The rose has always been considered the queen of flowers, apparently, therefore she is so capricious. The flower requires attention and care throughout the life cycle. Especially rose needs fertilizing, without which it withers and ceases to bloom.
Mineral fertilizer for roses
Today, flower shops have a large selection of mineral fertilizers for feeding roses: in liquid formulations, in granules, powders. The most popular of them are “Clean Sheet”, “Nitroammofosk”, “Hera” and “Agricola”.
Did you know? In Japan, biologists have introduced a new variety of roses - Chameleon. Justifying its name, the rose with petals of bright red color in the morning changes its color to white in the evening.
Rose and Nitrogen Fertilizers
If you do not know how to feed a rose for rapid growth, nitrogen fertilizers are what you need. They have a beneficial effect on the growth and development of shoots. Feeding a rose with nitrogen at the beginning of the season, you stimulate the appearance of succulent dark green foliage. These fertilizers can be applied after the pruning procedure, but not in the fall. Autumn feeding nitrogen will provoke the growth of young shoots that will not survive the winter cold.
Important! When fertilizing a rose with nitrogen, watch for the amount: the excess will delay flowering, and the plant itself will be more likely to undergo diseases.
How to make a rose to bloom, the use of phosphate fertilizers
Phosphorus is a fertilizer for the root system and for the flowering of roses. This element stimulates the development of healthy shoots, full of buds, the formation of new roots. Fertilizer phosphorus can be the entire growing season.
Potash fertilizers, we carry out disease prevention
Than it is desirable to feed the roses so that the bush would be a good injure, so it is potassium. This fertilizer increases disease resistance. Leaves and shoots grow strong and healthy. Potassium sulfate contribute under the roots in the first days of July. Choose compounds with the addition of magnesium - with a lack of this substance the leaves will turn yellow. Potash fertilizers with magnesium supplements stimulate the exchange of moisture in the branches and leaves, the outflow of juices in the plant, increase the resistance to frost in the winter.
Trace elements and macronutrients, how to perform foliar dressing of roses
Foliar dressings are good because they are absorbed faster by the plant and do not change the composition of the soil. In this way, you can make mineral and organic fertilizers. Organic compounds with such dressings should be diluted with a large amount of water than with irrigation under the roots. Moreover, the organic mixture must be carefully filtered, otherwise their particles will clog the sprayer. It is desirable to conduct foliar dressings with a fresh solution in dry weather, during the daytime. There are commercially available mixes for foliar dressings, which contain all the necessary micro and macronutrients, such as: nitrogen and phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, boron and copper, iron and manganese, molybdenum, zinc and others.
Organic fertilizers, how to feed the roses naturally
Many amateur gardeners use more mineral fertilizers instead of organic. This is not worth doing: organic chemistry increases the nutritional value of the soil and attracts worms, which loosen the earth, saturating it with oxygen.
Dressing roses chicken droppings
Chicken droppings must be properly diluted so as not to burn the roses. Fresh litter is diluted with water 1:20, old - 1:10. The solution is drawn in a shaded place for five days, then diluted once more with water 1: 3. Top dressing of roses in spring chicken droppings is carried out in the period of development and flowering. If the litter is used as humus, then it is dug up with the ground in the fall.
Interesting! Residents of the German city of Hildesheim claim that they have the oldest rose bush growing in their city. According to the memories of local collectors of legends, he was planted in 815 year. Accurate, confirmed in writing data is not, but the botanists believe that he is at least 400 years old.
Cow infusion
Prepare an infusion from cow manure, diluting it with water 1:10. After he insists for a week, he is diluted with water 1: 2 for watering. Spraying infusion has a beneficial effect on the resistance of fungal diseases, in addition - it is an excellent natural nitrogen supplement. In the spring, manure is used as mulch, scattering it on the surface of the soil. This way weeds are restrained and the soil is enriched with nutrients.
How to make an infusion of roses from grass
Do not be discouraged if you can not get manure or litter. You can prepare the infusion of weeds before they begin insemination. Plants finely chopped, placed in containers and filled with water for fermentation. Ten days later, the infusion is diluted with water 1:10 for watering.
How to fertilize roses, feeding rules
Considering how to feed the roses for growth, bud formation and for abundant flowering, take into account the methods of fertilizing and the combination of mineral fertilizers with organic matter. The use of only one type of fertilizer will not give a good result: mineral and organic fertilizers complement each other's action. Mineral supplements give micro and macronutrients to flowers, and organic helps these substances to be better absorbed.
Interesting fact! In the poem Aeneid, Virgil compares the face of the deceased Prince Pallas to a fading rose. The gentle face of a prince dying from Turnus’s hand looks like a rose picked by a virgin: the rose is still beautiful, but when it is cut off from mother earth, it dries and dies.
How to fertilize roses in spring
Consider how to feed the roses in the spring for lush flowering. Fertilizers need to be made before the growth of shoots and buds. Here are good and basal, and foliar feeding. For roses planted last year, organic fertilizers are more suitable. Shrubs are watered with infusion of mullein or bird droppings. Ammonium nitrate is recommended for older plants, which is applied to the soil (about 30 g per square meter). Is it possible and when to feed roses with urea? It is possible, but it should be done in a warm period and after trimming. This feeding stimulates the development of leaves. To stimulate photosynthesis, it is desirable to feed the plant with superphosphate.
Do I need to fertilize roses in summer
In the summer, rose bushes are fertilized several times during the season: before budding and during flowering. Be sure to alternate mineral and organic compounds. On the question of how to feed the roses in May, do not even think. The best fertilizer for the formation of strong buds, and later lush flowers - compounds with potassium and phosphorus. For such a fertilizer, dilute 10 g of superphosphate and potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water. Feeding is repeated in June. In July, chicken droppings (500 g) and 10 g of nitrophobia are added to the solution. The above-ground part of the plant is watered with a solution, and fine wood ash is introduced into the soil.
How to feed roses in the fall
Lush flowering is possible due to the large consumption of nutrients and elements, therefore, after a period of growing season, roses must restore the spent stock. Here it is important to know how to feed the roses in autumn so as not to weaken the plant. This season, roses have a dormant period, so nitrogen fertilizers should be excluded from the diet.
The best fertilizer will be a solution of 10 liters of water, a tablespoon of superphosphate and the same amount of potassium sulfate. Spread 4 liters under each rosebush.
Many gardeners use yeast solutions as fertilizer for roses in the fall. This folk remedy significantly strengthens the root system of roses, stimulates the growth of strong shoots. Recipe: 50 g fresh or 1 g dry yeast, a teaspoon of sugar, a liter of warm water. The mixture is infused for a couple of hours, then diluted with water. The above-ground part of the bush is watered with a solution, often combined with the introduction of ash or eggshell.
After winter, shelter is being taken from the rose bushes. The question arises, how to fertilize roses after winter. In the spring, pests and fungal diseases are activated in gardens and vegetable gardens. To protect weakened plants from them, prepare a solution of antifungal fluid. You will need: 200 grams of blue vitriol, the same quicklime and 10 liters of water. Fungicides are also suitable for the prevention of fungal diseases. To combat the caterpillars and forges, insecticides can be purchased at the shop: "Decis", "Intavir" or "Aktara". These solutions need to be sprayed aboveground parts of the bushes. For processing the soil around the rhizomes suitable "Prestige" and "Diazianon".
With timely care, namely, proper watering, fertilizing, protection from pests and diseases, the beautiful rose will delight you with bright foliage and lush flowers with a delicate aroma.
