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Spent rose blooms good for the soil?
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Posted by frdnicholas Albuquerque NM (My Page) on Fri, May 5, 06 at 20:10
| I have been putting the roses on the soil after they are finished. Am I possibly promoting disease for the plant? The flowers don't seem to be diseased, but I read that the leaves shouldn't be put on the ground as they spread disease, so I'm wondering about the flowers themselves. I would like to add them as organic material for the soil, but not if it's harmful to the plant. |
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RE: Spent rose blooms good for the soil?
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| As long as they ae not diseased putting them back where they came from, your soil, will put the nutrients they contain back into that soil, and that is good. You could take them from the garden to the compost pile and then bring the compost back to the garden, but this way saves many steps. |
RE: Spent rose blooms good for the soil?
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| Great! Thank you for that confirmation. My roses have been producing lots of flowers, and I have been putting the spent blossoms on the bed around the plants. |
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