Rose is not in vain has earned the epithet of queen of flowers. Like all the royals, it is very pampered. We have to take care of it, so that it can survive the cold winter.
But it should be done properly, of course, if you do not want the next year to treat your roses from diseases, if not lose the garden decoration. there is 7 things that in any case it is impossible to do when caring for roses in the fall.
It is impossible to cover the roses too early
A common mistake in the care of these flowers is that novice growers try to hide them right away with the threat of the first frost. To do this, you should not! So you have prevented the plant to prepare for the frost, and it simply could not bear the winter.
In addition, Rose simply rot in the warm rainy autumn days. The best time to cover occurs during the freezing ground and complete cessation of movement juices. This usually happens at a temperature of -5 ° C. Frosts to -10 ° C, most varieties of roses transferred easily.
Do not rush to fall pruning roses
If at the beginning of the autumn crop nevyzrevshie shoots, then it can only trigger the growth of new shoots.
As a result of knowingly used up the life force of plants, and in winter they will have a much harder. Cut roses from mid-October to mid-November. The exact time will tell the weather. It is all the same -5 ° C.
You can not bend down a rose in the cold
Many gardeners before shelter roses, branches bend down to the ground in cold weather. As a result of the cold brittle stems are damaged and can break down altogether. Bend down roses need, but it should be done gradually, starting from mid-September. In this case, you can tie the stems to stakes polyethylene twine.
Use natural twine can not be! He easily rot and can infect a rose.
Instead of pegs convenient to use skewers. The branches of roses in this case should not touch the ground. Laid stalks need on a bed of pine branches, foam or plastic bottles stacked.
You can not leave the leaves in the winter
All leaves must be removed. In this case, in any case can not be used at the shelter roses, not to leave the controversy of disease. All leaves and cut branches to be burned or to lay down in the compost heap.
It is impossible to spud rose in wet weather
Select to hilling sunny day. Use a mixture of dry sand with compost and peat, but not with sawdust as they slozhivayutsya and rot.
Do not rake up the roses to their fallen leaves
As insulation can be used dry oak leaves, but in any case not those leaves that crumbled with the roses. They will be a source of infection.
It is impossible to cover roses and polyethylene roofing material
As the covering material can be used lutrasil positioned upon a wire arcs. This material is light and breathable. But polyethylene and roofing material for this purpose are not suitable. Beneath them rose just zapreyut or break under the weight of snow.
By following these simple rules, and proper watering and fertilizing regime, rose spend the winter without a loss, and the next year will enjoy a lush abundant flowering.
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