Safe Rose Spray Recipe That Really Works
Keep your roses safe using common kitchen ingredients
More than 5,000 rose bushes grow at Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pa., where the gardening staff works hard to keep them free of pests and diseases. They use a chemical spray in the main garden, but they did not want to use this spray in the dedicated Children’s Garden. Instead, they came up with the following safe rose spray recipe, which they’ve found to be very effective.
DIY Safe Rose Spray Recipe
- Mix one tablespoon of vinegar with one cup of water.
- Add one and a half tablespoons of baking soda plus one tablespoon of dish soap and one tablespoon of vegetable oil (or any other cooking oil).
How to apply rose spray
- Stir this mixture into one gallon of water, and spray it on your roses’ foliage.
- Reapply every seven to ten days, or after a rainstorm.
Choose the right roses
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