What is the best fertilizer for roses?

Answer 1

Depends on which plants you are wanting to feed. Indoor (or containerised) plants really need a liquid food to reduce build-up of salts. You should be able to find most of these at your local plant nursery. They include the three essential nutrients - Nitrogen (N) Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K).

Plants in your garden generally need a fertiliser which is high in N and K. There are many different forms of these - but it is often best to use a "slow-release" (SR) fertiliser. The component which is released slowly is the nitrogen component (which can "burn" the roots if released too rapidly).

Answer 2

I use a natural and inexpensive method : Epsom Salt as Flower Fertilizer. For more information and how to do it:

How to Grow Flowers with Epsom Salt

http://www.ehow.com/how_5016008_grow-flowers-epsom-salt.html

Answer

Epsom salts is not a fertiliser on it's own it is used to correct Magnesium deficiency. A general fertiliser containing Nitrogen Potassium and Potash and T race Elements is much more use.

If you mean how do you fertilize a flower for seed production this is not normally necessary on plants grown outside unless a specific cross is planned. Indoors particularly with fruit prodoction, tomatoes and the like , it is necessary to cross pollinate to maximise crop size. This is done by tapping the plans with a cane or your hand about mid-day to stir the pollen . It's the birds and bees thing.

Answer 3

A fertilizer with organic matter and high phosphorus is best when planting the bulbs. Then after the flowers bloom, you can use a light fertilizer, but don't use a high nitrogen fertilizer because it will promote too much foliage growth and thwart the bloom growth.

Answer 4

Espoma makes a product called Rose-tone. It is the leading fertilizer for rose gardeners.

Answer 5

Cow manure mixed with dirt.

Answer 6

Miracle-Gro