her grandmother put her spent teabags in her rose soil and it helped alot. do you have to brew the tea first or can you just put loose tea around the rose without brewing it first? Thanks, Joel.

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diane_nj 6b/7a
16 years ago
Either. The tea leaves serve as a soil conditioner. Coffee grounds (brewed or unbrewed) can be used too. Tea adds some nitrogen (NPK is approx. 4-0-0, coffee is 2-0-0).
cajunrosegal
16 years ago
Now if we want to talk tea....how about ALFALFA TEA....smelly rotten definitely designed to make your neighbors call the salem witches club to drag you out. Now that kind of tea we all know about. The roses love it but you will hate it.

Angela
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zeffyrose
16 years ago
I think it is a nice healthy fragrance.---LOL

Florence
cajunrosegal
16 years ago
Florence healthy as in STRONG! Pugh!
Angela

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