Hi,
It's been a while since I posted. I have been thinking about the posts about putting coffee grounds around roses and how well the roses do. How do you apply the grounds? Do you dig them in or just sprinkle them around the base of the rose?

Geez, I keep meaning to put out the coffee grounds onto my rose bush and I always forget.....but not today....nope...I'm taking them down there in a bit.....

LadySlipper,
If you go to FORUM SEARCH and type in ROSES,
you'll get a plethra of information on roses
that we've talked about some tips, tricks and technique's for growing them and what everyone's favorites and kinds and brands are.....

What kind do you have????

Weezie

Neat name by the way!!!!

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Weezie

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Epsom salt helps the plant to absorb any fertilizer, it's great on tomatoes too.

I have to get drinking more coffee now, to many hostas and roses for my grounds to go around!

Does anyone know if tea leaves would work like coffee grounds? I am not a coffee drinker, but I drink tea. Both in the bag, and loose tea.
Just wondering if it would do the same thing.

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****Storm,
Coffee grounds are great for the soil,
it loosens it, and makes the critter's come
from below to "get at it" and they inturn getting there and eating makes good soil!!!!

I think that the slugs aren't too found of
them as well! I think they're not coffee drinker's!

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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****WEEZIE, thanks for the information.
I know that when I ask something on this board, someone will answer quickly, in a kind way, and very informative.
Thanks for helping me grow (oh, I mean in the garden).


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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional.

Ladystressout,
I emptied a few,
I'm really bad at empting it,
I have a few on there I keep as I want to keep
tabs on how they come out, etc...

Thanks for letting me know!!!

As for the Epsom's Salt, I would have to say,
it depends on the size of your rose bush.....

A good rule of thumb is about 1 tbsp...
2 tbsp's if it's a good size older rose bush...

And sprinkle at the drip line of your plant
(Remember where your plant was last year about,
and when the leaves were all there, and it rained, where did the water fall off of the plant
on to the dirt?
That's where you want it.)
Scratch it into the dirt just a bit!

And it will stimulate the bottom *or basal, I guess they call it* growth for roses, new canes, from the bottom instead of the smaller top spinally growth!!!

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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hi everyone, I never knew about the epsom salts for roses but swear by brown bannas. They work awesome for us when the bannas aren't pretty enough for the kids but I'm too lazy to make bread. My husbands loss of banna bread is usually the roses treat. I've had super killer resilient slugs, they don't fall for beer, or milk spores, or copper wire attached outlining beds ( most don't like electrical charge and will avoid copper ) they don't mind sand paper surrounding plants either. The only thing I've been able to use is from Gardens alive catalog some Sluggo bait, but it's expensive with gardens my size and kinda inconvient to get. But we're big coffee drinkers so I will definitely try the grounds. I celebrate the news because up to now I don't mulch much because it's slug heaven if I do but the sacrifice to me is I'm always weeding ( which I tend to kind of enjoy ). I consider slugs my biggest gardening adversity.

The epsom salts is "of course" sold here. I even bought a "box" but then got to thinking - - the ground is already highly alkaline. I don't know if I would be hurting the roses if I used it. Does anyone know if adding the salt will increase the alkalinity?

Thanks

Jon

******LARGELADY thanks for the reply about the tea bag site. I tried to go there, but it said it wasn't found. Would you happen to know the name of the site, so I can do a search for it?
Don't know if your username means you are a woman of size (is that politically correct??), but I am. I also like your rainbow with the smile.
Hope you have a great day!

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional.

****Jon,
Scroll up a bit to the top part of my post,
and there's a thing on Epsom's salt.......

I know I've read that you should *especially* in question, have your soil tested to be sure about the alkaline/acidity because too much can hurt your plants as well!!!!

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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