MANURING ROSE BEDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 30

MANURING ROSE BEDS

FORK INTO SOIL

y-'c-J-t;, is a mistake to place farmyard .manure, on rose beds in the autumn and leave it on the surface throughout .the; >yinter, according to Mr. H. . H Thomas. It is good practice to apply it'Jtheri, but it should be forked into the soil, not left on top, otherwise the soil;becomes sour and sodden and some of; the plants may perish. Farmyard manure may be used in the autumn, of alternate years in that way. In the intervening year basic slag—4 ounces per square yard—should be scattered among tha, rose trees in March. Bonemeal as. ap -excellent artificial fertiliser >for roses; it should be applied in

August at the rate of 2sz per square yard:- '~

: A fertiliser, known as .Tbnk's manure, is specially recommended for application to rose beds; it contains the following ingredients:— Superphosphate 12 parts, nitrate of potash 10 parts, sulphate of magnesia 2 parts, sulphate of iron 1 part, and sulphate, of lime 8 parts. The mixture is used in August at the rate of. .4 ounces to the square yard. During the:summer months, when? ; the rose trees are in full growth, an application every ten days or so of guano, or other quick-acting fertiliser, may be used with advantage: This advice applies only to rose trees that have been planted two or three years or more. . '