[Rose-list] RE: New product too good to be true!??? -- check it out

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

Well, there's some sorta good news and some bad news .. and some worse
news...

I stopped last night at my local primo nursery.  They are very large and
have knowledgeable staff at an information booth where people have a virtual
library behind them and help you get answers to your gardening questions.  I
just love this place!

Anyway, happy day, I got one of the more knowledgeable people there and
asked him about the Maine Fermented Salmon product.  Good news is, they
carry it and it's fairly reasonably priced.  About a quart sized bottle of
pre-mixed stuff was $12.  

The bad news is, he said it's a fairly new product, so he really couldn't
comment, but he hasn't seen any repeat buyers yet, either.

The worse news is, I was mentioning the baking soda/oil/water solution and
he said the state university here ran "scientific" tests and found that it
does absolutely nothing.  No discernable difference from use or no use.

Now some of you may disagree with this from personal use, I never get around
to trying it, myself, but I say if you feel it's helped, keep going with it.

I had a thought this morning.  Could it be that IF this fish product has no
real "curative" powers, perhaps it's just such a good fertilizer and the
plants are so healthy they just stave off the diseases?  All pests and
diseases are attracted to the weaker plants, not the healthy ones. 

So I bought the $12 bottle to give it a try.  I figured at the least I'd
fertilize with it and $12 was not that big of a risk.  We have had an
exceptionally wet spring here and I have roses with rust and powdery mildew
that have not had it before.  And I have a few that are notorious for black
spot.  Good time to try it.  I'll keep you all posted.

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: Henry and Janice Jenkins [h*@intop.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 6:58 PM
> To: rose-list@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: [Rose-list] New product too good to be true!
> 
> 
> Oh, I hope this is true and hope it will be available in my 
> area. If anyone
> can tell more about this and where it can be purchased I will be VERY
> interested!!
> 
> Janice
> Northeast MS
> Zone 7
> 
> 
> > 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!!!
> >
> >
> 
> 
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