We warm the rose garden. How to prepare for the winter roses

Rose is an evergreen hardy bush thatin conditions of a mild and warm climate, needs a short enough rest to soon blossom again. In the central and northern regions of our country, we need not only shelter, but also the proper preparation of the plant for wintering.

How to prepare for the winter roses

Grades of modern breeding can not independently enter into a period of rest before the beginning of cold weather.

Often, rose bushes do not shed leaves for the winterand continue to produce buds. Minus temperatures interrupt vegetation, but with the onset of a thaw the plant again starts growing. Therefore, the construction of shelters is not all that is necessary for the successful wintering of the queen of the garden.

About how to prepare for the winter roses, you need to take care in the middle of summer.

• From the third decade of July fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers completely ceases.
• In the first decade of August, the firststrengthening root feeding. Ingredients: potassium sulfate, double superphosphate (1 tablespoon) and boric acid (1/4 p.w.) are bred in 10 liters of water. The solution is sufficient to fertilize the rose garden area in 4 m² .
• The second fortifying top dressing is foliar. In late August, you need to process roses on a sheet of potassium sulfate (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water).
• In September a granulated autumn fertilizer with an increased phosphorus content is introduced into the soil. It promotes the fastest ripening of shoots and strengthening of roots.

In addition, from the beginning of September, watering, digging and loosening of the earth, forming a bush, cutting flowers is stopped.

How to prepare for the winter roses, which do not opalfoliage? With the establishment of cold weather, around the end of October and beginning of November, they must be cut off with the petioles. During wintering, leaf residues begin to decompose, which can provoke rotting of the kidneys and shoots.

With the onset of the first frost, the branches are cut offat 20-30 cm. Unsched shoots are completely removed. Before the shelter it is necessary to carry out prophylactic treatment from mushroom diseases with Bordeaux liquid or copper vitriol.

Cooking winter apartments

Before you prepare roses for the winter, you need to remember two main rules:

1. Do not hurry! Roses easily tolerate short-term temperature drops down to -8^aboutC. Too early sheltered bushes can vypret.
2. All preparations must be carried out in dry weather.

As for the material: never use straw, hay, sawdust of deciduous trees, moss, manure.

Whether to cover roses for the winter, depends on each particular species. Winter-hardened park plants have enough peat or dry soil to a height of 20 cm.

Lime stone is lined under the crown of roses. They hibernate to a height of 30 cm with dry peat, spruce branches are laid on top or dry leaves are poured. Over single plants, you can build a frame and close it with a film.

The best place for wintering for climbing speciesis an air-dry shelter. How to prepare for the winter roses in this case? At a plus temperature, the shoots bend to the ground and are fixed with iron hooks. Above them are exposed wooden shields in the form of a gable roof. The film is covered on top, but the ends remain open. With a steady cooling, they are closed and also covered.