How at home to care for a rose in a pot

The shrub of a decorative rose consists of several stems covered with prickles and wide leaves of a dark green shade. Buds are white, pink, bright red and burgundy. Some varieties emit black and orange inflorescences. A room rose growing in a pot is 1.5–2 times lower than a garden rose, and its buds' diameter reaches 10–15 cm. The flower will develop well if the temperature is maintained, water regularly and feed the soil.

Correct window

Rose belongs to the light-loving plants. Shrub like on the southeast or east window sill. The flower receives enough light and heat even in winter. Some varieties of decorative roses prefer south windows. To understand whether a plant is comfortable or not is simple:

1. The leaves have acquired a rich green tint and buds bloomed? The flower feels comfortable.He has enough light and heat.
2. Leaves and buds become sluggish? Yellowed edges or appeared brownish spots? Rose due to the abundance of ultraviolet burns. The plant should be immediately hidden in the shade until complete recovery, and then choose another sill with dimmed lighting.

In the summer, when the sun is too much, the pot with a decorative rose is moved to a shelf or stand. You can close the window blinds or translucent tulle, which will soften and diffuse the sun's rays.

In late autumn and winter, the rose sunbathes under a table lamp or a special one designed for indoor plants and seedlings. The lighting device is turned on for 3-4 hours. Ornamental plant due to lack of sun and ultraviolet light becomes sluggish. Immunity decreases, and insects begin to attack the rose: spider mites, aphids, and other pests.

The distance from the lamp to the top of the ornamental shrub is 30–35 cm. If you put the device closer, burns will appear, and if further, the rose will not receive the amount of light it needs for normal development.

The flower is grown in light pots. Dark vases do not fit, in the summer they attract too much ultraviolet light.Sunlight desiccates the substrate and roots of ornamental shrubs, because of which they fade.

Brown, black and dark blue pots in the summer wrapped in blank sheets of paper. The white case reflects light and prevents the soil from drying out. The roots and the substrate can also be covered with A4 sheets or regularly moistened with a spray bottle.

Water and low temperatures

Roses love light, but they hate heat. In the room in which there is a pot with a decorative bush, maintain high humidity. Minimum 60–65%, but not higher than 80%. Tropical climate is also contraindicated. With an excess of moisture in the soil there is a fungus, which leads to the death of the tender plant.

In the summer, the ornamental shrub is sprayed with soft water at room temperature. In winter, the fluid to moisten the soil and leaves is heated to 37-39 degrees. Spraying is carried out 1-4 times a day. If the air is dry or a pot of roses is located next to the battery, water is sprayed as often as possible. The number of sprays is reduced if the room is cold or the substrate is too wet and the liquid is constantly accumulating in the pan.

Water is sprayed in the evening.In the morning, moisture accumulates on the leaves and petals, attracting the sun's rays, which leave burns on a tender plant. In the daytime, next to the pots, put bowls filled with water. The liquid gradually evaporates, moistening the air that the flower breathes.

Roses do not tolerate heat and frost. In the summer in the room where the plant stands, the temperature should range from +16 to +22. In winter, the thermometer shows +12, but not below +8, otherwise the indoor flower will fall sick and disappear.

Tip: In November or December, the ornamental shrub can be carried out on the glassed-in balcony. And so that the soil and roots do not freeze, put the pot in a bucket or a large pan with sawdust.

The owners of the rose ensure that the level of humidity in the room does not fall below 40-50%. Dry air is an ideal breeding ground for spider mites. Small insects destroy the root system. The ornamental shrub becomes weak, diseases and fungus attack it.

During the period of active flowering, the rose is bathed, observing several rules:

1. The procedure is carried out once a week.
2. The water temperature should be + 36-38 degrees.
3. The pressure is weak, so as not to damage the stem and buds.
4. The pot is wrapped in a tight plastic bag or garbage bag so that water does not fall on the substrate.
5. Rose after bathing 3-4 hours standing in the bathroom.It is returned to the window sill after drying.
6. Wet ornamental shrubs protect from drafts and direct sunlight.

A shower washes away dust and insects that choose to settle on a flower. Rose receives a portion of moisture, which stimulates growth. The plant, dropping the buds, do not bathe. The ornamental bush falls into a kind of hibernation and gains strength, it does not need water procedures.

Watering and fertilizer

In winter, indoor flower watered 1-2 times in 10 days. A plant that rests and recovers after flowering needs some liquid. In the spring, when the rose awakens, the number of waterings gradually increase.

In the summer, the substrate is moistened almost daily. Water nourishes and cools the root system of the ornamental shrub, protecting it from pests. 500–600 ml of liquid are poured into the pot and wait half an hour. In 30 minutes the substrate will absorb as much moisture as the flower requires, the excess will flow into the pan. The remains are immediately poured. The liquid should not stagnate, otherwise it will become a source of fungus or infection.

Water from the tap is defended for at least 3 days, so that harmful minerals settle down to the bottom. Impurities of iron and salt pollute the soil.It acquires a white tint and loses its nutritional properties. Rose is also watered with distilled and non-carbonated mineral water. She does not need to defend.

Soil before making fluid loosened. The procedure allows you to determine how wet the substrate is. If the ground is wet and sticky, watering is delayed for 2–3 days before the soil dries. Loosening also enriches the roots of ornamental shrubs with oxygen, stimulating growth.

Water is always heated to room temperature. Cold liquid, like too hot, injures the roots. Ice water absorbs poorly and reduces plant immunity.

Novice gardeners sometimes pour a rose. The first symptom of excess moisture - springtails. White flea-sized insects appear only in wet ground. Pests will disappear after reducing irrigation.

Slippery soil, exuding a sour smell, is thrown away. Symptoms indicate a fungus that cannot be destroyed. The pot is disinfected, the roots of the ornamental bush are cleaned and washed, and then planted in a new soil. Only in this way will it be possible to save the rose from infection and death.

During the growing season and active flowering the plant is fed complex mineralfertilizers. An “Ideal” or other product containing nitrogen and potassium will do. Among the organic feed emit a mullein. From it prepare ten percent solution.

Land before fertilizer plentifully watered. Water will moisten the roots and protect them from burns. After 15-20 minutes, when the ornamental shrub absorbs the liquid, make a nutrient solution. In winter, when the rose is at rest, fertilizers are not used.

The top of old flowers, which are more than 3-4 years old, is sprayed once a month with liquid fertilizer. Prepare a weak solution and apply with a spray on the leaves and buds.

Transfer

The young plant, which is less than 4 years old, is transplanted annually into a new pot. Buy a clay pot with drainage hole. Suitable and plastic variety, always with a pallet. The new pot should be 4–5 cm wider and 6–8 cm above the old container.

The flowerpot bought in the store is washed with warm water. Sometimes a little antibacterial soap is added, but after the procedure the container is rinsed thoroughly. Clay pots for several hours soaked in warm water.

Old flowerpots, in which another flower lived, are cleared of soil residues with the help of a soap solution. Then rinsed and doused with boiling water.Hot water will destroy the infection and the fungus that could remain on the walls of the pot.

The flowerpot is filled with a drainage layer consisting of grated foam, crushed bricks or clay shards. Suitable pebbles or porcelain. The height of the drainage layer is about 4 cm.

The pot is filled with a nutrient mixture, which is prepared from 3 components:

• sod soil;
• coarse river sand;
• rotted manure.

Soil and sand calcined or steamed. In the ground, brought from the garden or garden, can live insects and pathogens. Sometimes peat is added to the substrate for decorative roses.

About a liter of water is poured into an old pot with a decorative shrub to soften the earth. After 20 minutes, wear tight rubber gloves and wrap a flower at the base. The flower pot is turned over and carefully removed from the earthen coma. Sometimes you need to scroll the pot several times around the rose so that the substrate separates from the clay walls.

The soil is cleaned from the root system if insects or fungus are bred in it. Substrate gently removed with his hands, and then washed the base of an ornamental bush with warm water.In other cases, the flower is transferred to a new pot, along with the old soil.

3–5 cm of soil is poured into the pot. On the tamped earthen pillow put the roots of a decorative bush. Straighten and fall asleep with a layer of substrate. Pour 50–60 ml of water into the soil and wait for her to sit. Then add a portion of the earth so that it covers the roots of the rose.

A pot with a decorative bush is cleaned in a warm room, but hidden from direct sunlight. Do not water for 5–6 days. During this period, the transplanted plant takes root and adapts to new conditions. The rose is returned to the window sill a week later, and 14–21 days later, mineral supplements are applied.

Ornamental shrubs transplanted in early spring before the first buds. Sometimes the procedure is carried out in late autumn, after the last petals fall. But then feeding is not necessary, because the rose "hibernates." Fertilizers can cause flowering, which will weaken the indoor plant.

Pruning

In November or December, when the rose has faded, they are pruned. Sharp pruners remove thin and dry twigs, as well as shoots that grow not up, but into the bush. After each process, the blade is wiped with a cotton swab dipped in an antiseptic or alcohol.

Pruned and the main stems about a third. The main thing is to have 5-6 eyes on each.Wounds are powdered with activated carbon powder. After processing, the ornamental bush is brought to a balcony or to another cool place. Cut stalks can be used to grow new indoor plants.

A rose is not as capricious as an orchid, but it will also wither without proper care. The ornamental shrub will please with white and red buds, if you water it in time, fertilize it and trim it. And also protect from drafts and direct sunlight, bathe and transplant annually in a larger pot.

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