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By Richard Chew This few months have been busy, so much so my garden is in neglect. Begun my feeding regime. If things go well I'll post my bloom pictures next month.

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by Richard Chew Blessed New Year. This morning I was greeted with this bloom. I like to wish all my guests a great 2010 year!!

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by Richard Chew Though November weather has been a wet month, my "kampung" rose produced some blooms.

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by Richard Chew October & November has been a busy month for me. However some of my roses still produce some great blooms.

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by Richard Chew Been very busy that I forgotten to post September bloom. Here goes my favourite for the month. ***

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by Richard Chew I have posted sometime ago on dealing with chlorotic rose. Chlorosis is usually caused by iron deficiencies. Its symptoms are usually yellowing leaves with dark veins. I have posted how I resolve this in http://rosegrowing.blogspot.com/2008/11/dealing-with-cholorotic-nozomi-rose.html However it is often confused with magnesium deficiencies. Both have same symptoms but caused

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Although this article was written on hydrophonics, the understanding on plant nutrients are useful in determining the fertilizer ratio. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/the-role--measures-of-nutrients-in-plant-growth.html The Role & Measures of Nutrients in Plant Growth Environment plays a very important role in plant growth upto a point. Once optimal environmental levels have been achieved

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Interesting article that I like to share From Penn State University Park, Pa. -- A new "smart" phosphorus fertilizer, developed by Penn State horticultural scientists, improves plant root growth, drought tolerance, shoot quality and flowers while also preventing up to 90 percent of the nutrient run off that can foul waterways. The new fertilizer is currently undergoing its first Pennsylvania

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This is good article to understand the impact of low/high Ammonium/Nitrate Ratio. How To Determine Ammonium/Nitrate Ratio Nitrogen is the building block of amino acids, proteins and chlorophyll. Plants can absorb nitrogen either as Nitrate (NO3-) or Ammonium (NH4+), and therefore, the total uptake of nitrogen usually consists of a combination of these two forms. The ratio between Ammonium

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by Richard Chew August is good month. Lots of sun and this time managed to reduce the fertilizer burnt. Check out the photos!    

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by Richard Chew It is almost a year since I started this blog. I am really glad that I make many new friends. I like to thank you for visiting and dropping your kind comments. Though I made some good progress and experience some success, I feel there is still more to learn. In this posting, I like to write about soil amendment. I learned that after transplanting the rose plants, over time the

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by Richard Chew After experimenting some ways to get long & short burst flower buds, I noticed it compromised fuller flower development. And very often the flower petals burnt when fertilizer dosage is too high. I reasoned if I can maintain strong stem development but reduce the rate of flower bud development, I may get fuller flower development. The following is some of the progress of my

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by Richard ChewThis month snap some pictures of my miniature bloom. Unfortunately most experienced fertilizer burnt.

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I found the way to calculate carbon nitrogen ratio and help me determine the amount to mix.http://www.organicgardening.com/featureprint/1,7759,s1-5-21-112,00.htmlPut your math skills to work and figure out if your compost has a balanced carbon to nitrogen ratio.The carbon/nitrogen ratioIf you are a compost nerd, you might already know that the ideal ratio of carbon to nitrogen in a compost pile

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June has been a busy month for me. Though I am 'quiet' in my blog, but my roses are doing great and been flowering well.I like to share some of the new blooms in June here.Rose FusilierConstance SpryOther roses

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by Richard ChewIf you can get past 60 days with reblooms and healthy leaves, definitely you are doing the right thing and heading the right direction. Good work!At this stage I would try to reduce the frequency of fertilizing, and increase the dosage instead. Perhaps 3 to 6 times higher amount at every 2 months (longer intervals). Recently I have included blood meal. It has good source of protein

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This is extracted from Rose Magazine. An interesting write up on applying rose tonic. http://www.rosemagazine.com/articles04/rose_tonic/by By Mark Whitelaw, Kindly Provided by Laura Whitelaw Here's a copy of my Spring and Fall Rose Tonic. It is a modification of a recipe passed to me by a very wise and 83-years young rosarian. It assumes your soil pH ranges from 6.5 to 7.5, clay-based and/or rich

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by Richard ChewIts May bloom display!The bloom this month experienced some burnt due to hotter weather and over dose of fertilizing.Despite the burnt, the flower petals were densely formed.The following is the outcome of the Long Burst flower bud.Short burst flower budPurple rose. Strange because it changes colour to dark pink over time.***

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I found this from Rose Magazine at http://www.rosemagazine.com/pages/therapeutic.aspIt explains the therapeutic benefits of roses.by Andrea GrantTherapeutic Benefits of RosesAside from providing an aesthetic appeal, which contributes to the overall pleasure and feeling of well being, roses have a genuine practical use in our regimens of good health. Rose oil and rose water are derived from the

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by Richard ChewIn this posting I like to share some of the blooms that I have experience in my garden while I experimented with my fertilizing.Short Burst Flower BudShort Burst Flower is my definition to describe a way the rose plant develop its flower bud.It produces strong growth, but very little energy is channeled for stem and leaves development. In fact all of its energy is channeled for

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by Richard ChewIf you have done the fertilizing as mentioned in Part 4, you are now ready to see new growth.After fertilizing, it is time to prune to make way for new growth. I have posted about pruning, you may want to read it at http://rosegrowing.blogspot.com/2009/03/pruning-for-more-growth.html because I don't have the intention to repeat it here.However I will add some extra points on the

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by Richard ChewIn this part, I like to share about fertilizing.I think this is very important to achieve favourable results, especially if you have just purchased your rose from the nursery and transplanted it into your favourite container.I highly recommend organic fertilizer. My favourtite is 2 parts fish meal and 1 part chicken manure. The dosage should cover the entire top soil surface.And I

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I found this site interesting. It explains the nutrient deficiencies that may cause distorted leaves.http://www.sgaonline.org.au/info_npk.htmlAll the way with NPKPlant Nutrients ExplainedPlant nutrients - we know plants need them, we know things go wrong without them, we know gardening gurus can't stop talking about them, and we know certain combinations of them can cost us a mint at the garden

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by Richard ChewIts April bloom!! Below is my Deep Red Rose. The bloom is much fuller. Thanks to the sun.The flower fully opened after a few days. Interestingly it has a soft white strip at the edge of the petal.The Fairy rose continues to bloom.Miniature Pink blooms again.This is the new addition Ivory WhiteOne of my new additions. I don't know the name. Its bloom is peach or orangy pink.After a

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by Richard ChewPurpose of this posting is to share my thoughts to understand the growth condition of young rose plants that you purchase from the nursery.I learned that rose nurseries employ very innovative methods to accelerate the growth rate of their roses. Basically the bottomline is to make money and make more money. Through these methods they managed to reduce man power in applying

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