ALFALFA TEA
32 GALLON TRASH CAN
10 CUPS ALFALFA PELLETS (obtained from feed stores)
1 CUP EPSOM SALTS
1 CUP FISH EMULSION ...
Rose bushes love alfalfa tea. It's easy to make and organic, so you don't have to worry about overdoing it and burning your prized plants. A 32-gallon plastic garbage can works perfectly for brewing the tea.
But Schneider swears by alfalfa tea: Fill a 30-gallon trash can with water; add 10 big handfuls of alfalfa meal, cover and let marinate for four days before pouring on the roots.
1 cup Alfalfa Meal - Twice per growing season for all rosebushes except miniature rosebushes, 1/3 cup per Mini-rose bush. Mix into soils well and water in well to help keep it from attracting rabbits that will then nibble on your roses! (Alfalfa tea ...
They feed a heavy duty fertilizer like 20-20-20, 9-27-15 or Magnum Grow once a week, and on the other days they might apply liquid fish, liquid seaweed, alfalfa tea, microbial soil conditioner, epsom salts, etc.
 See also: Rose, Water, Plant, Alfalfa meal, Flower
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