Preparation of the rosary for the winter - an important and responsible task. If you calculate the total time spent in the shelter of colors, it is about half of the calendar year. Therefore it is impossible to perceive the process as something optional or negligent attitude. The shelter must be reliable and performed according to the rules set out in a fixed time, neither earlier nor later. Based on the foregoing, we believe it necessary to consider carefully and from all sides.
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pre-winter preparation
Woman's period of autumn - the best time to start preparing roses for winter. Once installed dry and warm weather, go to the garden and enjoy a removal of all superfluous. By "excess" is meant not only sick or broken off, withered shoots, but has not yet faded blossoms, buds. Put them in a vase at home and continue to enjoy the beauty. And they themselves rose bushes neatly tie any suitable material to make them compact, does not dissolve in different directions, and bend down to the ground, as shown in the photo.
If you grow tall roses, cut the stems, leave no more than half a meter. Remember that climbing grades thoroughly decimated before winter, leave no more than eight strong healthy shoots. On them in the next season there will be flowers. Whip pre gently removed from the supports. Before bed, under which underlie something dry. Suitable lapnikom or veneer.
To protect roses from diseases, infections and rotting, conduct spraying the bushes with a solution of ferrous sulfate (iron it - it's not a typo). Take the package 200 g and dissolve in 5 liters of water, and then carefully treated plants and surrounding soil. Do this before you start to tilt the bush.
Before starting the work, thoroughly clean the area of the rosary from the fallen leaves and weeds. In the future, they may become fertile ground for the development of pests and diseases. In this case, we do not recommend cut green leaves with themselves bushes like some advise growers. This is completely against the nature, besides, well, if you are the owner of a pair of bushes, but what about when in the rose garden of a hundred or more?
Observations of experts showed that a rose by any reason have lost their leaves, winter is worse than their counterparts with herbs, and even die. Therefore we recommend to try to keep them in place, and in the spring they will fall down to make room for new growth.
Note, cutting the leaves, it is very difficult to do it carefully, without damaging the delicate skin of stems and not the direct way for infections. Also be aware that the processes of photosynthesis and, consequently, power, occur even with minimal lighting, that is, even in the shelter the plants will continue to grow stronger and gain strength. Provided that the greenery.
If all the activities carried out, cover material of roses, protects against rain.
Spud whether roses
The eternal question asked by many novice growers - whether it is necessary to sprinkle rock neck of land that have been vaccinated. Opinions differ. As we give advice based on their own experience, not pretending to be the ultimate truth, but based on the positive results, we will give his vision of the situation. Thus, it is believed that seeding the roses helps to avoid freezing. But we will cover the plant, so there is no question. Moreover, raking the ground in a heap, we bare the roots, and already is - a direct path to the destruction by frost.
Compost can replace the ground. Dangerous decision leads to infection burns. Its presence say the ring of dark spots, which are clearly visible after removal of the cover. These stems are not viable, are subject to removal. And well, if you do not cause the death of all the bush.
Dung is also a hazardous material, which causes intense heating. Keep it away from Rose. Peat is not warm, but very quickly become wet and then freezes - it turns an effect opposite to the expected. The same thing happens when you use a dry ground. During the wet season, it also gets wet.
Therefore, skip step hilling. Rose, prepared to shelter, carefully hiding under a protective material. Suitable polyethylene film. It is not pressed against the ground as to leave space for ventilation. The rain did not pour the plants, the plants remain dry - just what we need to achieve.
If you are the proud owner of the rosary with numerous inhabitants, not just try to grasp the immensity. Cook rose incrementally. First treat and cover one portion, followed by the second. Why? Firstly, seen the fruits of labor and of the work area. Second, the weather is unpredictable. Processing roses will take more than one day. It would be extremely disappointing if before the final touch - a shelter - the plants will fill in the rain or covered with snow.
universal lapnikom
Spruce branches for shelter have long used heat-loving plants. In our high-tech age of the material is not lost its relevance. Lapnikom good, from what party it has not come. It is ecologically pure, produced by nature without the use of harmful chemicals. Due to the abundance of needles, and multi-layer retains heat very well and does not miss the cold. Needles has antiseptic properties, thorns not like rodents, odor repels pests. Add the ability to easily pass air that protects against decay processes.
As a result of roses feel fine in their houses, not afraid of any frost or thaw, or winds.
Unfortunately lapnikom it is becoming increasingly rare pictures. This is especially true suburban forests where conifers are actively attacked by pests. In addition, we consider the duty of every conscious person take only branches with broken trees. In general, if you are lucky enough to get lapnikom - be sure to use it. If you do not want - give us!
Air-dry shelter
Interesting know-how savvy Russian florist. The perimeter landing elevated support on which original stacked panels from boards (shown pictured below). Already over them stretches the selected covering material.
If you are using a light cover, under the weight of snow risking to fall into, you can add a fine mesh. Get warm and dry shelter, effectively resist the vagaries of the weather.
Unfortunately, the option is only suitable for planting beds in the form of a group of roses. Individual plants to hide in such a way will not work.
The ends of the facilities remain open until the frost, it provides ventilation and maintenance of excess moisture. Despite the apparent Ideally, the shelter has its drawbacks.
For the erection of structures have to spend time. It must be a very strong and reliable. If the winter is snow, the probability of falling under the weight of the roof, in this case, a rose may be crushed and broken. If you do not have the necessary skills, it is better to abandon the construction of the shelter or to entrust it to the man who knows.
The second drawback - the lack of light. The sun's rays hardly pass through the barriers erected so spring plants look sick, often can not tolerate the first contact with a bright light.
After several years of experimentation with these shelters, we are of them abandoned in favor of modern materials. However, if you are fit - use, the idea is good. You may be able to modify its quality.
modern methods
Do not take it as an advertisement, but modern covering materials - a real miracle. They make life easier for gardeners and anyone whose plants need warm winter shelters. To fit onto the spunbond agrila, lutrasil important that the web density was 60 g / m2.
Always use two layers of material - air layer greatly increases the degree of heat preservation. It is also important to put the material wax side up - shelter will effectively resist wetting and dry. Simply press down the edge of the bricks, it is usually enough to keep the wind blows, especially after a snowfall. In winter, get a simple and safe shelter. By the way, the material is reusable, torn and spoiled rare, it can be used for several years.
You probably have not seen ghost rose sticking out of the snow, wrapped spunbond. It is very strange decision and absolutely useless. The fact that the material itself is not able to warm up, his task - to keep warm. Rose is not able to produce heat, it must come from the earth, it was because we were advised to bend down bushes in front of the shelter. The plant is in a kind of thermos, do not miss the cold inside and the heat outside. Naturally, rose sticking out of the snow, nothing like it gets.
An important observation - a few rose bushes, wintering in one "house" feel much better and easier to tolerate the cold attacks. Under a large shelter not only placed a few plants, and even the land area multiplied and, consequently, the heat intensified. When it comes to large shrubs with thick stems, strong small arc mounted above the fold crosswise, to help protect them from the breaking of a heavy snow masses.
If you hide spunbond another layer of film material is well protected from possible rain. In this case, remember not to pull the polyethylene to the ground to shelter could breathe.
The right thing to do "house" Rose withstand the winter without any problems, no matter what surprises the weather has prepared. Then it will be necessary to remove it properly, but this is a topic for another article, become familiar with it close to heat attack.
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