How to Grow Healthy Roses in Pots 🌹 | A Masterclass for Thriving Potted Roses

If you’ve ever grown roses in pots and found them weak, lacklustre or constantly struggling — this video is for you. In this masterclass, I take you step-by-step through how I grow strong, healthy, disease-resistant roses in containers — and why most potted roses fail. We cover: 🌱 Why compost alone isn’t enough 🌱 The importance of loam and clay 🌱 Cation exchange capacity explained simply 🌱 How clay holds onto essential nutrients 🌱 Why nutrients wash out of compost only potting medium 🌱 The role of soil biology and microbes 🌱 Mycorrhizal fungi and root extension 🌱 Feeding from above with organic matter 🌱 Long-term health vs short-term feeding This isn’t just about feeding your roses — it’s about building a living soil system inside your pot. Once you understand how soil chemistry and biology work together, everything changes. Let me know in the comments: 🌱 Are you going to try adding loam or native soil to your pots this year? 🌱 Will you start feeding the soil biology instead of just the plant? I’d genuinely love to know what you’re going to implement after watching this. If this video helped you rethink how you grow roses in pots, please give it a like — it really helps the channel grow 🌹 — Aaron The Herefordshire Gardener #rosesinpots #pottedroses #growroses #containergardening #davidAustinroses #englishroses #roses #gardeningtips #rosecare #soilhealth