Rose is undoubtedly the 'Queen of Flowers'.
If you have a passion for gardening and love flowers then I am sure you have always wanted
to grow roses in your garden.
Some newbie gardeners including me, a few years ago used to think rose is one of the
most difficult shrubs to grow.
This is actually a misconception.
Anybody can grow roses just like any other plant.
All you have to do is follow some simple tips and tricks on how to grow roses correctly.
In this episode let's list out the 10 useful rose plant care tips one by one.
Please watch it till the end as some of these tips might surprise you with few bonus tips
at the end.
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10.
Bare Root Roses or Container Roses?
You can purchase roses already potted in soil thats container roses or as dormant bare-root
plants.
If you are a beginner, container roses is the best option, because they are easy to
plant and they establish quickly.
If you are planting bare root roses, which are commonly sold online, they need to have
their roots soaked overnight in water before planting them in the soil, and the roots must
be kept always moist for the first few weeks after planting.
9.
Repotting a Newly bought Rose plant The commonest mistake most of us do immediately
repot a newly purchased plant.
Never do this.
Keep this newly bought container in partial shade or indirect sunlight for at least 3
to 4 days for it to settle down and then shift to full sunlight or consider repotting in
a new container and new potting mix of you choice.
Do not remove the entire mother soil from the plant, specially beginners.
Just tease the roots around and then place in a new potting mix.
Then after repotting, water it thoroughly and keep it in shade for few days to prevent
repotting or transplant shock which causes the plant to wilt.
8.
Drainage and Pot Selection No doubt, You need a well draining soil for
all plants.
This applies even to rose plant.
Make sure you have good drainage holes at the bottom that do not get clogged easily.
As you keep the containers in full sunlight, plastic containers are not recommended.
Clay pots are the best and next comes the cement containers.
We have discussed in detail on choosing the right containers in another episode.
You can find links to all related videos from description below.
7.
Potting Mix Rose is a special plant and we expect a lot
of flowers from it.
So the nutrient requirement for this plant is high.
As you all know, Any plant requires Phosphorous and potassium for healthy flowering and fruiting.
Keeping this in mind while you prepare your potting.
Steamed bone meal is the most important source of phosphorous and a slow release fertilizer.
One handful of it will be sufficient to produce flowering for the entire year.
You should also make a proper potting mix with all ingredients like decomposed cowdung,
vermicompost, coco peat or peat moss and garden soil in proper proportions to make a well
draining soil.
You can watch my detailed video on the best universal potting mix recipe from a link here
at top right corner or from the description below after this video.
6.
Sunlight and Location Rose plant needs atleast 6 to 8 hours of full
direct sunlight to produce flowers and to keep it healthy.
You cannot expect flowering without sunlight.
One more important point to remember here is its location.
If possible protect it from hot noon sunlight, like 12 pm to 2 pm sun or if this is not possible,
you can install a 50 percent green shade net to protect from noon sun, specially in hot
summer.
5.
Watering Requirement Roses need daily watering and a well draining
soil is very important and at the same time moisture around roots has to be maintained
by adding stuff like compost and coco peat.
You can add a little more compost like decomposed cowdung or some extra leaf compost in your
potting mix.
One important watering tip for roses to avoid fungus is Water early in the morning before
sun starts.
Watering in evening can keep it damp and encourage fungus.
4.
Fertilizer Rose plant requires regular feeding to increase
flowering both number of flowers and also to achieve big sized roses.
If you use chemical fertilizers, NPK 20 20 20 and DAP crystals that's Di ammonium phosphate
alternating every week is sufficient to produce good flowering.
But if you are completely organic like me, Consider adding a hand full of vermicompost
or decomposed cow dung in each container every 15 days after raking or tilling the top soil.
Raking or tilling the soil is itself an important task to improve soil aeration and improve
your plants health.
Then, You can also perform a foliar spray by mixing 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt in 1 litre
of water once every 15 days for best results.
3.
Pest Control This is most important step.
The only regular pesticide I recommend is Neem oil weekly once spray.
This prevents and cures a lot of diseases and pests on rose plants.
5 to 10 ml neem oil mixed in 1 litre of water with few drops of liquid soap or shampoo.
There are two most common disease attacks on rose.
One is the Rose die back disease and the black spot rose disease, both are caused by fungus.
We have detailed episodes on these topics.
You can check those links in description below.
2.
Dead Heading This is another important task most of us
are lazy to perform.
Just pluck those dead and fading flowers from the plant.
This will conserve the plants energy to product more new buds rather than diverting the energy
in seed formation.
Performing dead heading as soon as the flowers starts to fade is beneficial instead of waiting
for the flower to dry completely.
1.
Pruning or Trimming Rose Plants This is important task most of us neglect.
Do not hesitate or be afraid to prune you rose plant.
You are not gonna kill it.
Pruning is an important gardening secret to healthy rose bush because this encourages
branching and makes your plant more bushy as a result more number of flowers.
Perform at least a basic pruning what is called soft pruning in early spring season once in
a year.
I have a detailed episode on Pruning concepts and types of pruning.
This will give you an insight on When, Why and how to prune any plant.
Please watch that episode from an end screen link after this video.
Now!
Two Bonus Tips: Firstly About Soil PH: Rose loves slightly
acidic soil.
If you have a PH testing meter you can check it by dipping into your soil.
Rose loves a ph of 6.0 to 6.5.
To acidify your soil you can water it by mixing 10 gms of alum in 1 litre of water, once every
15 days or a month.
This will certainly improve your plants health and increase flowering because acidic soil
is important for nutrient absorption.
Secondly, You can add Mustard Cake Tea or Even used tea dust as discussed in my previous
episodes.
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