Re: [Rose-list] Fish Emulsion

**j*@uswest.net**

Is this the stuff that drives dogs wild???
I don't know if I want my dog of twelve years going crazy in  the flower
bed!
Julie in Utah

rosenlund wrote:

> Fish Emulsion is bottled pureed fish... used as a great feeder of all
> kinds of plants and roses. I buy the Alaska brand, the ratio is
> 5-1-1.  I buy it by the gallon in the "deodorized" form, still kind
> of stinky, but fades by the end of the day.  1 gallon usually feeds
> all my 100 roses and several small trees and shrubs.  Also good for
> the perennials, but I'm kind of stingy with it.  Other than the
> compost, this is all I feed my roses. No sprays are used either, just
> some mulch come summer.
>
> You dilute it according to the directions. For roses that 3
> Tablespoons to 1 gallon of water.  I used a 3 gallon bucket and then
> tote the bucket around the garden, giving each rose about a gallon.
> Heirloom Old Garden Roses recommends using it for new roses for the
> first two years. It usually takes me 1 1/2 hours to feed them all. I
> try to do this every month, starting in about April threw August.
>
> The have just come out with a pellet form. I thought it might be
> easier and I haven't tryed it yet. This stuff your are to scratch in
> about the soil... the bucket/liquid form will also water my roses...
> hum...
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
>
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