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A rose turns into a rose hip for a variety of reasons. To prevent such a rebirth, gardeners are eager to find out the most effective prevention methods. It is possible to save your favorite flower. It is important to act competently and quickly, not allowing the wild plant to destroy the queen of the garden.
It is possible to preserve the beauty of the variety only with certain agricultural techniques
Can a rose be reborn into a rosehip
Reproduction of roses usually occurs in vegetative ways. However, in cooler climates, gardeners face challenges. Even with successful rooting, self-rooted bushes do not always withstand the winter temperatures of the middle zone and northern regions. Here, flower lovers come to the aid of grafting a cultivar on a rosehip stock. A similar propagation technique is used for all types of roses - tea, climbing, standard. It is very comfortable and gives excellent results. But, for a rose there is always a danger of rebirth into a rosehip.
If shoots begin to develop on the plant below the grafting site, this will be a wild growth. It is much more stable than a cultivated bush, capable of withstanding sharp temperature and climatic fluctuations. Therefore, the rebirth of a rose into a rosehip is a fairly common process.
Can a climbing rose be reborn into a rosehip
Climbing varieties are also grafted onto wild rose hips. Therefore, they are able to be reborn, like other species. Upon regeneration, the plant expels shoots below the grafting site with a full set of rose hips. Shoots often appear at some distance from the bush or in the middle of it.
Why and when does a rose turn into a rosehip
The reasons for this transformation need to be known even before the variety is planted on the site. Otherwise, the gardener may not notice obvious signs and miss the moment of saving the cultivated plant.
There are several main reasons for the transformation:
- Poorly grafted seedling. If rosehip buds remain below the grafting, then they will certainly give its shoots. Cultivated branches will receive less nutrition, weaken and stop developing. As a result, the rose may die. Here, the care and literacy of the gardener also plays an important role when buying a garden variety seedling.
Despite the fact that the seedlings are in containers, the grafting site should be inspected
- Incompatibility between rootstock and scion. This occurs when the cultivar is grafted into an aggressive-growing rosehip species. It is able to form powerful shoots from the roots, which inhibits the growth of cultural shoots.
- Incorrect fit. If the place of the scion is not buried, then it can dry out. It is recommended to deepen the inoculation point by 7-8 cm.
- Violation of agrotechnical requirements. It is necessary to protect the thickening at the bottom of the seedling from frost. To do this, carry out hilling and protect from freezing with the help of a shelter. It is important to learn how to properly trim the bush. Be sure to carry out the summer procedure, make a cut on the external kidney. Remove weakened, diseased and damaged shoots regularly. If the procedure is performed in violation of the rules, then this will lead to the degeneration of a cultivated bush into a wild one. Preventive spraying should also be carefully carried out. The spread of diseases or pests is another reason for the death of the rose and the rebirth of the bush into a dog rose.
Removing dead buds stimulates the growth of cultivated shoots
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How to tell if a rose is turning into a rosehip
To do this, you need to know the main differences between cultivated and wild plants. Of course, it is quite easy to identify an adult rose hip. Young shoots are much more difficult to spot. You can understand that a rose has gone to a rose hip according to several criteria:
- Escapes... In the wild, they are bright green. They can germinate not only in the middle of the bush, but also at some distance from it. The selection rose produces reddish shoots. The thickness of the branches also varies. Young shoots of rose hips are thinner, with a sparse arrangement of leaves. The varietal plant expels stems that are more powerful and leafy.
- Leaves... They are glossy and large in varieties, leathery, dark green or reddish in color. The tip of the leaf is rounded. Rosehip branches are covered with small rough leaves of light gray or light green color with a sharp end.
- Thorns... The rose has shoots with large needles located at a considerable distance from each other. In the wild rose, they are densely covered with small thorns.
"Wild" shoots are easy to identify by external signs
You can also pay attention to the number of leaves. But with the modern development of breeding work, this criterion is not considered accurate. Many new varieties and hybrids of roses have the same number of leaves as rose hips. Therefore, if you find several of the above signs, you should immediately begin measures to save the garden beauty.
How to fix and what to do if a rose has turned into a rosehip
Having determined that the rose has grown into a rosehip, you need to immediately reanimate the plant. To do this, the gardener should perform a number of not difficult, but effective actions:
- Dig up the soil at the location of the root system. Do this very carefully.
- Find the place of the scion and the point of germination of the overgrowth.
- Remove the emerging growth at the base. Do this not with pruners, but with your hands. If the shoots are cut, they quickly grow back. Experienced gardeners argue that breaking out will protect the bush from the appearance of "wild" for a longer period.Important! Cutting off the growth at soil level rather than at the base will produce a large number of new wild shoots.
- Treat the removal sites with iodine, brilliant green or sprinkle with charcoal.
The procedure must be carried out at least 2 times during the growing season. If the shoots appear again next year, you will have to repeat everything. It is important to remove any shoots that have sprouted. Even when they are significantly removed from the bush.
Unnecessary growth should be removed at any distance from the bush.
In some cases, rose hips can completely replace the shoots of a cultivated plant. But even then you can make a rose from the rosehip. It is recommended to plant cuttings of roses on a rose hip to get a standard bush.
Another option is to transfer the rose to its own root system. Suitable only for winter-hardy varieties. The procedure is best done in the spring, when the soil warms up:
- dig a trench away from the trunk;
- lay down a cultural escape;
- secure with a hairpin;
- sprinkle with loose nutrient soil, leaving the top in an upright position above the ground (tie it to a peg);
- after a year, transplant a new bush to a permanent place.
What to do to prevent roses from growing into rose hips
You can help your favorite plant. For this, there are a number of preventive measures that gardeners must know. And so that the rose does not go into the rosehip, they must be carried out in a timely manner. These activities include:
- Strict adherence to agrotechnical requirements - correct pruning, competent watering and feeding, This will provide the bush with adequate nutrition and the ability to resist the development of rose hips.
Correct implementation of any maintenance item increases the vitality of the variety.
- Regular inspection and removal of the emerging "wild" shoots.
- Transplanting a bush to prevent running wild.This option is necessary if the place of the scion is not deepened enough when planting. It is better to transplant the rose correctly, and at the same time check for the presence of buds and rose hips.
- Transfer of the plant to its own root system.
A plant transplant should be done as follows:
- choose a favorable day with warm weather;
- fertilize and water a new pit;
- for a summer transplant, reduce the number of leaves by 1/3, remove the buds;
- dig a rose, carefully examine the vaccination site;
- remove all buds and layers of rose hips
- treat with an antiseptic;
- plant a rose in a new place, deepening the root collar by 7-8 cm;
- water and mulch.
It is best to transplant in autumn and early spring. Then skip the paragraph with the removal of buds and leaves.
Transfer to own roots is only suitable for winter-hardy varieties. You need to choose the most powerful cultural escape. Make a ring cut, remove the green peel. The exposed area should be at least 0.5 cm wide. Cover it with moistened sphagnum, secure with a container. Irrigate the moss periodically. After 1-1.5 months, the stem will form its own roots. When they are sufficiently developed and strong, separate the shoot from the bush and transplant to a new place. Such a seedling is not threatened with rebirth.
For any rose prone to running wild, you need to create the most comfortable growing conditions. Very carefully fulfill all the requirements of agricultural technology, timely remove rosehip shoots, carry out competent pruning, carefully prepare the bush for winter.
The possibility of rebirth depends on the quality of the planting material. Helping the plant when roses have become rose hips is much more difficult. And sometimes it is completely impossible.
Conclusion
The rose turns into a wild rose and completely loses its decorative effect. If you follow the recommendations for protecting varietal roses from running wild, then the process can be stopped. Then there will be enough preventive measures so that your favorite plant will please you with its flowering for a long time.
