Roses have good responsiveness to top dressing in the trunk circle. Thanks to fertilizers, the green mass grows faster and buds form. But it is not recommended to apply top dressing once and haphazardly.
How to properly care for roses
Contrary to popular belief, caring for roses can be quite simple. Modern varieties are resistant to diseases and do not require multilevel care. If you buy seedlings in a nursery, then they will already have a developed root system, which means that they are more likely to quickly take root in the soil.
You just need to put a seedling with an earthen clod in the hole, add nutritious soil and water it well. The distance between the pits should be about 1 meter so that perennials do not interfere with each other later. Planting and digging are carried out in the spring.
Basically, you need to follow the watering regime, loosen the near-trunk circles, remove weeds, apply top dressing several times over the summer and prune in spring and autumn, if necessary. Spring pruning is done before bud formation. All frozen, dry and broken branches must be removed.
In the spring, a complex mineral dressing with nitrogen, potassium and superphosphate is introduced. Nitrogen accelerates plant development, which is what is required in spring. In the summer, with budding and active flowering, you need to fertilize with mineral fertilizers and organic matter in turn. To prepare the crop for winter in the autumn period, potash and phosphorus fertilization is required.
When the flowering is over, the rose bushes need to replenish their strength and prepare for the cold weather. Young shoots may woody. If there are no nutrients, the root system can be damaged in winter. Fertilization of the crop in September or August is recommended.
Feeding rules
In the last days of July, organic fertilizers, such as bird droppings or mullein solution, are applied to the plant trunk circle. In August, you can use complex mineral fertilizers with 8-9% nitrogen.
You can feed the flowers in August with ash and acid. Substances must be dissolved in water and insisted for 3-4 hours.
Always inspect roses before fertilizing. With the appearance of a sufficient number of buds and growth of stems, there will be enough mineral fertilizer. In addition to root feeding, flower growers recommend applying fertilizers “on the leaf” in August. Please note that foliar feeding is carried out before bud formation or after the flowers have faded.
The gardener can choose from several feeding options. For example, it will be effective to take one and a half tablespoons of superphosphate and dissolve them in four glasses of water, then leave for 3 hours. The resulting product must be poured into a bucket of water, stirred and sprayed with foliage.
30 g of urea is also diluted in a bucket of clean water and then watered over the aboveground part of the culture.
You can take 500 g of ash and pour 250 ml of boiling water over it. The solution is boiled for 25 minutes, filtered and poured into a bucket. It should contain water and one micronutrient tablet.
Roses will bloom actively in August if fertilized regularly. You cannot overfeed the culture. Find the right amount of fertilizer to keep the perennial nutrient rich.
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