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RE: Hard-pruning the roses again

in #gardening6 years ago

Often, it's not enough to just break the stock, dig around in the soil until you have found and removed it all.
I throw all my used tea leaves and coffee grinds at the base of the rose bushes but a rose fertiliser and epsom salts may help too. Do they have good drainage and are they getting enough sunlight?

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Wonderful amount of sunlight, they are on the eastern side of the house and the sun doesn't go behind the house until about 2pm. I think that is part of the reason they are still doing as well as they are. I am unsure about drainage since they were here when we bought the house. I have not seen any sitting water even after a very heavy rain, so I am inclined to think there is. I will have to start saving my tea and coffee grounds.

Then I guess I'll have to go rooting. I will definitely wait until it's not 100+ outside :( Thank you so much for the advice @nikv