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| finally i found fish fertilizer! Organic Based MUSKIE 5-1-1 emulsion fertilizer
which is the fertilizer that people on this site recommend most now how much of this should i apply to each HT rose? in ground and the potted roses the pots i have are about 18 inch high and 16 inchs wide i mixed miracle grow potting mix and nature mix potting mix so how much fish fertilizer should i apply to the in ground roses and potted ones |
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| also how long does fish fertilizer last once applied and should i wait before i fertilize the newly planted roses which were store bought container roses i think they were already fertilized with fish fertilizer because i soil smelled pretty bad |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Sun, May 27, 12 at 11:05
| I would look on the back of the packaging, it usually has all the info you need on how to apply...... Sheridan's could probably tell you how often to use on roses, did you see they also listed 2 new OSO Easy roses on their website? Under new plants And yes it smells like fish (or a bad day at the harbor) |
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| OSO EASY� HONEY BUN SHRUB ROSE kippy yeah i saw that there is no information on how to apply on the back of the packaging or on the sides... |
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| hey the Sheridan place gives away free fertilizer PARKWOOD� PLANT FOOD http://www.sheridannurseries.com/products_and_services/parkwood_brand/ parkwood_fertilizer |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Sun, May 27, 12 at 19:49
| Bet they can help you with how to use the fish emulsion too |
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| yeah probably does anyone have experience with this PARKWOOD� PLANT FOOD? |
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| they have SEA SOIL as well i haven't seen this soil in any of the big stores any used SEA SOIL before? |
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| Why is NPK 5-1-1 recommended for roses? I would much rather go for something like 5-1-5, kalium tends to be used up almost as quickly as nitrogen and is very much needed for growing flowerbuds. I suppose 5-1-1 can be good when a bit of extra nitrogen is needed. |
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| does anyone fertilizer their potted roses with fish fertilizer ???????? |
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| I use fish emulsion for all my roses, both in the ground and in pots. Started doing this last year after a recommendation from one of my favorite rose nurseries, Greenmantle. I tried 3 different brands. The one I liked best is Gro-Tone made by Espoma. Gro-Tone is a nice balanced 2-2-2. It also smells better than fish emulsion often does. Gro-Tone certainly smells like fish but it's more like a fresh fishy aroma. Espoma added mint to make the scent less objectionable too. However it is pricey, and my local nursery doesn't intend to carry it as it didn't sell that well. I bought almost every bottle they had and stockpiled it.;) The other fish fertilizer I liked somewhat was Neptune's Harvest. The numbers on the bottle I have are 2-3-1. It also didn't smell bad though very fresh fishy(I think NH and Espoma use a cold processing method). The NH found at my local nursery is the mix which includes kelp, and I'd prefer not to give that to my roses as I don't think they need it based on soil and water conditions here--yours may be quite different. If I can't get the Gro-Tone, this is the brand I'll use, but their fish-only one which is 2-4-1. I can order direct from NH. The 3rd fish emulsion I used was made by E.B. Stone, fish emulsion with kelp, 4-1-1. It smelled ghastly, like rotten fish. Yuck, I did not enjoy applying it in the garden much less even opening the bottle. In addition, my roses did not respond as well to it as the other two. One reason may be that the water here can be very high in boron, and if the fertilizer also includes that micronutrient plants in this area may object (by showing boron toxicity). I've never seen Muskie in the stores so have never tried it. All the ones I used seemed to be in slightly different concentrations and thus the dilution rates indicated on the bottles were also different. I found this site on the web that carries Muskie: http://www.pthomeandgarden.com/product/9-muskietm-fish-fertilizer-5-1- 1 It looks as if on that bottle at least there is some kind of info on the side. Perhaps it is application instructions???? Maybe they didn't put it on all the bottles which would be too bad. Melissa |
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| thank you Melissa how often and how much fertilizer do you use for each rose in ground and for each rose in your pots thank you |
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