Rose seedlings: how to choose a vegetative or other type of this material for growing and plant in the spring, whether to buy it in containers and what care does he need?

A truly beautiful decoration of any garden or garden is rose bushes. These plants will give you an aesthetic pleasure from the beautiful view of flowers of various colors and unique aroma, floating in the air. Let's figure out what exactly is seedlings of roses, what they are and what is necessary for their planting on their site.

Rose sapling is a shrub grown in artificial conditions or nurseries with the aim of further planting in a permanent place. When choosing between a sapling or a shank, give preference to the sapling, since its main difference from the shank is the presence of roots.

Kinds

Vegetative (these are the rose seedlings that are grown in the greenhouse by planting occulants in special containers with peat mix).
On own roots (These are rose bushes grown on their own root system).
Vaccinated (the upper part of the seedling is a rose variety, which in most cases is not hardy when grown on its own roots, and the lower part is the roots of a more resistant variety, sometimes even a wild rose).

Tips for choosing quality material for planting in spring and autumn

Decide on a variety of roses, based on information about the timing of its planting and flowering, endurance, frost resistance and size.
Check the quality of the seedling by slightly scratching the bark of the top of the shoot. In high-quality specimens under the bark, you will find light wood that secrets plant juice.
Remove wax from the seedling in several places to prevent the purchase of black, that is, a dead shoot.
Check the integrity of the shoots with slightly swaying movements to prevent breaks.
Pay attention to the condition of the kidneys. They should be in sleep mode or just peck.
If only seedlings with sprouted buds are available, give preference to specimens whose buds in the lower part of the shoots have just hatched, and in the upper have already grown. In this case, immediately cut off the sprouted shoots, otherwise they will draw out all the juices from the seedling.

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Where and for how much can I get?

In the online store "Seeds here" (//semena-tut.ru, Moscow) you can buy seedlings of various varieties of roses at prices from 315 to 790 rubles per 1 piece.
A large assortment of different rose seedlings is offered by the Seven Dacha online store (//7dach.ru, Moscow). You can find a huge number of varieties of roses from them at prices ranging from 319 to 790 rubles per 1 seedling.
Shop "City Garden" (//www.gorodsad-spb.ru, St. Petersburg) offer rose seedlings at prices from 350 to 500 rubles.
In the garden plant nursery "GreenLifeFarm" (//greenlifefarm.ru, St. Petersburg) you will be surprised with a large selection of different varieties of roses at prices from 500 to 1200 rubles per seedling.

Plants in containers

Most stores sell rose seedlings in spring and autumn., offering its customers seedlings with their own root system. For the sale of plants at other times of the year, special 3-7 liter containers are used.

A characteristic feature of such seedlings is that after the purchase you can leave roses in containers, placing them anywhere on your site, or plant them in a permanent place.

The most suitable time for planting is considered the period from May to July, including in the summer heat, since in containers they already grow and bloom, and by transplanting you will not disturb their vital activity in any way.

In the spring, planting such plants is not recommended, since they are propagated by cuttings, a weak root system will not withstand spring temperature drops and will not survive the winter.

The online store "Rose seedlings" (// seedlings-roses.rf, Moscow) offers to deliver healthy rose bushes with perfectly developed root system to their customers in containers. The price of a seedling is 350-470 rubles.

Growing instruction

What inventory is needed?

For planting roses, you need garden gloves, a pruner, a shovel, a bucket of water.

Soil preparation

Roses love fertile porous soil (loamy soils and chernozem), since in such conditions the flow of water and nutrients to the plant is facilitated.

Sandstones and sandstones for growing roses are not suitable due to freezing of the soil in the winter and overheating in the summer. To remedy this situation, peat, lime, rotted manure and turf are added to sandy soils. Clay soils are improved by adding compost, humus, sand and peat to them.

Material preparation

The root system of the plant must be freed from the soil.. Dip the seedling in a bucket of water for 2 hours, while in the water you can add a few drops of a growth stimulator.

Before planting a seedling with an open root system, it must be soaked in water a day before planting. Remove the leaves, cut out any damaged roots. If the seedling has rotten roots, cut them to a healthy place. Shorten the seedling so that the aerial part is no more than 30 cm.

How to choose a place?

Choose an open sunny area, without large trees nearbythat will pull on themselves water and nutrients;

How to plant?

Please note that roses grown in containers can be planted from May to July, and seedlings with an open root system are planted in spring or autumn.

Dig a hole with a diameter of 40 cm and a depth of 50-70 cm. Cover the bottom with drainage (broken brick, expanded clay, pebbles) in case the soil is heavy on your site. If the soil is sandy, lay a clay layer 7 cm thick at the bottom of the pit. From above, pour fertile soil over the hill.
Place the seedling, after straightening its roots. Cover the remaining space with earth dug from the pit and tamp the soil.
Pour the planted rose bush with water at the rate of 1-2 buckets of water per bush. In order for the soil to be better saturated, do it in several passes.

When planting English roses, consider some features. Before planting, the roots must be cut and soaked for a day in water. Make a hole for planting 50x50, add humus, compost to it, mix with the ground and fill it with water.
Deepen the seedlings of floribunda roses so that the grafting site drops below the soil level by 2-3 cm. Be sure to cut off the upper parts of the shoots. On strong shoots, leave 2-3 well-developed buds (10-15 cm in length from the base), on weaker shoots - 1-2 buds.
When pruning, remove all branches older than two years.
When planting hybrid tea roses, keep in mind that the distance between the bushes is at least 30-50 centimeters. Before planting roses, moisten them with a special manure mixture (manure, water, clay in a ratio of 1: 1: 2).
Park roses are placed at a distance of 1.5 m from each other. When creating a high hedge, planting density in rows is 50-100 cm, between rows - 50-70 cm.
Climbing roses love space, therefore 60-65 cm will be the optimum depth for the pit. The distance between the bushes should be at least 1 m. The cut points formed after trimming the root system and the aerial part must be treated with chopped charcoal, and the planting material itself should be disinfect with a solution of copper sulfate (3%).

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Follow-up care

Provide timely watering to the bushes. In order for the water to be distributed evenly throughout the entire volume of soil occupied by the roots of roses, water from a watering can in the zone where the roots are located.

Conditions of detention

The formation of rose buds, their flowering and growth is significantly affected by environmental factors, such as soil and air temperature. The optimal air temperature is considered to be 15-22 ° C. The optimum soil temperature for comfortable growth of rose bushes is 17-20 ° C.

Watering

Do not forget that roses like careful watering under the root 2-3 times a week in the early morning or late evening.

Top dressing

Timely fertilizer for roses will help to achieve abundant long flowering. Use organic fertilizers to increase soil fertility. However, note that litter can burn the roots of the plant, so follow the recommended dosages.

Fresh chicken droppings diluted with water 1:20, rotted - 1:10. The solution is insisted for five days, and then again diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3.
Cow dung diluted with water 1:10, insist a week, and then again diluted in a ratio of 1: 2.

Perform the first dressing with the onset of heat, because in cold weather roses do not absorb nutrients well. You can also fertilize the soil with various specialized mixtures or foliar top dressing.

Next, we offer an informative video about fertilizing roses:

Mulching

In order to prevent possible unpleasant consequences from overheating of the soil, which occurs after the air temperature heats above 25 ° C, it is advisable to mulch the soil around the bushes with peat, mowed grass or humus.

Other care measures

In early autumn, in order to avoid the appearance of new shoots before winter cold, watering of roses is stopped.
Perform shaping and anti-aging pruning annually, removing stems older than three years.
Clean the plant from small shoots and non-flowering branches.
Before winter, spend the hilling of bushes, wrap the branches in paper.

Possible problems

Competent purchase of seedlings and compliance with all the rules of planting and caring for rose bushes cannot guarantee the absence of problemsfaced by almost every gardener. These problems include various pests and plant diseases.

When fighting for beautiful, healthy plants, consider the fact that pests usually don't like the pungent odor. Plant sage, marigolds, or decorative onions next to your rose bushes. From time to time, spray the bushes with infusions of garlic, onions, yarrow, calendula. From mid-July lightly dust plants with ash.
Fungal diseases often arise due to crowded plantings, so it is important to ensure the optimal distance between them. In order to protect roses from powdery mildew in spring and early summer, spray 2-3 times a week with a solution of drinking soda (40 g per 1 liter of water).
If aphids have attacked the rose bushes, do not rush to immediately run after the poisons. First, try to treat the bushes with a "folk remedy". In a bucket of hot water, add a piece of grated laundry soap and a few branches of wormwood. Boil for 10-15 minutes. With cooled strained solution, spray the bushes. After a week, repeat the treatment. If the aphid has not disappeared, use chemicals ("Aktara", "FAS").

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