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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Perennials => Topic started by: Duncan on December 30, 2013, 05:22:13 PM
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Does anyone have any wise words on the subject of planting roses in a piece of garden previously occupied - ie within the last few months - by another rose. I have read about planting in a cardboard box on the basis that by the time it has rotten - the mycorrhizal fungi should have gone ?? I have also just purchased some myc. fertz. from D Austen - other internet research hints that this might work. So, I thought a combination of the two might give the new chap a fighting chance ??
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Duncan, welcome to the gardening site,
For details regarding cardboard box planting for roses have a look at Daisy's posting under 'Cardboard Boxes' (http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=1179.0) in General Cultivation. Between the two attacks (box and fungus) your rose should stand a really good chance.
(in fact have a look at at Daisy's rose posts anyway, and, like the rest of us - turn a delicate shade of green)
Jill
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Paros is fab !! I went there on hols on an MGS recommendation !! Will now read Rosie's posts !! D.
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D, not saying Rosie's roses are not wonderful, but try 'Daisy'
(Paros is, except for Parikia in August which can be too much of a good thing)
J
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Apart from the issue of nitrogen draw-down as the cardboard decomposes I'd suggest that the dead roots would still retain sufficient of the natural growth restricting aleles to make life very difficult for a new rose trying to get established. My practice is always to replace about 1 cubic metre of soil if I have to replace one rose with another. And as well I dose the planting hole with slow release fertiliser before planting and back-filling with new soil a compost.