How to take care for a rose
Water the plant
Roses do not like excessive moisture. They should be watered when the soil near them is 3-4 cm deep and should be done early in the morning or at sunset to avoid leaf scorch. Water should not be icy, and the pressure in the hose - too strong, so as not to erode the soil at the roots. One adult bush needs about 10 liters of liquid, and young roses will be enough and 5 liters. Do not forget to gently loosen the soil around the plant after each watering to ensure that the root system has access to oxygen.
Feed the rose
In spring, as soon as the snow melts, scatter 10-15 g of ammonium nitrate around each bush and gently loosen the soil with a hoe, trying not to damage the roots. After that, it is necessary to conduct four more feedings with nutrient solutions during the season. Remember that you should water the plants with fertilizers under the root on moist soil, trying not to get on the leaves, so as not to burn them. One bush requires no more than 4 liters of solution.
In May, when roses are preparing to bloom, feed them with superphosphate and potassium sulfate. In 10 liters of water you need to dilute 10 g of each of the means.
In June, with the beginning of flowering, fertilization should be repeated with the same solution as in the previous time.
After 3-4 weeks, another fertilizer will be needed. In 10 liters of water, dissolve 10 g of nitrophoska, 500 g of chicken manure and 100 g of wood ash.
In the fall, after flowering, carry out the final fertilization. For 10 liters of water, take 16 g of potassium monophosphate and 15 g of superphosphate.
Prune the bush
Try to regularly remove wilted flowers with a sharp secateurs or scissors, so that the plant does not waste energy on seed ripening. It is also necessary to get rid of withered, blackened or rotted shoots to prevent the spread of diseases. It is especially important to carry out such sanitary pruning in early spring, before the buds bloom - fungi and bacteria can quickly attack a rose weakened over the winter.
How to care for your rose: remove blackened shoots
Blackened shoots that need to be cut. Frame: In the village / YouTube
Shoots are cut to healthy tissue - the stem on the cut should be light, without spots and darkening. About 0.5 cm should be indented above the bud. Do not forget to regularly sharpen the tool, as well as disinfect it after cutting each bush, so as not to spread possible infections from sick plants to healthy ones.
Cover the rose for the winter
Park roses survive the cold well and without special protection, but other species should be covered in the fall, when the air temperature during the week will be from -1 to -5 °C. Before the procedure, remove all leaves from the plants and cut off dry inflorescences. Remove the shoots of climbing roses from their supports, lay them on the ground and cover them with spruce lapnik. Set metal or plastic arcs on top, lay on them non-woven material, which at the edges press stones or bricks, so that the shelter is not torn off by the wind.
How to care for roses: cover the plants for the winter
Covering roses from lapnik, plastic arcs and non-woven material.
In the same way you can protect and small bushes, only their stems are not laid on the ground. Bulky roses with erect stems should be wrapped from bottom to top with non-woven material in one or two layers and fastened with tape or rope.
In spring, as soon as a stable plus temperature is established, the protection is gradually removed. First open a part of the northern side of the bush, so that the rose began to get used to the cool air and did not get burned by the bright sun, and after 1-2 weeks you can remove the material completely in the absence of strong frosts.
How to fight diseases and pests of the rose
Most often the rose is attacked by aphids, spider mites and cicadas.
The list of the most common diseases includes powdery mildew, rust and black spot.
- powdery mildew. Frame: Irina Denisova / YouTube
- Rust. Frame: Botsad / YouTube
- Black spot. Frame: Domavedus / YouTube
If the plants already show signs of disease or insects are visible, you should treat them twice with special products at an interval of 10-12 days.
The preparations "Actara", "Iskra", "Actellik" or "BI-58" are suitable for combating most pests. However, all of them are destructive to bees and other insect pollinators, so during the flowering period it is better to use safe biological means - "Biotlin", "Herold", "Miteschevit" or green soap.
To combat diseases use "Topaz", "Skor" or "Fundazol", and during flowering - biopreparations "Phytosporin", "Trichodermin" or "Bactophyte". Also for prophylaxis in early spring, while the buds on the stems are asleep, and in the fall before covering, you can treat roses with a 3% solution of Bordeaux liquid.
Solutions of drugs are prepared according to the instructions on the package. And about the rules of spraying and safety precautions when working with chemicals can be read in our material about the treatment of the garden from diseases and pests.
