Olga's SOIL MIX for POTTED ROSES

Every gardener has his own favorite soil mix combination. Roses are heavy feeders and they need our help to thrive in pots year round. Here I am sharing my favorite soil mix to keep my rose happy growing in the pot on my patio.
Enjoy and happy gardening!
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[@cindiblazer8621]

Take us along with how the rose does. Wonderful video

[@OlgaCarmody]

I will be filming how I put it into the garage. At the end of November sometime...

[@jacquelinelauri848]

She looks beautiful and that new pot. I’m sure she’s gonna be very happy.🥰

[@gardentours]

Thank you very much for sharing 🌹🥀🌹🌝👍

[@touchdownusc9781]

Hello Olga, I am very impressed with your container planting tutorial. Wishing you and your family blessings as we proceed thru the Fall.

[@OlgaCarmody]

Thank you, have a lovely fall as well!

[@1929HSS]

Our natural soil here in Northern California is clay. Clay you can make pots out of, so putting in containers is out. I used to use just potting mix but found out that after a few years it goes hydrophobic. You water the pot, soak it, and then when you dig into the pot it is bone dry under the surface, the water just ran through it. I was told by another rose person they add 25% fresh compost to the potting mix and I have tried this and it holds so much more water now. And the roses have been taking off like rockets. You are the first person here on KZbin I have seen who has brought up the fact that potting soil alone is not that great, so well done for that.

[@timmienorrie]

This will be interesting to follow along especially as the name is unknown. Quite exciting.

[@sharonpritchard9532]

Love your advice. How about a class in planting roses in your garden.

[@SalimaHummatova]

Hello🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@OlgaCarmody]

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[@arianaconnor8208]

Hi Olga, what can I add to improve soil of an existing pot without repotting- cow manure mixed in on top?

[@OlgaCarmody]

Let me do a video about it. Stay tuned and thank you for a great video idea.

[@ROlson-dx2jc]

I have the same question. I have a David Austin rose going on 2 years in the same pot. The person at the garden center recommended switching out the potting medium every couple of years. I would appreciate a video about how to do that.

[@wendy5006]

Did you plant the container rose with the crown below the surface or substantially above to allow for settling? I planted some container roses with crown at surface but once the added mulch broke down I found the crown buried. I've attempted to remove about 3 inches of soil and then added some of the same cow manure as yours around the surface. Now for some reason I'm getting a die back of canes on some roses which were originally doing ok except for black spot. I've actually lost a few roses with some dying quickly. I'm not sure if this was caused by the crown being buried for a time, the addition of the cow manure or root rot from rain? Whichever, it's been very disheartening.

[@OlgaCarmody]

There can be several reasons here (and I really don't know your situation): did you use aged cow manure? Raw one will hugely burn everything around it. Rain might be the problem, roses hate waterlogged situation (pots have holes, correct?). I know, I know, my garden friends get annoyed when I mention the holes, as if they don't know anything about gardening. I really don't think it would be the crown level and how you planted your roses. Roses can be buried at different depth to deal with hush winters. I buried my own root and grafted roses way deep many years ago.... Fertilizer overload? Pathogens in the soil? You soil mix is high in PH for whatever reason? Gosh, it is frustrating, but do spend time and try to figure it out. We gardeners all struggle with this stuff from once in a while..

[@wendy5006]

@OlgaCarmody well thanks for your response. I used Black Cow, same as what you showed on your video. I do live in a much harsher zone 9b. Many people growing roses here in Houston are displaying beautiful blooms right now since the weather has moderated. All roses were planted in fresh organic potting soil initially. The potting soil was one recommended by Antique Rose Emporium. I live about 1.5 hrs from there. All are own root. Most purchased directly from ARE. Other roses seem just fine but some are just giving up. I don't use chemicals ongoing. I have used Captain Jack's Dead Bug (Spinosad) a couple times for a thrips which has moved here from Florida called chilie thrips (nasty things). All looked well after treatment but a few just started this die back from the base of a stem and worked up the stem. I'm thinking it must be some type of root rot. Yes, plenty of holes. I not only drill more holes on the bottom of my pots but also on the side edges plus prop them up with pot feet. I've continued to cut off any dead stems. My next thought is to repot into fresh clean soil just in case a pathogen got into the soil or for whatever reason the soil is staying too wet. Do you think it would be wise to wash the soil away from the roots and treat the roots with some type of fungicide? If so, any suggestions?

[@kaygarbett7857]

Is your garage heated? If not please explain more how to winterize the pot roses. My garage is not heated and it's a pole barn really, just for cars but it gets cold my roses did so much better in pots when I first got them, then I planted in ground and got a whole host if bugs. Olga I'm very interested in the container Roses please. Love ya always! ❤

[@OlgaCarmody]

Hm, my garage is not heated but it is adjacent to the house so temperature is not going below 30F. You don't want to place pots somewhere where temperatures are constantly below 25F for long times. And you don't want temp. to rise above 40 through the winter either (roses might wake up). Not sure how your winters are, I will be storing my rose in the garage, I am zone 7a, which is pretty good, but we live in New England and we might have some weird freeze in the middle of February.