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Park roses are an adornment of any garden at all times. The beauty and aristocracy of flowers amazes even the most fastidious skeptics. The variety of varieties allows you to create a variety of flower arrangements in the rose garden.
The height of such plants is no more than 1.5 meters. Flowering begins earlier than everyone else, somewhere between June 15 and continues for a month. Autumn plants are no less attractive due to the brightness of the leaves and fruits. But in order for park roses to delight the eye in summer, care in the fall and preparation for winter is the most important event that must be carried out wisely. This is what the conversation will be about.
Features of autumn vegetation
Novice rose growers often make mistakes by planting the first plants on the site. The main mistake is that they do not specially prepare roses for the winter, they believe that the plant is able to prepare itself for winter and withstand any cold. Of course, in the south this may be so, but in the zone of risky agriculture, where roses are increasingly grown, such an attitude is destructive for park roses.
The reason lies in the fact that currently cultivated roses obtained by selection. They cannot stop growing on their own even at low temperatures. Probably many gardeners have noticed that rose bushes stand under the snow with leaves and buds.
As you yourself understand, in the middle latitudes of Russia such natural disasters are the norm. So, you need to make an effort and make our park beauty fall asleep. What needs to be done for this, what activities will have to be carried out, this will be discussed below.
Preparing park roses for winter
Experienced gardeners do not wait for the onset of autumn, but begin to prepare park rose bushes for winter at the end of summer.
Top dressing
In the spring and early summer, the main food of park roses was fertilizers containing nitrogen to stimulate the formation of new shoots and their growth. At the end of July, such fertilizing with nitrogen, saltpeter and manure is stopped, since one of the conditions for preparing park rose bushes for winter is the ripening of shoots. Therefore, in August, plants are fed with fertilizers containing potassium and fluoride.
We offer you recipes autumn dressings for park roses. The ingredients are dissolved in 10 liters of water. This solution is enough to nourish plants on 4 square meters. It is possible to carry out not only root feeding, but also spraying plants with the indicated compositions.
Recipe 1
For the first feeding (in August) during autumn care and preparation of park roses:
- 25 grams of superphosphate;
- 2.5 grams of boric acid;
- 10 grams of potassium sulfate.
Recipe 2
At the beginning of September, we will slightly change the composition of the feeding, take:
- superphosphate - 15 grams;
- potassium monophosphate - 15 grams.
Watering features
With proper care at the beginning of September, it is necessary to stop watering the park rose bushes. If this is not done, the plants will continue growing without thinking about the upcoming rest. Unfortunately, weather conditions often get in the way as it is rainy time.Therefore, experienced gardeners spread the film at an angle between the bushes so that water does not get under the plants. You can put arcs and cover with the same film.
Pruning features
In order for park roses to feel the approach of winter, leaves are specially cut off on them. This is a mandatory procedure. Although on large rose gardens it is not always possible to completely remove the leaves. But leaves with signs of disease need to be cut off in any case in order to avoid an outbreak of disease after opening roses in spring.
When the temperature drops to zero, the park roses are pruned. Unripe, damaged shoots are cut out. You need to shorten the bush by about 30% of the height. Particular attention is paid to small-flowered varieties. They remove the places where the inflorescences were, that is, the tips are cut off by no more than 10 cm.As for the tall roses, they are cut very strongly.
In autumn, in order not to stimulate vegetation, you should not cut off long stems with flowers. New shoots that have appeared must be constantly pinched, as they weaken the park rose, do not allow existing shoots to ripen. When cut, roses become more resistant to lower temperatures.
If in the fall the roses have released their buds (this happens in warm weather), then they need to be removed. But don't cut it off, just break it and leave it on the bush. In this case, the formation of new buds will stop, as will the growth of unwanted side shoots.
Whitewashing and spraying
Another activity related to caring for plants in preparation for winter is whitewashing the trunks. They are coated with special compounds that can be purchased at the store. Although such a composition is prepared at home. You will need white water-based paint and honey chloride oxide. For whitewashing, use a paint brush. The solution is rubbed into the bark to close cracks and wounds. Whitewash height up to 30 cm.
To destroy possible pathogens and insects, rose bushes should be sprayed with a solution of ferrous sulfate or Bordeaux liquid when preparing in winter. When processing, you need to capture all the shoots, stems and soil around the rose bushes.
Hilling
After the top dressing, pruning and processing of park roses for the winter have been carried out, you need to take care of the protection of the root system. The soil under the bushes is mulched and then hilled. Peat, humus, compost can be used as mulch. The height of the mound above the roots should be at least 30 cm. Please note that backfilling is carried out along the perimeter of the root system.
Shelter roses for the winter
In park and standard roses, the trunks, as a rule, are hard, it is difficult to bend them. But the conditions of central Russia do not allow the use of vertical shelter of rose bushes due to winds and frosts, alternating with thaws.
The bending of roses is done gradually so as not to break the stem. For the operation to be successful, it is necessary to dig in the roots on one side and tilt the plant. So that they do not return to the vertical position again, the trunks are fixed with brackets or the branches are tied, pressing them down with any available materials.
The presenter of the channel tells in detail about the autumn preparation of roses for winter, be sure to watch this video to the end:
Conclusion
As you can see, caring for park roses in autumn preparation for wintering, involves a large number of events. They take a long time. But you cannot do without this if you seriously decide to start growing roses. Only the right actions will allow plants to survive the harsh winter. But in spring, park roses will thank you with beautiful and fragrant flowers.
