Hi, I have managed to get hold of some well rotted manure - can I use it as a mulch on roses & clematis at this time of year or should I hang on until Spring?
I’ve just mulched the roses with some manure (bagged). So long as you spread it around the base but keep it away from direct contact with the stems, mulch away.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
If it's good stuff, I'd wait till spring if you can. While your plants are sleeping, the winter rains will have washed most of the goodness out of it by the time the plants wake up in spring. If it's just compost to add organic matter then either autumn or spring
Billericay - Essex
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I do it at any time. Mulching is best done after soil is moist, if you're in a dry area, hence this time of year and spring. If you aren't in a dry area, you can put it on any time you want to help the soil structure.
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While your plants are sleeping, the winter rains will have washed most of the goodness out of it by the time the plants wake up in spring.
If it's just compost to add organic matter then either autumn or spring
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Mulching is best done after soil is moist, if you're in a dry area, hence this time of year and spring.
If you aren't in a dry area, you can put it on any time you want to help the soil structure.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...