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

Rosa is an evergreen hardy shrub that, in 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 correct 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 drop leaves for the winter and 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 - this is not all that is necessary for a successful winter 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 ten days of August the first strengthening root feeding is carried out. 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 m ² .
• 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 a high content of phosphorus is introduced into the soil. It contributes to faster 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 opal foliage? With the establishment of cold weather, around the end of October and beginning of November, they must be cut off along with 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 off at 20-30 cm. The unmask shoots are completely removed. Before the shelter, it is necessary to carry out prophylactic treatment of mushroom diseases with Bordeaux fluid or copper sulfate.

We prepare winter flats

Before preparing roses for winter, we must remember two main rules:

1. Do not hurry! Roses easily tolerate short-term temperature drops down to -8 ^o C. 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 species is 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. On top of the film, the ends remain open. With a stable cooling, they are closed and also covered.