At 03:12 PM 5/25/98 -0700, you wrote: >---------- >I have learned that Epsom Salts are good >for basal growth in roses. (sending out new >canes) that lime does indeed reduce the >clumping of clayish soil. >Carleen I heard epsom salts also improves the bloom colour, especially the dark ones. Don't roses need acidic soil? Caroline