Use these tips for fertilizing roses to help them produce plenty of flowers.
For the most part, roses are tough plants that grow and bloom without demanding much attention from you.
However, roses need more feeding than mostflowering shrubsto produce the biggest blooms and healthiest growth.
Credit: Richard Baer
Trace elements (boron, chlorine, copper, and iron) promote plant cell and root growth.
Thats where you come in;adding nutrients back to the soilhelps roses perform their best.
Fertilizers come in dry, liquid, or foliar spray form.
Shop for a product labeled for roses and carefully read the directions for amounts and frequency of utility.
Then, provide aliquid fertilizer(synthetic or organic) about a month later, after it is established.
Established Roses
Start feeding existing rose plants in spring when new growth is about 6 inches long.
Provide a second feeding of liquid fertilizer after the first bloom.
