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RE: Welcome to the world of Roses.---Soil

At 11:00 AM 5/26/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Caroline,
>I too, was concerned that lime would turn 
>the soil un-acid. 
>Husband said the trace minerals in the lime 
>were bentifical and that the compost would 
>make it more acid. The lime has some kind
>of "electrical charge thing", that makes the 
>clay let go...  Mine you, this was a NEW 
>garden. Getting a handle on the clay thing
>was more important to me than the PH thing.   
>
>Carleen

I have a very hard clay soil here, but I ammend it with compost, manure,
peat moss and sand. I always add forrest mulch around my roses (to help
maintain moisture, and also keep the roots cool) in the summer, and I work
it into the soil each spring. If you're only interested in breaking up the
soil, this has worked very well for me. You can buy (premixed in garden
centres) a rose soil mix that can be worked into the soil.  The texture is
rather crumbly and it contains all the nutrients needed to get your roses
off to a healthy start. 

Caroline
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