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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Grow Roses using Home Hydroponics

Everyone loves the smell of fresh roses, and they also present a stunningly beautiful sight in your garden.

Unfortunately, many parts of the world do not have a climate conducive to grafted roses to grow and flourish.


Fortunately, you can easily grow roses at your home with a hydroponic system.

Have you always wanted to grow a perfect red rose, along with blue, black, and purple ones? Interestingly, most of these exotic rose colors result from a variation in soil nutrients. For example, a blue rose kept in a certain type of soil will take on a reddish hue! Similarly, a red rose bush may produce yellow roses when the soil pH is not the most advantageous.

The magic of a home hydroponic system to grow roses is that you can be assured that each rose plant will get the exact nutrients that it needs. At the same time, you will also be able to control lighting and temperatures. This is especially significant if you are experimenting with rose grafting, as well as creating your own subspecies of roses. Remember that grafting roses successfully requires a great bit of patience and effort. And your rewards are in direct relation to the toil you put in!

Undoubtedly, growing roses is a challenge for most gardeners. But the pleasure of smelling your own grown roses delights the senses in a way that is ecstatic and totally in contrast to a florists’ smell of roses that have been sitting in a refrigerator.

Happily, when you create a hydroponics garden with the help of products found in Advanced Nutrients, you will be able to experiment- mesmerizing- with your roses. You may even be able to create a dazzling new rose color, or even one with multihued petals.

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posted by Jill @ 10:12 PM  

2 Comments:

  • At 4:53 PM, Blogger killerm8r said…

    I never knew that about the color of roses. That's pretty cool!

     
  • At 5:53 PM, Anonymous ACS Hortcourses said…

    Excellent blog, we offer both rose courses and hydroponics courses, but have never thought of combining the two! Well done.

     

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