Preparing Roses for Spring

[rafique]

Lovely bloom and healthy plant.

[Farhan Ahmed]

that indeed is a excellent result keeping in mind that it has disadvantage of pot also

[Izhar]

The growth of Maria Shirver using only organic stuff is very healthy so far, I got 9-10 big sized blooms so far and three buds are developing:

Observe the size on 27th November:



After 10 days I put a handful of cotton seed cake and 10-12 banana peels in its pot.. cotton seed cake provides slow release nitrogen and banana peel provides Potash.. I also added one tablespoon wood ash to the pot in January, now after 51 days, the plant is in following shape:



Observe the size of pot and size of plant, the plant is so far healthy and green:

[Farhan Ahmed]

this is exceptional especially considering the pot size.....is the pot intact or broken from below?
Good results .....

[Izhar]

Farhan bhai, the pot is intact...

[amrat12]

The growth of Maria Shirver using only organic stuff is very healthy so far, I got 9-10 big sized blooms so far and three buds are developing:

Observe the size on 27th November:


After 10 days I put a handful of cotton seed cake and 10-12 banana peels in its pot.. cotton seed cake provides slow release nitrogen and banana peel provides Potash.. I also added one tablespoon wood ash to the pot in January, now after 51 days, the plant is in following shape:


Observe the size of pot and size of plant, the plant is so far healthy and green:

Wow, I've never seen a rose bush that big in a pot.
BTW, when do we hard and light prune them?

[Izhar]

UPDATE:

[Usama]

I dont get it Izhar bhai. Is it some kind of an experiment? Why is this rose not in the ground?

[Izhar]

I am trying to get a good pot culture of roses... documenting it here for reference for others... BTW today i have given it 1 teaspoon Calcium Ammonium Nitrate and 1 tablespoon Sulfate of Potash... mixed in upper 1 inch soil.. lets see how it behaves...

[Izhar]