Gardenhint: the roses

It's between September and November that will decide the future of roses, how and when will those new plants, pruning. From the operations of that depends on health and beauty of these romantic plants. The most popular decorative and ornamental flower. Planting. The deadline for the planting of rose bushes coincides with that of leaves of absence, unless using plants grown in pots. Obviously, the climate of each area will allow a better determination of the date of such initial and final periodo.E 'harmful plant prior to full leaf fall because the leaves are responsible for what is to transpire in the aqueous solution absorbed by the roots. When the roots are removed from the soil and can no longer perform their work while the green leaves and other tissues continue to breathe, there is a dangerous imbalance. The installation must be done in late winter, when the temperature rising, encouraging the development of leaves and roots, in part because of the recent trauma of transplantation, are not yet in operation.


Do not do any of defloration book in advance as the top of the new branches, more herbaceous, could not cope with the winter weather.
In temperate climates-hot, the system must be made before the end of January. In regions with colder winters (ex: weather in Rome), the period in favor of the plant ends in mid-February. Finally, in locations characterized by sub-continental climate (ex: weather in Milan) is a plant should be delayed, by March. This operation should be avoided when the ground is frozen or has puddles of rain. The roses have special needs: land tend to prefer clay, they thrive in soil with chemical reaction by sub-sub-alkaline to acidic. The rules to remember. It is appropriate that the beds to house the new plant other roses have been cultivated in the immediately preceding years.

    For the planting of rose bushes in the hoeing of the land must reach 35 cm in depth. Scrambling for rose bushes shall be provided by holes 60 x 60 cm.

    Who has the availability of mature manure can count on two good supply of fertilizer and excellent humus. The manure must be incorporated with abundant and evenly during tillage. The lack of manure waste paper can be surrogate with a similar procedure, the organic material from other material (dried leaves, scraps of turf, wet peat) with the addition of fertilizer with a slow effect.
     
Although the nursery has already taken steps to standardize the length of the branches, you should not shorten those shoots up to the wooden part and eliminate those thin or malformed.


    Pending the plant, the roots should not be exposed to air, will benefit, however, their immersion in a bucket containing a slurry of clay and water. Discard broken or damaged roots.
    At the time the plant will open a hole to accommodate the root system well enough to be retracted to surface, a plant is completed, the coupling point.
    The land filling is then pressed. Repeated watering will eliminate the harmful air pockets that could cause the next lower whole plant.
    If at the time the plant is still expected hard frost, the branches close to the ground must be protected with a coating of earth. In such weather conditions will be necessary to postpone the next pruning.