Miracle Grow Roses
Hydrangea question? Help me?
I have an Hydrangea plant that I bought about 7 days ago. Everytime I see it the leaves are down.
We water it all the time. The plant is planted in an area where there is partial shade, so it does see
some sunshine during the day. Could it be that its not taking well to the soil? My Roses are doing great. Should I move it to the other side where there is more shade? Miracle grow. I really love this plant…and don’t want to lose it. Help me. Thanks in advance.
Your best bet is to stop using non-organic fertilizers. Unless you have alot of experience with these products they usually just cause more harm than good. Your absolute best bet is to buy or gather some GOOD (make sure about this) compost and apply it to the base of the plant and water it in. Continue to do this about once a month or as necessary in addition to a balanced organic fertilizer. Next I would mulch the base of the plant (on top of the compost) with some good aged hardwood mulch. But make sure it has been properly composted (broken down) or else it will rob nutrients from your plant. Good Luck!
Miracle Grow Roses
Goldenrod For Nutrition & Health: A Miracle Plant
It’s the season for goldenrod! Actually, every season is the season for goldenrod. This versatile plant can be harvested at any time of year, and every portion of the plant can be consumed. As a tea or tincture, in a soup, done in an egg topping, used in a batter or mixed with French toast ingredients, goldenrod imparts a modifying flavour to foods, and is excellent in combination with vegetables like asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and even turnips or rutabagas. It stores well, and can be used dried, powdered, frozen, pickled or fresh. In short, goldenrod is a wonderful survival food as well as nutritious meal component.
Winter is particularly harsh on most plants, and harvesting, particularly in the northern parts of North America, of any plant is challenging. However, because of its upright growing habit and height (it grows twenty-four to thirty inches tall), its head sticks out of most prairie and wasteland snow cover. That is where it grows best: in marginal, gravelly and weed-ridden soils.
Throughout winter, late-blooming goldenrod flowers, goldenrod seed and even goldenrod leaves (albeit browned) are available. All three can be picked on demand and used to make an infusion (like a tea), or boiled in a variety of soups. The best soups are vegetable soups and other thin soups, but the taste of cream soups is greatly enhanced with a handful of goldenrod flowers or pulverized seeds.
In the spring, as soon as the frost is out of the ground (or in the early fall, after the nutrition and liquids of the plant have partially retreated), harvest the roots. Wash them thoroughly, dry them and grind them coarsely for use in soups and batter.
In the spring and summer, pick up to one third of the leaves of each plant for use in salads, or, again, use in soups. Leaves and flowers can be air-dried and stored almost indefinitely, or the leaves and flowers may be frozen with a little water for use later.
The stalks, too, can be used, although they tend to be tough. With care, they can be peeled, or harvested when young. By dipping them in a little honey or sugar/water mix and then baking in the oven at 225F for up to forty-five minutes, you can make a crispy sweet snack that can be broken into smaller pieces and carried with you on hikes, for quick nourishment.
Goldenrod has been used to treat a variety of health concerns, from eczema, arthritis and rheumatism to kidney stones, haemorrhoids and urinary tract infections. Goldenrod acts as a great digestive aid (like peppermint), is an aid to treat colds and flu and even to relieve fatigue. It relieves the itch of insect bites and to treat cuts, athlete’s foot and wounds. It is a bitter astringent and relaxant herb that reduces inflammation, stimulates the liver and the kidneys and is used as a urinary antiseptic and also has an expectorant, healing and anti-fungal effect. Internally, goldenrod is used to treat tuberculosis, diabetes, liver enlargement and gout. It acts as a diuretic, and helps to lower blood pressure.
This is another versatile healing and edible herb with a native history, but is not a North American plant by origin. Although not a North American plant, it spread so quickly upon its arrival in the 16th century, and interbred so well with local plants, that it is found across almost all of North America.
The following Golden Rose Honey recipe is a great tasting gout treatment:
1 ½ oz. rose hips
¼ oz ground ginger
¾ oz. nettle leaves
¾ oz. goldenrod leaves
¾ oz. horsetail leaves
2 ½ oz. honey
Blend all ingredients in a blender, and serve on whole wheat bread. It has a somewhat perfumey taste and a scent like new hay.
Try this Eggs Goldenrod recipe as an alternative to eggs Benedict:
2 cups Macaroni
1 can asparagus soup
¾ c milk
¾ c grated cheddar cheese
1 tbsp onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp goldenrod leaves or flowers
1 tbsp parsley leaves, fresh
2 tbsp prepared yellow mustard
4 hard boiled eggs, chopped
Mix the ingredients together and serve over English muffins
Consider adding goldenrod seed, dried flowers or leaves (crushed or ground) to batter when making French toast, or mix into one cup of beer and add to vegetable soups for a little extra zing.
Goldenrod offers health benefit, a unique culinary taste and a nutritional value not found in many vegetables, yet it is abundant across North America and free for the harvesting. In short, it is a wonder food!
About the Author
Bob Lee is a former business developer who, upon his retirement, built a yurt in the backwoods of Manitoba, designed his own solar and wind power systems, and has gone completely “off the grid.” He and his wife, Janice, operate a small pesticide- and herbicide-free market garden, and spend their summers harvesting wild plants. Visit his blogs at http://leanandgreenliving.blogspot.com/ or http://movingtoayurt.blogspot.com/ to read a few of their exploits and anecdotes.
i have some Rose Bushes and they are growing in flower plastic containers?
was wondering should go on ahead and plant them in the ground or leave them in pots. they have been in the poit since feb or so this year. thy have bloomed but the stems have gotten taller at least 3 feet but they are not thick stems though. some of the leaves turn red but no buds whatso ever. they get plenty of sun. i do give them miracle grow once a month.should i cut them down now or wait. i live in north florida. i read that when your rose bush is tall and if the stems are really thin you should cut down to where the stem is thicker. i was wondering if that was true or not. well if it is better to grow them i the ground now how much sun is preferred for the roses. i only have small portions with sun but i have lots of rose bushes.
Actually, now is a great time to plant the rosebushes in the ground. If you get them in before the first frost, their roots will have been insulated from the frost, as opposed to being above the ground in the pot, where it is actually colder for the plant.
Just be sure when you plant to cut back all the dead twigs, water and fertilize well, and plan a good mulch around the roots. Straw is a good mulch for this time of year – when it breaks down over the winter it adds nitrogen to the soil whil protecting the stem from frost bite as well.
Good luck on getting roses in the spring.
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