For the past two mornings, I have been tending to my potted roses. There are about 200 roses in pots, all waiting patiently to have a permanent place in the garden. Each rose in its turn is getting a spruce up ... I'm pulling weeds, refreshing potting mix, trimming any dead branches, touching up the labels, etc. What a difference!
Before:
After:
Much better!
(In response to a comment, I am editing this post to add: Most potting mixes are made of almost all organic materials, like peat or sphagnum or bark. Organics break down over time, sometimes losing half a pot's volume, and plants sink down and settle. This is what happened in many of my potted roses. To raise the roses back up to the original level, I tipped each rose out of the pot, added a few handfuls of potting mix to the bottom of the pot, replaced the rose and top-dressed with more potting mix.)
Don't forget water for the birds!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh ... that was a lot of pruning!!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lot of work! How do you refresh potting mix?
ReplyDeleteThat's a huge difference!
ReplyDeleteSo much work! This heat has me staying inside!
ReplyDeleteYou are SUCH a good Mom-potting those roses the right way..AND in this heat! xo Diana
ReplyDeleteIt looks much better - ghetto or not!!
ReplyDeleteIsn't this heat wave something else, Connie? Yowza! And we're not even halfway through it! Luckily we got a nice rain last night which helped our thirsty plants. Early morning chores are the only way to go! :) Keep cool, my friend!
ReplyDeletexoxo laurie