The garden rose is called the queen of flowers for a reason. Bright lush greenery and luxurious inflorescences of various shades at first sight distinguish rose bushes in the backyard. And what an amazing scent! However, in order for roses to delight you with abundant flowering every season and just feel comfortable all year round, regular and competent feeding of roses must be carried out. Let's figure out how to do it right now.
Stage One: Top dressing at the beginning of the season
In early spring, when plants are just waking up after hibernation, fertilizing garden roses is especially necessary. At this time, after removing the covering material and pruning, roses are especially vulnerable: they intensively absorb nutrients from the soil in order to gain strength to start active vegetation. Therefore, at the beginning of the season, it is best to feed garden roses with ammonium nitrate and complex mineral fertilizer. The optimal ratio of components in the composition of the fertilizer is 1 part of potassium s alt, 2 parts of ammonium nitrate and 3 - superphosphate.
Stage two: feeding roses with organicfertilizers
After root feeding of roses with mineral fertilizers, as a rule, organic substances are applied: mullein or bird droppings at a concentration of 1:10 and 1:20, respectively. If the spring is rainy, after two weeks you can repeat the top dressing with s altpeter, urea or complex mineral fertilizer. An alternative option is half a bucket of rotted manure for each bush with fertilizer embedded in the ground.
Step three: feeding roses during budding or early flowering
During the formation of buds of garden roses and at the beginning of flowering, proper feeding is very important. Potash fertilizers are usually applied, as they make flowering longer, and the color more vibrant and saturated. In addition, it is possible to introduce organic substances: mullein or bird droppings. For young bushes that will bloom this season for the first time, top dressing with sodium humate, carried out twice a season, is very useful.
Directly during the flowering period, fertilizers are not applied.
Foliar applications
In cold and rainy weather, these plants absorb nutrients from the soil much worse, so in this case it is more appropriate to feed roses by spraying the bushes with a watering can with a fine sieve. And the smaller the sieve, the better. This procedure is carried out in the early morning or evening, as well as in cloudy weather, when the absorption of nutrients through the leaves is more intense.
Spraying rose bushes with mullein infusion (1:10) is carried out forprevention of fungal diseases.
During periods such as pruning, transplanting, sudden changes in the weather, garden roses are especially vulnerable, so in this case, spraying with the Epin antidepressant is the best fit.
Roses, planting and care, feeding and pruning which are carried out in a timely and competent manner, will be the best decoration for your backyard. They will delight the eye with lush greenery and a riot of colors of inflorescences throughout the season!
