Roses - one of the most whimsical garden flowers. That they pleased the flowering of the whole season, you need to take care of them all year round. Caring for roses in the autumn assumes preparation for the winter harvested cuttings, construction of shelters for runaways.
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Actions in September
In early autumn, you need to hide the plants before the first frost. Gentle bushes to protect against rain, conduct necessary fertilization, crop buds.
The first thing to do - to reduce watering and stop loose soil. This stops the growth of young shoots, and give strength to the bushes. In order to successfully survive the winter, the stems must stiffen.
Withered buds are cut directly to the roses did not spend them strength. The tops of young shoots, too, is prischipnut.
Each plant is inspected for the presence of disease. Leaves with defects and disease symptoms should be removed. Healthy leaves are cut in October, just before the shelter.
In late September, when autumn was rainy, it is necessary to build a shelter and bushes okuchit dry peat.
Pruning roses in October
Before winter pruning is carried out before the onset of frost, around the end of October. With all sorts removed nevyzrevshie shoots. Miniature and ground cover varieties are cut by a third, and a hybrid - half.
On pletistyh roses should be cut weak and old shoots. They are then removed from the poles, linked by plastic holders for plants and laid on spruce branches. It is not recommended to connect whip cloth and other natural materials, as they may be a source of infection.
Shelter roses for winter
Light frosts are useful for these delicate plants, they hardened stalks. But before the onset of frost-resistant roses need to hide.
First spud clumps of earth and sand to a height of 15-20 cm. Sand in the cold freezes much, so it must mix with the earth in equal proportions. When the temperature is below -5 ° C, time to think about the insulation. In dry weather over the flower bed frame set and tightened his non-woven fabric, and on top - polyethylene. The design sure to leave a window for ventilation.
Harvesting of cuttings
you can prepare the cuttings for propagation of roses during the autumn crop. Selected annuals stems without external injury 4-5 mm thick. They need to be cut into lengths of about 20 cm so that the handle was 3-4 buds. The lower end is cut under the last right kidney and the upper sections were taken at an angle of 45 °. Store the cuttings in moist sand in a refrigerator.
Preparation for planting a rose garden
The whole of September and the first half of October - the perfect time for planting roses. If you do this before, the plants will expend force in the growth of new shoots. And if you delay until the end of October, the cuttings do not have time to take root before the frost.
In the first days of autumn pave the way and make any type of organic fertilizers:
- manure;
- kitchen waste;
- vermicompost;
- wood ash.
Directly into the planting hole made by a mixture of sand, humus and peat in equal parts. Saplings perpetuate and cover before the onset of frost. Trim the young plants can not, because they will give the new shoots, which can freeze in winter.
Autumn care of roses depends on the variety. There are frost-resistant varieties neukryvnyh. Canadian roses withstand low temperatures. Even if the snow covers them not, they do not freeze and the summer are quickly restored.
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