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miniature roses are turning brown and ugly!

eddiesmom
19 years ago

I BOUGHT 12 LITTLE POTS OF MINIATURE ROSES. I CAREFULLY TOOK THEM OUT OF THE CONTAINERS THEY WERE IN WITHOUT SHAKING THEM LOOSE OR MESSING UP THE FORM THEY WERE IN. PUT TWO IN EACH GALVANIZED PAILS THAT I HAVE (6 LARGE HANGING PAILS, WITH VERY ADEQUATE DRAINAGE), AND ADDED SOME REGULAR POTTING SOIL. THEN I PUT SOME ROSE FERTILIZER AROUND THEM, WATERED THEM GOOD AND HUNG THEM UP. FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE BLOOMS WERE BEAUTIFULL, THEY WERE ALL NICE AND GREEN, SPREADING ETC. WE HAD TWO DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN, THEN ABOUT 4 DAYS OF BEAUTIFULL SUNSHINE, TEMPS ABOUT 67-75 THROUGHOUT ALL THE DAYS. FOR THE FOUR DAYS OF SUNSHINE I DIDN'T WATER BECAUSE WE HAD HAD SO MUCH RAIN THE PREVIOUS DAYS. NOW THEY ARE ALL BROWN, UGLY, DRIED UP, AND JUST LOOK LIKE THEY ARE RUINED! IT IS GOING TO STORM AND POUR FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS HERE ANYWAY, SO I JUST LIGHTLY WATERED THEM THIS MORNING. WHAT DID I DO WRONG, DID I PUT TOO MUCH FERTILIZER? OR DID I NOT WATER THEM ENOUGH OR TOO MUCH WATER? AND WHO CAN TELL ME HOW I MIGHT FIX THEM? I AM THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO PUT THEM IN THE GROUND TO SALVAGE THEM, BUT THEN I GIVE UP ON WHAT TO USE IN MY GALVANIZED HANGING PAILS! ANYONE WHO CAN HELP WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECTIATED!!!!!!

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