Cut roses: Never in autumn, otherwise they will die from the cold
Created: 10/10/2022, 7:30 p.m
By: Ines Alms
A heavy pruning of roses in autumn is dangerous, because sudden frost can damage the plant profoundly.
At the end of the year, the rose slowly comes to rest.
Therefore, too much care can endanger the health of the plant and next year's flowering.
A strong autumn pruning, which is often recommended, should be avoided in favor of gentle pruning measures.
Cut roses: Never in autumn, otherwise they will die from the cold
If you cut back roses too much in autumn, you have to expect them to freeze to death.
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If you cut back your rose, you have to expect that it will get an incentive to grow and form new shoots again.
These can quickly freeze to death in wintry temperatures.
The old branches of the plant also offer a kind of winter protection, explains garden expert Dieke van Dieken in the podcast "Grünstadtmenschen".
If you cut these off far below, the frost that penetrates the branch from above has a particularly easy time.
If the rose is cut too short, even a hardy plant can die.
According to the Rosenzentrum.de
portal, you should not cut back in autumn
because the main cut should only take place in spring after the heaviest frosts, around the beginning of March.
It is also helpful in a natural garden for insects, birds and other animals if they can fly to a few branches or harvest rose hips even in the cold season.
However, it is very important to remove frozen buds during the first frost, otherwise they can become a breeding ground for germs.
Only when the shoots of the roses form such a dense undergrowth that winter protection is hardly possible does
Mein
Schönen Garten advise you to shorten all the rose shoots that grow crisscross a little.
Care measures for roses in the fall
There is also this to do and not to do around the rose in autumn:
The portal Rosenzentrum.de
recommends that October to November is the right time to plant new roses
.
In particular, bare-root varieties, which can then use the residual heat of the soil.
Mounding up or mulching the roses offers protection against severe frost.
Fir branches are also suitable.
Check the roses and beds regularly for diseased leaves or dead plant parts and dispose of them in the organic waste bin, otherwise fungal spores can spread.
If you want to multiply your rose or want to bring it safely through the winter, you can still multiply it using cuttings.
Do not water too much as this will make the rose more susceptible to rose pests and diseases.
Stop fertilizing in autumn, as this stimulates the plant to grow, after which the new shoots can freeze.
You can find even more exciting garden topics in the regular newsletter of our partner 24garten.de.
However, you should perhaps not miss out on one form of pruning: if there are still a few buds or blossoms on the plants, they form a pretty decoration for the warm room in a flower vase.