She turned 12 potted rose seedlings into flower fertilizer

Why "former"? Because she only mastered the ropes of growing roses after sacrificing 12 pots of them. This is perfect for beginner gardeners, so don't miss out if you want to grow roses that burst into a pot full of blooms.

When it comes to growing potted roses, many beginner gardeners may not quite understand, and with no one to teach them, they probably have to sacrifice many potted roses before truly grasping the essence of gardening. And the gardener we're talking about below is exactly like that: she only figured out how to grow them after sacrificing 12 pots of flowers. Let's take a look.

Don't throw away roses that die either. The soil is still usable and the pot is still usable. Just dump it all out and turn it into flower fertilizer, then keep growing other roses. After the 12th one died, she finally figured out how to grow flowers.

Sloppy fertilizer choices bring endless harm

At first she didn't know how to grow them, and every seedling came with granular fertilizer, so she applied fertilizer just a few days after bringing them home. She sprinkled a handful per pot, then watered. Many people fertilize this way. The old man downstairs who grows roses in the ground in the neighborhood does this every time he fertilizes: sprinkle it on, add some water, and the roses burst into a pot full of blooms in no time.

But why doesn't it work when you do it yourself? On the 3rd day after applying the fertilizer, she clearly felt the leaves starting to turn yellow, and by the 5th day they were basically dead. When she dug them out to look, the roots had basically all rotted.

Later she summed it up:

New seedlings can't have fertilizer sprinkled on them; sprinkling fertilizer on plants grown in the ground is much safer. Small rose seedlings should be watered with a good nutrient solution diluted in water, and after bringing them home they still need 7 days of acclimatization before fertilizing. At the beginning she was just too impatient, and that's what caused the roses to die.

Treated like a treasure, spoiled, drowned

The smaller the seedling, the more worried many people get. Afraid of drought, afraid of lack of water. Always worrying about all sorts of things, like it's a child they fear isn't eating enough or playing enough. Actually it's all unnecessary. Treating roses like a treasure and watering them constantly, 90% of the time they'll be drowned.

So love means letting go; holding on too tightly is actually bad. Just place them in a ventilated, shady spot and water appropriately. Let them get some sun in the morning and evening, and shade them during the midday heat. Wait until they sprout before fertilizing; that's best. Watering principle: water when dry, stop when wet. Once every 4 days, and foliar spraying once every 2 days.

Penny-pinching on poor soil brings endless problems

Many people like to use yellow clay soil or garden soil to grow roses. They think it's cheap, but choosing cheap actually means choosing the most expensive. Poor soil has bad aeration; if the foundation isn't solved and you rely entirely on external forces to make the roses grow, problems will keep coming, so how can they grow well? If you want roses that burst into a pot full of blooms, you have to choose good soil. Don't be stingy on this point.

Alright, this is a little tip about gardening. Grow them this way and your roses will easily burst into a pot full of blooms. If you like it, give it a thumbs up!