3 Steps to Big Beautiful Roses

1. Prune! Now's the time to start pruning your repeat-blooming roses: hybrid teas, floribundas, and modern shrub roses. An easy rule of thumb is "Prune when the forsythia bloom." If you have species or old garden roses, wait until after flowering to prune, or else you'll cut off their spring blooms.
2. Feed After pruning your roses, give them a boost with organic fertilizers. Compost, manure, blood meal, kelp meal, and fish emulsion are just some of the great nutrient sources your roses need for big, beautiful blooms.
3. Deadhead After your roses have started to bloom, keep up on deadheading to keep your repeat-flowering roses looking great and blooming all season long.

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5 Fun Facts about Fungi!

Fungi are some of the most overlooked organisms, despite making up 25% of the world's biomass and having an estimated 1.5 to 5 million species on Earth.

Did you know...

1. Fungi are more closely related to Animals than to Plants
2. Only 2-6% of all fungi on Earth have been discovered and named
3. 95% of all plants rely on fungi for efficient nutrient uptake
4. Bakers yeast is a fungus and a distant cousin of truffles
5. Fungi don't require sunlight to grow

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