Feed a rose 1 jin of meat and it goes crazy shooting up shoots, with flowers that are big and fragrant and no yellow leaves
My aunt and my mom both married into families close by, and when I was little they always compared my grades with my cousin's. Now both are retired and idle at home, and they love growing roses. They're always comparing and competing to see who grows them better, but the sisterly bond between them is still very good. Still, I think both my aunt's and my mom's roses grow pretty well, shooting up lots of shoots every year, and each flower is more brilliant than the last.
When it comes to growing roses, what's the trick to getting all those shoots? My aunt says it's horizontal training and fertilizing. Actually, my aunt trains them very casually, just tying the branches to a frame. As for fertilizing, my aunt has really buried a lot of things. Once, I heard my mom say, my aunt's fridge broke, and by the time she found out, over 1 jin of fish in it had gone bad. It seemed a shame to throw away, so she just buried it next to the roses.
After burying the fish, my aunt didn't dare dig up the soil, for fear of seeing bugs and the smell. After about a month, my aunt found the roses had grown lots of shoots, plenty and sturdy, and next year they'd surely burst with lots of flowers. My aunt quickly sent my mom a WeChat message, and my mom, not to be outdone, kicked off another round of competition.
My aunt lives in an old work-unit house with a yard for growing roses, so burying meat is easy. But my mom has now moved in with me and can only grow potted roses, and I won't let her compost all kinds of organic fertilizers herself. For topdressing, lately she's been using an organic nutrient solution specially for roses, fully fermented with sugarcane microorganisms. It looks pitch black, and during use it won't ferment again and give off harmful gases or bad smells. With an elderly person using this, I feel more at ease, and the fertilizer effect is the same as my aunt's. My mom's roses also shot up quite a few shoots, and she's very happy.
Sigh, why do today's elderly people all have such heavy tastes when growing roses? One buries fish, the other feeds them something pitch black, but either way, they both got lots of shoots. Looking at my mom's roses, the blooms are quite beautiful too, big and fragrant. My mom often takes photos while they're blooming and posts them on Moments, because after flowering they need pruning, waiting for the second wave of blooms to look even better.
Friends who grow potted roses all know that, especially beginners, improper watering easily causes root rot and yellow leaves. My mom used to water by feel, watering when the soil looked a bit pale. Now that's nothing, she's playing with high tech. For watering and fertilizing she uses a flower and plant detector to help. Just stick the detector into the soil and check the data on your phone to know if the plant lacks water, if fertility is enough, and if humidity and light are suitable. No wonder the roses my mom grows are more and more beautiful now.
But my mom still prefers growing in the ground, and she's always envious of my aunt, constantly muttering about when she can move back to the old home to live. Friends, do you grow your roses in the ground or in pots?