Comments on: Summer Economizing Tips For Roses http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/31/summer-economizing-tips-for-roses/ Cultivating the best of gardening, vintage containers, home-grown food, and vineyard lifestyle. Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/31/summer-economizing-tips-for-roses/#comment-730 Bonnie Manion Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:31:30 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3942#comment-730 Jamaica, you would have to contact the specific rabbit pellet manufacturer and ask them if it was harmful to chickens. Rabbit food is about the cheapest form of alfalfa meal, but it does have other ingredients in it. When feeding your roses with rabbit food, you would want to bury the rabbit pellets deep around your roses, and not have them on the surface. Chickens do eat just about anything. As far as raspberries, you could try it. Heirloom Roses had specifically said roses and rabbit food. Try looking up JMS Stylet Oil on the internet. There is an organic JMS Stylet Oil, they we use on our vineyard, and could work for your roses, too. Thanks for sharing..VintageGardenGal Jamaica, you would have to contact the specific rabbit pellet manufacturer and ask them if it was harmful to chickens. Rabbit food is about the cheapest form of alfalfa meal, but it does have other ingredients in it. When feeding your roses with rabbit food, you would want to bury the rabbit pellets deep around your roses, and not have them on the surface. Chickens do eat just about anything. As far as raspberries, you could try it. Heirloom Roses had specifically said roses and rabbit food.

Try looking up JMS Stylet Oil on the internet. There is an organic JMS Stylet Oil, they we use on our vineyard, and could work for your roses, too. Thanks for sharing..VintageGardenGal

]]> By: Jamaica http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/31/summer-economizing-tips-for-roses/#comment-729 Jamaica Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:51:40 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3942#comment-729 Hello, great blog! A question about the rabbit food; I have chickens that share my very small yard with about 7 or 8 HUGE climbing roses (the ones near trees are about 2nd story level now!) that have never been fed. The roses and raspberries are the only thing that survive the chickens! Anyhow.. do you know if rabbit food is dangerous for the chickens? I feed my chickens all varieties of kitchen scraps, & know that they will thrive on small amounts of just about anything, "healthy" or not, but wondering if I fertilize my roses w/ rabbit pellets, if the chickens eat too much of the pellets, will they "paste up" or anything? As raspberries & roses are related, have you tried the pellets on berries as well? Also do you have any organic tips for rust & powdery mildew on roses-that is easy to apply on MASSIVE shrubs? The blooms are INCREDIBLE, but towards the end of the season, the foliage gets to looking pretty ragged. I live near the ocean, central coast CA, lots of fog. thanks! Hello, great blog!
A question about the rabbit food; I have chickens that share my very small yard with about 7 or 8 HUGE climbing roses (the ones near trees are about 2nd story level now!) that have never been fed. The roses and raspberries are the only thing that survive the chickens! Anyhow.. do you know if rabbit food is dangerous for the chickens? I feed my chickens all varieties of kitchen scraps, & know that they will thrive on small amounts of just about anything, “healthy” or not, but wondering if I fertilize my roses w/ rabbit pellets, if the chickens eat too much of the pellets, will they “paste up” or anything?
As raspberries & roses are related, have you tried the pellets on berries as well?
Also do you have any organic tips for rust & powdery mildew on roses-that is easy to apply on MASSIVE shrubs?
The blooms are INCREDIBLE, but towards the end of the season, the foliage gets to looking pretty ragged. I live near the ocean, central coast CA, lots of fog.
thanks!

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/31/summer-economizing-tips-for-roses/#comment-728 Bonnie Manion Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:06:15 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3942#comment-728 Mary Delle, alfalfa is a great tip for roses, and coming from Heirloom Roses to bout. My roses have been flourishing. It has surprised me. Thanks for your great comment....VintageGardenGal. Mary Delle, alfalfa is a great tip for roses, and coming from Heirloom Roses to bout. My roses have been flourishing. It has surprised me. Thanks for your great comment….VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: Mary Delle http://www.vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/31/summer-economizing-tips-for-roses/#comment-727 Mary Delle Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:25:33 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3942#comment-727 Your roses look beautiful. The tip about the alfalfa is very helpful. Some organic nurseries sell it for plants. I've never gotten any, as I didn't know what to use it for. Now I do. Thank you!!! Your roses look beautiful. The tip about the alfalfa is very helpful. Some organic nurseries sell it for plants. I’ve never gotten any, as I didn’t know what to use it for. Now I do. Thank you!!!

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