Tea-hybrid Rose

Family Rosaceae. A beautiful cultivar with nostalgic flowers and high disease resistance.

Soil: The most suitable for roses are heavy loamy soils, rich in humus, well aerated, moisture-retentive, slightly acidic (pH 5.8-6.5). Soil for them is prepared in autumn or at least one month before spring planting. It is very important to carry out soil preparation to a depth of 50-60 cm. Per 1 m2 of the worked layer add 10-20 g of manure, humus or peat-compost, 300-400 g of lime, 400-500 g of bone meal, 40-50 g of superphosphate, 150-200 g of wood ash. The soil is dug over, mixing with the fertilizers, and organic matter in the soil mixture should not exceed 50%. The exact fertilizer rates are calculated based on soil analysis. The optimal content of main nutrients for the rose should be maintained in the following proportions, mg per 100 g of soil: nitrogen - 10-20 (NH4NO3), phosphorus (P2O5) - 60-80, potassium (K2) - 80-100, calcium (CaO) - 720.

Planting: It is recommended to carry out planting in the first half of the day. Planting roses in the temperate zone is best done in spring - late April to early May, in the south - in autumn. Before planting, remove all damaged and diseased shoots and roots from the seedling. Strong shoots are cut short - to 10-15 cm, leaving only 2-4 buds on them. Roots are trimmed slightly - to live tissue. If the roses have been dried, they should be placed in water for one day before planting, and immediately before planting dip the roots in a manure-clay slurry. Planting holes are prepared sized 50x50 cm and filled with a nutritious mixture: 1 part turf-clay or garden soil, 1 part humus or compost - so that a mound is formed. The seedling is set on the mound, the roots are spread out and covered with soil, which is carefully compacted so that there are no voids between the roots and the soil, and watered abundantly. The graft union is buried in the soil by 3-5 cm. After watering the rose it is mounded. Shoots are protected from drying out. After the appearance of sprouts the soil is raked and mulched with humus or peat in a layer of 5-8 cm, which helps retain moisture. Spacing in the row between tea-hybrid rose seedlings, floribunda and polyantha is 25-30 cm, between rows - 60-70 cm; park and climbing roses respectively 45-50 and 80-100 cm; miniature - 15-20 and 40-50 cm. When planting standard roses, to protect the grafted part from drying it is often surrounded with moss and wrapped in paper, and all this is removed only after 1-1.5 weeks, when the buds have begun to grow. After planting the soil is mulched with peat or soil in a layer of 3-5 cm. When planting park non-remontant roses the soil is mulched with pine bark or wood chips.

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