Feeding Floribunda Roses In Northern Illinois - May 2022
A week or so ago, right when they were putting on a bunch of their new growth, I applied the first treatment of fertilizer on our three Disneyland Roses that are planted on the south side of our house. This is the second year that I've done a feeding program for them and something I mentioned I wanted to keep doing on my 2022 to-do list (#10) . Last year, I used a granular product from Jobe's , but this year when I went to the orange Big Box Nursery, all I could find was this Vigoro granular. I figured it was fine since the N-P-K were just about the same. I feed in early May, so this particular bag says that the next time I should feed them is two-to-three months from now, which would mean sometime in July. And, then again sometime in September. One of the other things that I need to remind myself is around companions for these Disneyland Roses. I covered some ideas last year, when I mentioned Alliums and Nepeta as potential options . I put down some Allium bulbs, but