I was like many of you here & jumped on the Chamblee's Co-op, which I'm grateful for. I'm very leery about ordering plants online (been burned a lot), but, after following the good advice from people here who've been there, done that, I decided to try it. I got 2 roses from Chamblees, Musicale & Molineux. They were shipped USPS, they were packed well, but the USPS sucks & squished the box. Musicale was small enough not to get damaged, but Molineux was a bigger plant and had almost all it's canes crushed. Not broken, but crushed. So, I trimmed back behind the crushed part of the canes & put them into the ground. They're about 10' from each other & get the same exact amount of sun (all day). I used MiracleGro Tree & Shrub soil for the bottom part of the soil & then native soil on top so they would have a good start (this is what I use for all my roses and never ever ever had a problem in the past). About 2 days after I put them in the ground, we got a small cold-snap, but I buried them each under a foot (literally) of mulch, pulling the mulch away when it got warm for the day & reburying at night for about a week. Both were very stressed out, which was to be expected. I gave everyone a nice drink of Age-Old Kelp (1/2 cup in 2gal) and do a every-3rd-day watering for about 2-3 minutes first thing in the morning before it gets warm (HA!).
Musicale is covered in leaves. It's about 1/2 the size of Molineux (about 2-3" tall), but has over 25 leaves on it (didn't count every single one). Looks like an itty-bitty bush. Molineux, however, is still just green canes. No signs of "pimples" (leaf buds) anywhere. Now, I haven't had good luck w/David Austins, as I'm on my second Fisherman's Friend (first one from Heirloom croaked almost immediately). So, what can I give this poor Molineux to help it along? I see Angie's (Hemophobic) Molineux in her parade (
http://cubits.org/roses/thread...) and drool, but I just can't seem to get mine going.
Help? This weekend, I'll be draining one of my aquariums almost 100% (65gal freshwater, acidic) and I'll be using the aquarium water on a lot of my plants. Do you think that this might help it too? Fish emulsion (fish poo) is SOOOO good for plants...
here's a beebalm just because. :)
