RE: [Rose-list] New product too good to be true!

**"* S* <S*@schwabe.com>**

	I was reading a local garden newspaper and they mentioned a new
product for roses that purportedly deals with powdery mildew, blackspot,
aphids, mites, rust AND fertilizes the plant at the same time.

The product is Coast of Main Fermented Salmon.  The article explained that
the salmon's natural oils and fatty acids are an effective organic
fungicide, plant stress reliever and insect and animal (deer) repellent.
Apparently they are using the product on mums as well and it's a "big hit."

This article mentions the Connecticut Post garden columnist Bing Carbone
reporting that he "watched roses infected with severe black spot and rust
become 100 percent free of the diseases" after using this product.

Has anyone tried this?  I would be worth nearly any price, for someone like
me who gardens organically and has 85 roses to deal with!

PLEASE, PLEASE, TELL ME IT'S TRUE!!!

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saxton, Susan [S*@schwabe.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 10:36 AM
> To: 'rose-list@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: [Rose-list] When to throw in the towel/trowel?
> 
> 
> Also, if your rose is on "own roots" the whole tops could be 
> dead and they
> could come back from the roots, true to type.
> 
> Susan Saxton, zone 6b
> For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
> together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
> likewise.
> Celia Thaxter
> 
> I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jgadney [j*@email.msn.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 10:58 AM
> > To: rose-list@mallorn.com
> > Subject: Re: [Rose-list] When to throw in the towel/trowel?
> > 
> > 
> > Brenda: Take a thumbnail and scratch back the "bark" of a 
> > stem. It should
> > show green. If not, the cane at least is dead. Try it on 
> > several branches.
> > 
> > I thought I had lost a shrub rose. I scratched a couple of 
> > canes and found
> > green. Now the shrub is starting to leaf out. There's a lot 
> > of dead wood to
> > remove, though.
> > 
> > Be patient for a couple more weeks.
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > John G. Adney
> > Marion, Iowa
> > jgadney@msn.com
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brenda Spaur <brenda@FieldHand.com>
> > To: rose-list@mallorn.com <rose-list@mallorn.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 10:11 AM
> > Subject: [Rose-list] When to throw in the towel/trowel?
> > 
> > 
> > >Hi all-
> > >        I'm relatively new to roses.  Last year I planted several
> > >David Austin roses.  Three of them are showing signs of 
> life (Golden
> > >Celebration, Evelyn, and ??) but two don't looks so good (Pat
> > >Austin and I think Eglantyne).  Most of the trees and shrubs
> > >in this area are slow getting going this year.  We've had a strange
> > >off and then on again spring plus a really dry winter.  My 
> > question is --
> > >is there a way to tell if the rose bushes are still alive?  
> > I'm willing to
> > >wait a little longer but am starting to think they might be dead.
> > >
> > >Many thanks,
> > >Brenda Spaur
> > >Denver, Zone 5
> > >
> > >
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