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To: Mephisto who wrote (1960)	12/16/2000 8:47:04 PM
From: Stephen	Read Replies (1) of 4583

Mephisto, sorry for the tardy reply ... I've been waiting for my brain to kick into gear ... but alas my memory just isn't what it once was ... so.. to cut a meandering story short ..... I'm English ... so my wife tells me gardening is in my genes ... GG. I've never grown roses with a passion as for many years I considered them 'too easy'. Now I'm older I appreciate their assets rather more ..LOL. I live in the Bay Area of the West coast ... so we get no frost to speak of. Great for the plants ... and the pests of course !!. I wanted to mention something about your rose planting as it sounds like you are planting in beds where roses already exist or have been previously. This is where my memory fails me ... however ... you may or may not know that rose roots play host to either a fungal or bacterial presence that surrounds the exterior of the root (I think its the latter - but I read this over 30 years ago). This both encourages root growth ... (to stay ahead of the bacteria) but also inhibits root hair growth (the root hairs actually take in the moisture & food). This bacteria can reside in soil for many years after a rose has gone. The big problem occurs when 'dry root' roses are planted in these areas ... the bacteria gets to work on them before they can get established and so the rose struggles for a few years and sometimes dies (maybe this is why it appears that they take time to get established ?). So ... I always used to initially pot plant in fresh compost for a season orn dig an outsize planting hole and fill it with fresh compost. I haven't ever grown rose's in pots ... I like them to grow tap roots so they don't need watering too much ... (I was/am a lazy gardener). Roses do best in a slightly acid soil ... with seasonal treatment of potash and bonemeal... Heck .. I've gotta go ...sorry ... Disney was fun .... Best regards Stephen

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