Which gardener does not dream to plant at least several elite rose bushes in his garden? However, caring for roses, in addition to spiritual satisfaction, creates many difficulties associated with virtually year-round chores. Here it is necessary to loosen the soil around the bushes, and properly water, add top dressing, spray from pests and diseases, crop, prepare for winter and cover. Wintering is especially difficult for plants. Therefore, a rose, the flowers of which will delight the eye next year, requires more thorough and careful care.
Care for young bushes
Rose bushes are planted in late spring or in the first half of summer. After planting the bush, caring for the rose consists in abundant watering, loosening the soil and removing excess growth from the grafted plants. Fertilizing with mineral fertilizers begins in the second half of summer with the addition of potash fertilizers and wood ash to better prepare for winter. In September, faded flowers are cut from the bushes and pinch shoots to stop growth.
Next spring, they begin to feed plants abundantly with nitrogen mineral fertilizers, microelements and mulch the soil under the bushes with humus, compost or manure. Feeding is repeated during budding. It is worth noting that roses are very responsive to dressing with mineral, organic fertilizers and microelements throughout the entire vegetative period.
In addition, in the spring it is necessary to cause early awakening and growth of substitution shoots, which next year will replace old shoots and ensure annual flowering and longevity of the plant.
Roses are watered regularly, 2-3 times a week, and abundantly, especially after fertilizing. By the end of summer, watering is limited to such a level that roses do not wilted from a lack of moisture.
Caring for roses during the summer also includes treatment for pests and diseases . In order to prevent fungal diseases in the budding phase, a treatment with a solution of copper oxychloride is carried out. When a spider mite appears, they are sprayed with celtan or BI-58, from aphids - karbofosomes. Powdery mildew and other fungal diseases are treated with foundationazole, Borodos liquid or celandine infusion. It is recommended to treat the bushes with a solution of iron sulfate immediately after removing the shelter from the cold.
Shelter of roses for the winter
Shelter roses begin with the onset of constant frost, when all life processes in the plant stopped. Light frosts contribute to hardening of plants, so you should not be afraid of them.
Before shelter, the bushes spud to a height of 20-30 cm, and the aisles are mulched with manure or rotted foliage. Shelter material is chosen so that it does not absorb and retain moisture, does not create a greenhouse effect and allows the bush to “breathe” during hibernation. It is important that the rose does not die from the cold, and at the same time it is not struck by various fungal diseases that appear with excess moisture and heat.
An ideal shelter is fir spruce branches or a wooden crate full of chips. In addition, straw, sawdust, dry leaves, brushwood, burlap are used as shelter. If winters are snowy, then it is possible to additionally warm the roses with a layer of dry snow.
Pruning
Caring for roses consists in timely pruning of unnecessary shoots. Pruning is carried out at least 2 times a year: in spring and autumn. Autumn pruning prepares the bush for wintering and removes unripe (not lignified) parts of the bush, damaged or diseased branches, wilted flowers, not fallen leaves, as well as branches that do not fit under winter shelter.
Spring pruning is performed before awakening the kidneys. After releasing the bushes, the diseased and damaged shoots are cut, then the wild shoots are broken out, thin and weak twigs are cut and then they form a bush.
In addition, in the summer you should constantly cut off the flowers that have gone and remove the stock of the stock as it appears.
Caring for roses is not only difficult and painstaking work, but also the pleasure of anticipating the holiday of spring, beauty and love in your garden.