Blue Ridge Rose Society Best of Past Newsletters

Best of Past Newsletters

Garden To-Do List

From March 1999, By Glenn Schutt

Prepare new rose beds ready for planting as soon as plants arrive.
Finish moving rose bushes so their roots will have time to establish before warm weather sets in.
Check out local nurseries for fresh shipments of roses.
Only buy fresh ones.
Remove any diseased leaves on roses or on the ground.
If you have not taken a soil test, do it now.
Apply a cup of lime and gypsum now and work it into top inches of soil. Add more if your soil tests shows your soil pH to be below 6.0. If soil tests shows the test to be above 6.5, no additional lime is needed.
Water roses during dry spells.
Clean and sharpen garden tools.
Take a break from the garden and take your sweetie out for a romantic dinner.
If shipments of barefoot roses begin arriving, completely immerse roses for 24 hours in water or water/root stimulator solution. Some rosarians like to add bleach to the water in a 1:10 ratio to help disinfect the roses.
Dispose of outdated chemical sprays,
Begin a rose diary.
Do first spray after pruning.
Apply first fertilizer around April 15th for established plants. New plants after first blooms.
Water if less than one inch of rain per week.
Can add soil amendments.
Plan to attend Blue Ridge Rose Society meetings.
Join The American Rose Society.
Grow-em show-em share-em.

Please note that more information will be added soon from past newsletters that provide helpful information for rose growing.

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