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Rose is undoubtedly the ‘Queen of Flowers’. We will show you 10 Rose plant care tips for enormous flowering throughout the year. 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.
Introduction – How to Grow Roses?
In this article, let’s list out the 10 useful rose plant care tips one by one.
Bare Root Roses or Container Roses?
You can purchase roses already potted in soil that’s 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.
Re-potting a Newly Bought Rose Plant
The commonest mistake most of us do immediately re-pot 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 re-potting in a new container and new potting mix of your choice. Do not remove the entire mother soil from the plant, especially beginners. Just tease the roots around and then place in a new potting mix. Then after re-potting, water it thoroughly and keep it in shade for a few days to prevent re-potting or transplant shock which causes the plant to wilt.
Drainage and Pot Selection
No doubt, you need well-draining soil for all plants. This applies even to rose plants. 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 come the cement containers.
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 cow dung, vermicompost, coco peat or peat moss and garden soil in proper proportions to make well-draining soil.
- The information below is per-pack only
- Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix feeds plants for up to 6 months and Grows Plants Twice As Big! (vs unfed plants)
- This potting medium is our exclusive AquaCoir Formula that protects against over and under watering and absorbs up to 33% more water than basic potting soil (that does not contain sphagnum peat moss, coir, and wetting agent)
Sunlight and Location
Rose plants need at least 6 to 8 hours of full direct sunlight to produce flowers and to keep them 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, especially in hot summer.
Watering Requirement
Roses need daily watering and 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 cow dung 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 the sun starts. Watering in the evening can keep it damp and encourage fungus.
Fertilizer
Rose plants require regular feeding to increase flowering both in the 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 handful of vermicompost or decomposed cow dung in each container every 15 days after raking or tilling the topsoil. Raking or tilling the soil is itself an important task to improve soil aeration and improve your plant’s health.
- 🌱 Organic fertilizer specifically designed for all types of roses and flowering plants,
- 🌱 Balanced 4-3-2 nutrient ratio to promote vigorous green growth and abundant blooms.
Then, you can also perform a foliar spray by mixing 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt in 1 liter of water once every 15 days for the best results.
Pest Control
This is the 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 liter of water with a 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.
- Protect your oasis with Captain Jack’s Neem Max Concentrate; this multipurpose product acts as a 4-in-1 insecticide, fungicide, miticide and nematicide
- Captain Jack’s Neem Max Concentrate is approved for organic gardening; Cold Pressed Neem Oil is a plant based active ingredient that is effective in preventing and controlling diseases and pests in your garden
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 plant’s energy to produce more new buds rather than diverting the energy into seed formation. Performing deadheading as soon as the flower starts to fade is beneficial instead of waiting for the flower to dry completely.
Pruning or Trimming Rose Plants
This is an important task most of us neglect. Do not hesitate or be afraid to prune your rose plant. You are not going to kill it. Pruning is an important gardening secret to a healthy rose bush because this encourages branching and makes your plant bushier as a result more number of flowers. Perform at least a basic pruning what is called soft pruning in early spring season once a year.
Bonus Tips
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 liter of water, once every 15 days or a month. This will certainly improve your plant’s health and increase flowering because acidic soil is important for nutrient absorption.
- Our Alum Powder is Granulated Food Grade Potassium Alum.
- MB Herbals Purified Alum Powder 100 Gram (3.5 oz)
Secondly, You can add Mustard Cake Tea or Even used tea dust as discussed in my previous article on Used tea for Plants.
Happy Gardening!
Please Watch a detailed video below on Rose Bush Care Tips.
Last update on 2024-12-18 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
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Ready to plant and grow roses in your garden? Our Growing Guide for Roses will get you started—with advice on how to take care of roses and prune roses, too. We also share our recommendations on the best types of roses to grow, as well as tips on controlling rose pests such as Japanese beetles.