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Grow Healthier & More Vibrant Roses

Submitted by: Karen Tindall 11/02/2009 11:40 AM

One more tip for anyone interested in growing roses. I take 2 quarts of my leftover dish water and pour over my roses, and other flowers, vegetables, etc to kill bugs, water and stops fungus that can grow on your plants. I also take any old bananas, instead of composting, I now freeze the bananas "whole", peels and all, then a couple of times a month I use them as "spikes" and shove them into the ground next to my roses. This is pure potasium and roses love it! Your blooms and colors next year will be gorgeous. I learned this from a master gardener of flowers and roses.

Thanks,
Karen

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Thanks for the tip. I will try that with my over ripe bananas. I have thrown so many out, but not anymore! :)

Posted by anonymous on November 04, 2009 3:44 PM

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Do not do this with a high grease stripping liquid such as Dawn dish liquid as it can kill some plants or cause damage. A friend did the mix with the dish liquid to spray on the lawn. Since it didn't name a brand to use, they used Dawn and the next day wished they had not. So use a generic that isnt like Dawn (which is great for dishes but not plants) and do a test spot.

I did this with fish tank water and found that my pear tree and lawn loved it, but the green beans died in the test spot and nothing happened with the perennials I tried.

Posted by Cher B on January 03, 2010 11:34 AM

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