Caring for roses properly: There is an optimal planting date

2021-10-15T15:11:22.414Z

Roses in the garden are beautiful, but demanding. The queen of flowers can be handled with a few tricks. There are tips from experts.

Roses in the garden are beautiful, but demanding.

The queen of flowers can be handled with a few tricks.

There are tips from experts.

Hamm - With a few clever moves in autumn, gardeners can give their roses a good start next spring.

Autumn is the time for care and planting - this applies to the entire garden *.

Roses: tips for care in autumn and the optimal planting date

First of all, gardeners should give their roses a health check-up. "Anyone who has leaf diseases such as rose rust and star soot on their roses collects the infected leaves," says Andreas Barlage, employee of the Rose Society and author from Karlsruhe. But not only the leaves on the plants have to be removed, the leaves that have fallen on the ground also have to be collected. Thomas Proll is certain that this can significantly reduce diseases. Proll is the breeding manager of a rose tree nursery in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop in Schleswig-Holstein. If the leaves are not collected, the harmful fungal spores overwinter directly under the roses and can easily attack the new shoots.

In theory, roses can be planted at any time of the year.

“The ideal planting date is autumn, when the soil is still warm,” says Thomas Proll.

For gardeners, the season usually starts in September.

Since the plants then do not have to concentrate on the formation of flowers and roots at the same time, they grow all the faster.

Whether red, pink, orange or yellow - roses need sufficient light and nutrients.

Otherwise pests and fungi have a good chance.

Some factors depend on the variety - for example, whether the rose prefers direct or indirect light.

The roots should be shortened to about 8 or 12 inches.

The above-ground shoots to around 20 centimeters.

According to experts, this is an important cornerstone for successful ingrowth.

Roses: the planting hole should be big enough

“When you are replanting, you don't put any fertilizer into the planting hole,” says Proll.

However, the hole should be big enough so that the roots hang loosely down.

According to the experts, this is an important cornerstone for ingrowth.

With proper care in the fall, roses will continue to bloom the next season.

Then pile the roses with soil so that they are well protected from frost and evaporation damage.

Incidentally, this also applies to planting in spring.

In the winter months, roses do not grow upwards, rather the roots develop downwards.

"It may be that the freshly planted rose does not develop as it was painted in the first year, but it will establish itself permanently," promises Andreas Barlage.