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    Spent much of my garden time aquaplaning; nuff said :mute:
     
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    The one thing you'll need to do, Sheal, with growing Roses on sandy soil, as I do, is to give them a regular feed of Tomato Feed. As you know by experience sandy soil is a "hungry soil" and nutrients just wash out after time. Since you've spent a lot of time and care about the Rose bed it's worth your while investing in a supply of Tomato Feed.:snork: Over the last couple of years I have done that and you can see the difference and how the Roses appreciate it.:yes:
     
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    I'm ready to feed Armandii, just as soon as they get underway. I dug some manure into the soil about a month ago and mixed blood, fish and bone into the soil that was going back into the holes with the roses, so that should keep them going until spring. I'll also get some compost on the bed at some time. As you say sandy soil is hungry along with the roses themselves, but the soil itself will take sometime to bring up to scratch. :)
     
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    Just pumping it out:frown:
     
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      Just keep bunging old compost on the Rose bed, Sheal, and over time it'll turn into good moisture holding soil.:snork: Putting Blood, Fish and Bone into the bed is a good idea as it will slowly release it's nutrients. I usually give a couple of weekly doses of Miraclegrow when the Roses start "moving" into leaf and then commence with the Tomato Feed.:coffee:
       
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        We've had this conversation elsewhere, but just a suggestion to consider Chempak (either Tomato or Potash). Its sold "dry", so you do have to stir it in, compared to liquid feeds, but it isn't hard and you get probably 10x as much diluted fertilizer for your money, compared to buying a Brand X Tomato fertilizer, and even better compared to the well known Tomato fertilizer brands :blue thumb:

        I wonder if it is worth considering a long-season Potash fertilizer for Roses on sandy soil?
         
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          Chempak are good products and used to be a local firm (I remember when they were in one small building). I'm just a bit concerned that they may put their prices up a lot as they were taken over by Thomson and Morgan last year.
           
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          Didn't know that. Chempak's website has been non-existent for a number of years ... perhaps that was a sign that they were struggling.

          P.S. www.chempak.com Domain Name now takes you straight to T&M website - however, there is far more info on T&M site than there ever was on Chempak site - pity T&M haven't put photos of back-side of products on the site too - it would be handy to be able to read the exact N:P:K etc. data, and I would trust it more than whatever has been transposed into the Product Description on their site.
           
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            Planted five Roses, that's me done:dbgrtmb:
             
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              :phew: 5 Roses Loli? Did they all have some mature hen poo?
              Names of your 5 new roses please.
               
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              No Jenny they had mature moo poo:thumbsup:
              3 Ebb Tides....you can blame Woo for those:thumbsup:
              Paul's himalayan musk and a Compte de Chambord:dancy:
               
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              A very tasty selection Loli,
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              Well it looks like another day of cleaning more pots and trays ready for the new season.
              As I do not have much in the way of plants this year in the greenhouse, it might be well to get the basics right first. Then I can have good plant and hygiene before any disease set in.
               
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                Verrrrrrrrrrrrrry cold - still thinking about it.
                 
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                  That's fifty pots done and only 450 more to do, plus the seed trays.
                  Looks like a can of Jeyes goes on the shopping list again.:blue thumb:
                   
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