porkpal said:The fish fertilizer is likely to be quite fragrant.

Oh yes, I often use those liquid fish fertilizers. They are very fragrant. The entire yard smells of fish for two days after I put it on. Great stuff though. The plants love it. I have used it on my daylilies, roses and veggie crops.

The stuff I have is deodorized. Yeah. Right. Sure it is.

woofie said:The stuff I have is deodorized. Yeah. Right. Sure it is.

I use the fertilizer that I read about to make epiphyllums bloom. It works so good I make a big batch and mix it with water and give it to my roses, blooming tropicals, daylilies.

Make up this fertilizer and add a tablespoon of fish stuff to the water.

One 12 to 16 oz can of malt type beer. (a dark beer)
1/2 cup of non-sudsing clear household ammonia
1 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup Molasses (Un-Sulphured, Black Strap Molasses)
4 scoops Schultz Expert Bloom-Plus 10-60-10 water soluble plant food, with chelated Iron, Manganese & Zinc.
1 cup of Miracle_Gro Quick Start w/ Vitamin B1 4-12-4,
2 cups of tap water

Store in a plastic jug, no need to keep cold. Store at room temp.
Use as follows:
During growing season add 1 Tablespoon per gallon of water.

Cinta said:I use the fertilizer that I read about to make epiphyllums bloom. It works so good I make a big batch and mix it with water and give it to my roses, blooming tropicals, daylilies.

Make up this fertilizer and add a tablespoon of fish stuff to the water.

One 12 to 16 oz can of malt type beer. (a dark beer)
1/2 cup of non-sudsing clear household ammonia
1 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup Molasses (Un-Sulphured, Black Strap Molasses)
4 scoops Schultz Expert Bloom-Plus 10-60-10 water soluble plant food, with chelated Iron, Manganese & Zinc.
1 cup of Miracle_Gro Quick Start w/ Vitamin B1 4-12-4,
2 cups of tap water

Store in a plastic jug, no need to keep cold. Store at room temp.
Use as follows:
During growing season add 1 Tablespoon per gallon of water.

Great info!

@Dave is there a way to save informative posts/tips like this as favorites for future reference?

Click on the green star at the bottom of the post and it will save them in your starred pages on your profile page.

Thank you Tee!

You're welcome, Gigi.

And you can edit your starred pages by adding notes so that you know why you saved a post entitled " I Hate Knock Out Roses".

And, since your Starred Pages List is alphabetized by the comment, you can group related stars together by choosing the first word with that in mind.

Blank comments are alphabetized first, as if they started "AAAAA".

You can jump to the end of your list with "CTRL + END".

Thank you, I did not realize you could add notes. Also I am glad to hear about the alphabetizing but mine do not seem to be listening. LOL. They are grouping by post # and some that begin with a 'A' are actually near the end of the list. So how do you choose your key word?

The first letter in your note, you would have to have notes first, will change the order. I didn't know that either, till I just tried it.

Alphabetical, I think.

virginiarose
Select the reason for starring the topic, and use that word as the first word in the note.
Articles about mulch, the first word in the notes would start with an "M" mulch.
Article about transplanting, the first word would start with a "T" for transplanting.
Article about growing worms in a fish bowl under fluorescent lighting: what ever word would key your mind into remembering what the article was about "W" for worms, "L" for lighting, "F" for fish etc.

Like Seedfork, I use whatever-I-would-remember-it-by.

I checked out the knock out roses in front of the grocery store today. The double cherry knockout was prettier than the other red and pink ones. I didn't detect scent, but the roses were very stressed and neglected in their little pots by the entrance.

The knockout breeder, Radler, keeps coming up with new hardy roses. Knockout fans may want to search for other roses bred by him.

I didn't get any knockouts, but the cutest red and white striped mini rose hopped intomy cars somehow.

I found this interesting.

http://www.hortiholic.com/2013...

GardenQuilts said:I checked out the knock out roses in front of the grocery store today. The double cherry knockout was prettier than the other red and pink ones. I didn't detect scent, but the roses were very stressed and neglected in their little pots by the entrance.

The knockout breeder, Radler, keeps coming up with new hardy roses. Knockout fans may want to search for other roses bred by him.

I didn't get any knockouts, but the cutest red and white striped mini rose hopped intomy cars somehow.

I have several of the 'White Out' rose shrubs. Radler said they are not as disease resistant as the Knockout's so they do not qualify for the name, but for me they have been every bit as disease resistant as the Knockouts. I love mine.

Seedfork said:virginiarose
Select the reason for starring the topic, and use that word as the first word in the note.
Articles about mulch, the first word in the notes would start with an "M" mulch.
Article about transplanting, the first word would start with a "T" for transplanting.
Article about growing worms in a fish bowl under fluorescent lighting: what ever word would key your mind into remembering what the article was about "W" for worms, "L" for lighting, "F" for fish etc.

I understand. I just didn't know you could add notes until now. It would be nice if it would ask you when you click on the star. LOL. I have to go back and edit all 78. It's ok, I needed to go through them anyway and once I add the notes at least I will be able to find what I am looking for with out going through all of them.

Interesting article, thanks Tee!