Organic Rose Gardening
Growing Organic Roses
Organic Rose Care
Organic rose gardening, growing organic roses, means using organic rose care such as using organic rose food and fertilizer
Growing roses organic starts with the soil for
roses.
So organic care for the soil in which they grow is a must if you want a healthy rose garden.
Most of us do not have perfect garden soil. But good soil is the basis of all gardening, and an absolute requirement for
good organic gardening.
Constant mulching with organic materials
Roses likes richly organic soil. Since they grow and bloom over a long season, roses need lots of organic rose food
They seem to prefer clay based soils that hold nutrients longer, and give firm support to their shallow feeder root
systems.
So if your soil is very sandy, you need to add lots of organic soil amendments, maybe as much as 75%, and really work it
in well.
Also adding a 2-3 inch layer of organic mulch every month during the season will really help, especially if the weather
is hot.
If you are wondering about the benefit of organic gardening, click on the headline above for information about what the benefits are to you and your family and your garden.
If you are looking for organic sprays for roses, the products on this page offer organic prevention for rose dieases, and organic pest control solutions.
Home Made Baking Soda Mixture
You can also make your own alternative rose spray.
Try the baking sode solution for general fungus disease.
Here is the recipe: 1 tablespoon baking soda, and one tablespoon light-weight horticultural oil to 1 gallon of water. Mixed thoroughly.
Apply late evening, or very early in the morning, a day after a thorough watering.
The foilage needs to be dry so direct sun won't burn it.
If you use this mild rose spray for fungus diseases, make sure you do so on a regular basis. For example every week.
Haphazard spraying applications don't seem to produce reliable results.
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