Feeding Roses
T INKED \ip with the question of water supply to roses is an adequate supply of food. New beds should not require any further feeding if they were properly prepared prior to planting, but ■established roses can usually do with a quiek-actiug fillip now. Superphosphate, nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia and blood manures are the fertilisers of most use at this stage. A little sulphate of iron can be added if the colour of the foliage is poor, while some growers contend that a little sulphate of magnesia improves the colour of the flowers. Any or all of these fertilisers can be mixed for immediate use, but not for long storage. Quite a satisfactory mixture for present application is 31b of superphosphate, 21b of sulphate of ammonia, and ilb each of sulphate of iron and sulphate of magnesia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24133, 27 November 1941, Page 15
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141Feeding Roses New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24133, 27 November 1941, Page 15
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