Corn meal....

For several weeks now I keep hearing on my local radio gardening program about using Corn Meal sprinkled around the base of Roses to prevent Black Spot..Has anyone tried it? there's alot of folk swearing by it so I'm going to give it a go
It's said to form a 'good' fungus around the base of the plant and protect it from the black spot spores..There's more science to it than that but it's way over my head

 

It's a bit of a rural myth Loli, healthy soil with an organic mulch is better

Cornmeal is used for growing fungal cultures, but you'd need the right fungus to be present in your soil in the first place.

 

I'm mulching mad when it comes to my Roses,every 4 weeks they get mulched and every year up this one I've had very little problem with BP but this year they've really taken a beating with it...

 

Never had any problems with blackspot when I lived in Blaenau Ffesteringhog, the smoke from the coal fires stopped it.

 

Is that Maize or Wheat in the corn meal

 

Maize

 

There you go see,I assumed it was Corn
Been to a big super market today to try and get some,apparently they do sell it but not in my shop....now there's a surprise...

 

USA corn = Maize
UK corn = wheat and Barley

 

Is it GM

 

Well I've gone and done it...Tonight I sprinkled a handful of cornmeal round some of my Roses,got to be worth a try...

 

Your chooks will love it , some times you may get a whole wheat seed in corn meal so it may grow, some times in bags of meal you may get grain bugs

 

Oh no they blooming won't Jiff my Roses are 'out of bounds'..they be feeling the wrath of Paxo if they even dare

 

I had a budgie by that name when I was young