This chap said to use 150g per bush every 3 months: sprinkle it over the ground and water it in well. But when I bought a bag this morning, it says to use just 10g per square metre – there’s a bit of a difference there! Another bloke at the nursery said something in the middle – about 50g per bush every month (which adds to the same overall as 150g every 3 months I suppose, but who knows if it is better in little doses or one big hit?)

Ok, I’m now officially confused. This chap's roses looked BRILLIANT so he must be doing something right, but I don't want to burn the plants - and for all I know, I heard him wrong!

Thanks all ...

I use about a handful on each rose.
I sprinkle it on and around the rose to about the drip line, and work it in a little to the soil then water well.
I would do this every month or so.
Pretty casual about it but the roses are always look better...stronger colour and healthy.
cheers
Michelle

( If you were to apply a combination of 100grams of organic life plus one level tsp of potassium sulphate (it's very strong IE 41.5% potassium%) once in August, once in November and once in February you would have the basis of a regular and balanced fertiliser program for your roses.)

He also advised me to divide the amount in half and do it every six weeks instead, well by time I had finished that 35kg bag of OL I had had enough of adding the two to each plant. He also gave me this alternative to feed the roses with another brand of Chemical fertiliser and just give them 10gms every six weeks. So I bought a bag and have only did it the twice so far but I have notice that the Autumn flush of leaves are a better colour..

We have bad soil here Michelle and we don't get much rain, then when we do it heaves down and probably leaches all the good things out of it, So I will try his idea for a while yet and see how is goes.. Your roses always look healthy Michelle so what you are doing must be right for them..Where what I was doing for mine was not.
Cheers...MM.