STANDARD ROSE THANKS MIKEC

I'm glad the epsom salts worked. I'll have to remember that one Clarice. The rose is a beautiful colour.

That's great to see your rose looking so fab, Clarice. :o)
Did you dilute some Epsom Salts in water?
How much ?
How often did you water the rose with the treatment ?
so many questions...Lol.

Put about a desert spoon in a watering can, also put about half teaspoon in spray bottle and sprayed the leaves, did it quite a few times last year, then when i sore it picking up this year i did it every month since march, usually i get about 12 or so roses out at one go, but i'm so pleased with it.

Thanks for the advice.
I might try it with one or two of my roses which are not growing well... :o)

Lovely 2 see Your Rose all well again Clarice :)

Lovely rose Clarice, they are beatiful arent they?
Hope it blooms as often as ours does, great colour over and over again.

It's certainly looking very healthy on the Epsom Salts treatment, Clarice! Well done Mike - and well done you as well! :-)

It's nice to see it looking so helthy and with so many buds.
Did you take these photos with your new camera ?

Lovely Clarice ! Wel done you...and Mike

I've never heard of the epsom salt treatment before but so glad it worked for your elderly rose. I think I've heard that banana skins are good for rose growth so I've been putting them down at the base of my roses. Have I imagined this or is there some truth in it?

I do it aswell :o)
I think they're full of potassium and that's supposed to be good for the roses.

my what a lovely rose and what good timing for me as at lunch time today hubby and i had decided our iceberg rose had probably had its day!!
it has been in this garden 10yrs and previous garden 19 years and is looking sad this year
so epsom salts on the shopping list for tomorrow and see how we go
many thanks for the tip clarice and mike

Hywel my new camera as'nt come yet, only ordered it saturday night, it will probley take me a month of sunday's to learn how to use it, you know i can remember, not that long ago, both you & me where only just learning how to do this pc lark & putting photos on goy, & now look i've learned how to buy, things on the internet, wonder if we will have learn abit more this time next year.( Quite proud of myself)

Gee i've heard that banana skins are good for roses aswell, reading on the box epson salts is good for alsorts of plants, i've started spraying my tomatoe leaves with it and they look very healthy.

You should be very proud of yourself :o)
You've come on in leaps and bounds. lol
Think how much more you will know by next year.

Hywel i've just had a new card to put in my sky box, never done anything like that before so will let you know if i do it ok. x

It looks lovely. Definitely a tip to remember. What do the Epsom Salts do to it exactly?

Fantastic Clarice. I've read somewhere that a handfull in the bath is beneficial, so if it can perk up the rose so well who knows what it might do for me.

Clarice that's a lovely pic not just of the rose but your whole garden. Can imagine u pottering about there now : )