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- 1 Keeping roses with an open root system
- 2 Keeping awake rose seedlings
- 3 1. Storing rose seedlings in the refrigerator
- 4 2. Storage of rose seedlings on the balcony in boxes
- 5 3. Storing rose seedlings in the basement or cellar
- 6 4. Storing rose seedlings in the snow
- 7 5. Storing a blooming rose at home
- 8 How to keep sprouted roses
- 9 In the fridge
- 10 On the balcony
- 11 In the snow
- 12 What to do before boarding
- 13 Do I need to remove wax from shoots
- 14 Is it possible to keep plants on the windowsill
The times of the Internet have changed our lives. Now we can make purchases of planting material in virtual stores all year round, including all winter.
Roses are a great decoration for any garden or flower garden. In recent years, the range of offered varieties of roses has significantly expanded. And not only domestic but also foreign production. Seedlings from Dutch, English, French, Polish, German nurseries began to come to our market.
There were even roses from original producers -
Austin Cordesa Tantau
, Meilland, Guyot and other nurseries with a solid history. Finally, we have the opportunity to see wonderful creations of breeders in our gardens, striving to embody the qualities of these flowers most demanded by gardeners and collectors in new varieties.
Today we have access to rose seedlings, which in past years could only be dreamed of.
There are so many varieties of roses now that it is very difficult to decide on your desires. Each of the roses is so beautiful that you definitely want to see it in your garden. And thank God that there is winter, and this year is also so long!
But time, as always, passed unnoticed, and now it's time to get seedlings again. Roses should be sent to me one of these days. It's April outside, but it's impossible to get out into the garden - the snow is knee-deep. What to do? What is the best way to preserve the seedlings before planting?
There are several ways to preserve roses before planting. I had to digest a lot of information from gardening sites, from forums of gardeners and rose growers, in order to draw some conclusions for myself that I want to share with you.
Keeping roses with an open root system
If you have purchased seedlings with an open root system, in an excellent dormant state, then try to keep them that way until the very planting in the garden. To do this, you need to create an optimal storage temperature for them. For such seedlings, according to various sources, the recommended temperature is from - 4 (if the buds have not moved further than the green cone) to + 2 ... + 3 degrees. In such conditions, your rose will continue to sleep.
Keeping awake rose seedlings
What to do if your seedlings have already advanced buds or even decent sprouts have already appeared? The main thing in such a situation is not to panic! There are several storage options that can preserve these plants.
The first thing to do is to ensure that these seedlings are in an upright position. If they are stored lying down, then new shoots will certainly rush up, as Mother Nature tells them, and when you plant such a rose in the ground, the shoots will be in a horizontal, unnatural position. The shoot will tend to align and grow crooked.
Strong sprouts on such seedlings, if you have to overexpose them for some time before planting in the ground, it is best to remove them. These shoots suck out the nutrients accumulated by the seedling in the roots and stems, and the probability that these shoots will not disappear is negligible.
If the sprouts are small, you can try to keep the plants in the refrigerator or cellar with mandatory constant monitoring.
You can plant roses with large sprouts in a container. This is the most unpleasant option for them.After all, you can plant plants in the garden only when the threat of frost has passed. They will need to be protected from the bright sun, drying wind, because they grew up in greenhouse conditions. And it is not a fact that hardening and protection from sunburn will lead to success.
Pre-planting in pots is not the most desirable option.But if the roses have already started to grow, then for a while, before planting in the ground, we plant seedlings in pots, still trying to restrain the growth with a low temperature. Later, you will also have to arrange for them to be illuminated with a fluorescent lamp. After all, the day is still short, and they will have little natural light.
Before planting, you need to straighten curled roots, cut off rotten and broken ones, refresh the tips and lower them deeper into the water. If the roots have been dried, then they should stay in the water for a day or at least a night, and certainly not less than 3-4 hours.
I sometimes kept my roses in water for several days. And it didn't hurt them. But among those that I planted before without soaking, many died. It is better to replace the water for soaking with a sodium humate solution of the color of strong tea or weak coffee (instant :))
The ends of terrestrial shoots should be trimmed to living tissue, especially if they have been damaged or moldy. It is not bad to treat the seedlings after that with a solution of "Previkura" at the rate of 25 ml per 10 liters of water.
After soaking, roses can be planted in containers with prepared soil. If the sprouts of the seedlings are quite large, they need to be shortened, the small ones can not be touched. They are planted in high containers, the root collar is left at the soil level or slightly higher. And that's all.
Rose seedlings are planted in the ground, only after waiting for steady heat. Now the roses need to wait for steady heat. They can be planted in the ground, most likely, in the month of June. But then, when planting, the seedlings will need to be deepened by 5-7 cm. Many recommend not to deepen the graft. Then the roses begin to bloom profusely earlier, but in this case there is a high probability that the plant may die in a frosty winter.
If you are interested in the topic of growing roses, see a very useful publication on our website We Grow Roses Yourself. 6 videos to help novice growers.
The topic of preserving rose seedlings excites many readers. Here are some discussions on this topic on our website:
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Happy spring to everyone in the garden!
You bought your favorite flowers in advance and now you don't know what to do with them? We will tell you how to preserve rose seedlings before spring planting.
If you purchased roses in the fall, winter or early spring, then you should try to keep the seedlings until the onset of heat. Your main task is to make sure that the kidneys on them do not wake up ahead of time. For this, the seedlings need cold and darkness. These conditions can be achieved in several ways. Choose the one that suits you best.
1. Storing rose seedlings in the refrigerator
Perhaps this is the most convenient and common way, because every home has a refrigerator. Seedlings with an open root system are wrapped in wet sphagnum or wet paper towels, put in a plastic bag, tied and stored in a vegetable compartment at a temperature of 0 to 3 ° C.
Seedlings with a closed root system (in containers) are also placed in the refrigerator - along with the container. They are simply wrapped in polyethylene to maintain the desired moisture level.
If you store different roses, attach a sticker with the name of the variety to each seedling.
2. Storage of rose seedlings on the balcony in boxes
If there is not enough space in your refrigerator, roses can be "settled" on the glassed-in balcony until spring.To do this, take a cardboard box, pour a light substrate (for example, peat or sawdust) on the bottom, put seedlings on it, spray it with cool water from a spray bottle and sprinkle it with the same soil. In such conditions, the seedlings can safely withstand air temperature fluctuations from –5 to 5 ° С.
In early spring, when the sun begins to warm, boxes with roses are transported to their summer cottage and placed in a hole, which is dug out in the fall. The boxes are sprinkled with the same soil in which the seedlings are located. After the ground thaws, the roses are dug up and planted in a permanent place.
3. Storing rose seedlings in the basement or cellar
Roses are well stored for 2 months in a basement or cellar with an air temperature of 0 to 3 ° C. To do this, the seedlings are placed vertically in a bucket or any container and sprinkled with wet river sand, peat or sawdust so that the root collar is slightly deepened.
The disadvantage of this method of storing seedlings is that vegetables and seedlings of various plants are often kept in the basement, which can be a source of disease. Therefore, if possible, roses should be kept separately or as far away from other crops as possible.
4. Storing rose seedlings in the snow
If you do not have a glazed balcony or loggia, roses can be successfully preserved on the site in winter, under the snow. The seedlings are placed in a cardboard box and sprinkled with peat. Then they choose the most shaded corner, where the snow usually does not melt for a long time, but moisture does not stagnate in the spring. They put a box with seedlings there, cover it with non-woven material (spunbond, lutrasil, agrospan, etc.) and cover it with snow to make a large snowdrift.
To delay the melting of snow, spruce or pine branches are placed on top of the snowdrift. Under such a shelter, the box will maintain a temperature of about 0 ° C, even if severe frost hits. Roses are planted in the ground when this snowdrift has completely melted. If by that time it is still cool, the plantings must be covered with non-woven material.
5. Storing a blooming rose at home
If you bought not "sleeping" seedlings, but a blooming rose in a container, then such a plant can be safely kept at home as an indoor flower, but no more than 3 weeks... During this time, roses usually have time to bloom, partially using internal resources, and therefore acquire a mediocre appearance, but after planting in open ground they quickly recover and develop normally.
Planting dates for specific regions are set depending on climatic conditions. But in any case, this method of storing roses is only good when buying seedlings in the spring.
How to keep sprouted roses
The seedlings should be checked regularly. And if you suddenly notice awakened kidneys on them, then the following measures should be taken.
First of all, the seedlings are brought to an upright position. If they are stored lying down, then new shoots will rush up. And when you plant the plant in the ground, then they will be in a horizontal position. As a result, the shoots will be crooked.
If the kidneys are only slightly swollen, you can try to restrain their growth by lowering the temperature to 0 ° C, if the storage was warmer. If sprouts do appear, then it is better to plant the seedlings in deep pots or containers (at least 2 liters in volume) with holes for water drainage. The container is filled with moist fertile soil, when planting a seedling, the root collar is left at the soil level or slightly higher.
If the roots of a seedling with an open root system have dried up noticeably, they need to be kept in water for 4-8 hours before planting.
Such roses will live at home until they are planted in the ground and will safely undergo a transplant in May - early June.
Do not forget that only high-quality planting material takes root well. Therefore, buy rose seedlings from specialized nurseries.
Surprises under wax or how to preserve seedlings before planting? Wax surprises
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how to keep the roses bought in February? Spring is approaching and shops are beginning to actively offer seedlings of various ornamental crops. Probably the most popular now are seedlings of imported roses, since their delivery begins in mid-February. The interest of buyers is also increased by the fact that, from experience, many know that in late April - early May all interesting varieties and novelties have already been sorted out, and the quality of the remaining planting material leaves much to be desired. What to do if you want to pamper yourself with new varieties, and there are still two months before the summer season? How to preserve purchased seedlings in a city apartment before planting them in the ground?From my own experience, I can say that you can safely buy rose seedlings right now. Since I expand the assortment of my collection of roses every year and significantly update it, it is realistic to find the varieties that interest me only in February, March. And, of course, the quality of the planting material is now much higher.
Imported seedlings usually come in wax. Is this good or bad? Yes and no. Good for the seller, the seedlings are stored longer, the sales period is increased. Not very good for the buyer, the wax hides all the flaws of the seedling, there is a high probability of buying a dried up or completely dead plant. The wax can be of different colors, if the packaging was made with us, then it is usually milky, if in the country of delivery, then the color can be blue and masking green. It is very difficult to determine the quality of a seedling without opening the wax. The seller is extremely not interested in the buyer picking the wax, but without looking at the stem without wax, you risk buying a "pig in a poke". So insist and demand.Do I need to remove wax from seedlings? If the seedlings are supposed to be stored in the basement, then there is no point in removing it, on the contrary, the wax will protect the stems from mold. If there are not very many seedlings to be planted, the wax can be carefully removed, being careful not to damage the plant. Nothing bad will happen if the wax stays on the stems. As soon as the roots begin to actively absorb moisture, the wax itself begins to crack and flake off.
Storage and planting. If you purchased seedlings in February, March, then you can save them in two ways. In a basement or other dark room with t = 0 + 2o C. This way you can store seedlings until May, you just need to periodically check the moisture of the root system and the absence of mold on the stems. The seedlings are perfectly preserved if they are laid in a box without opening the packed root part, and the stems are covered with slightly damp sand. No mold is formed on the stems. In general, sand is an excellent preservative and preservation material. If there is no suitable room, and even the seedlings are weak and dry, then they need to be planted right now. First, we soak the root system for 12 hours, and dried seedlings for a day. It's easy to do, we put the seedlings in a suitable bucket, preferably a plastic one, we don't unpack the root system, just poke a couple of holes in the package and fill everything with water to the stems. Being in a warm room, the seedlings actively absorb water, replenishing its losses during storage and transportation.We immerse heavily dried seedlings in water completely with stems. After this procedure, the seedlings look refreshed, the turgor of the stems noticeably increases. The roses can now be planted in a suitable container: 3 l. pots, 2 l. plastic bottles, etc. The upper and lower parts of the bottle are cut off with a knife, the remaining cylinder is cut lengthwise into two parts, but not to the end, leaving the edges intact 1-2 cm. In the middle, we glue the cut with tape. The container prepared in this way, before planting in open ground, can be easily divided into two parts, without disturbing the lump of earth and delicate roots. There is an abundance of planting soil in stores for every taste, it remains to plant and water well. Planting containers are placed on a pallet, to save space, end-to-end. Next, as close to the stems as possible, place a fluorescent lamp, you can table. Turn on the lamp in the morning and in the evening to lengthen the daylight hours, and if the seedlings are not on the windowsill, then for the whole day. If this is not done, the sprouts will be elongated and weak.
In this way, by May, you will have well-rooted, leafy bushes, which will remain neatly, without disturbing the lump of earth, to be planted on your site. Such seedlings easily tolerate transplanting and grow quickly.
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Garden centers are already selling boxed rose seedlings with might and main. Among the buyers - the traditional excitement (they themselves have witnessed this today). Well, the choice is large, the prices are democratic, why not take it? Meanwhile, it's February. 3 months before planting! We must somehow save them. And this business, frankly, is not easy.
Still, there are three reliable ways to overexpose seedlings. And which one to choose depends, first of all, on the state of the plants.
In the fridge
If the seedlings have not begun to grow shoots, that is, they are at rest, they can be put in the refrigerator door. For stability, boxes and bags are fixed with tape. Kraft paper or a bag with holes is put on the "head" of a young plant. Once a week, the seedling is sprayed with water from a spray bottle.
In this form, seedlings can be stored for one to two months. If the temperature in the refrigerator is kept at the level of 1-3 degrees, the seedlings will be dormant. But if it is 5-6 degrees (this happens most often), they will start growing and give pale shoots. You should not be afraid of this: the stems will turn green in the light.
On the balcony
If the seedlings are already with sprouts, they are planted in pots.
Many gardeners use 5-liter plastic water bottles as a container, but experts do not advise planting roses in them. Firstly, it will be problematic to carry bulky heavy containers to the country. Secondly, the roots will not have time to braid the entire volume of the bottle in two months, and when transplanted, the lump will fall apart, which is bad. The best option is to plant roses in 2-liter pots and long containers from under branded seedlings.
A pot with a rose planted in it is kept on a glazed balcony. At the same time, it is important to monitor the temperature - if it falls below 0, the seedlings must be brought into the house. And you cannot keep plants in the sun - they must stand in the shade.
With this option, overexposure of roses in two months is seriously added in size, and by the time they are planted in open ground, these are almost blooming bushes or filled with buds.
However, it is not recommended to plant them directly from the balcony into the garden. They should be hardened beforehand. To do this, starting in April, the windows on the balcony are opened for a short time, and then they are generally kept wide open.
There is only one drawback of this method: roses growing on the balcony are often affected by spider mites. To prevent this from happening, roses must be sprayed with water every day, and before planting in a permanent place, for prevention, treat the bushes with any anti-tick agent.
In the snow
Professionals consider this method to be the simplest and most reliable (for those who do not have a glazed balcony or loggia).Moreover, both sleeping seedlings and sprouted ones are suitable for such overexposure. In the latter, you just need to break off the longest shoots.
All seedlings are put in a cardboard box and sprinkled with peat. At the dacha, the darkest corner is chosen, where the snow lasts the longest, but in the spring there is no stagnation of water and no puddles form. They dig a hole in the snow, put a box in it, cover it with a non-woven covering material (for example, lutrasil) and cover it with snow on top. You should end up with a big snowdrift. To delay the melting of snow for a week, spruce or pine spruce branches are placed on top of the snowdrift.
With this method of overexposure, the seedlings are not afraid of any cold. Even if frost hits 30 degrees, there will always be about zero in the box under the snow.
True, the snowdrift is unlikely to last until mid-May, so the roses saved in this way will have to be planted earlier, as soon as the snow melts. And so that the area where the planting is planned has time to warm up and dry out, you need to shovel all the snow from it.
Roses planted early will need to be protected from frost.
What to do before boarding
If the seedling is sold in a package, then when planting it must be unfolded, shaken off the ground and examined the roots. It often happens that in the package, the roots are either folded in half or twisted around the main root. They must be straightened out. In this case, remove all rotten ones.
This procedure does not need to be done only for packaged roses of the firms "Cordesa" and "Tantau" - their seedlings are packed in a protective net, and the roses are planted in a permanent place right in it. Over time, it will dissolve in the soil and does not interfere with the development of the plant.
Do I need to remove wax from shoots
Florists know that, as a rule, the shoots of rose seedlings are covered with wax - it protects them from drying out. And as to whether it is necessary to clean it off, there are two opinions. Some believe that it does not interfere at all, others are sure that the stems under the wax can begin to rot.
In fact, it all depends on how strongly the seedlings are covered with wax. If only the tops of the shoots and cuts are filled with it, then the protection can not be removed. But if the seedling is filled with wax all the way to the roots, and besides, the thickness of the protective layer is 1–2 mm, then it must be carefully removed with a toothpick. Do this just before planting. When the seedling is overexposed in the refrigerator, on the balcony or in a box under the snow, there is no need to remove the wax.
Is it possible to keep plants on the windowsill
The answer here is categorical - no! The fact is that the roots of a rose grow well at a temperature of 10-15 degrees. And the plant itself needs cold nights and high humidity. In apartments with central heating, it is usually very hot at any time of the day. In such conditions, shoots begin to actively grow in the rose, the roots do not keep up with them, and as a result, the seedling dies. This is almost always the case. But even if by some miracle the seedling survives until mid-May, then in the garden it will probably dry up or drag out a miserable existence.
From mid-April, open-rooted rose seedlings are on sale. Before planting, they are best stored on the balcony in a bucket of water - this way they can last up to two weeks.
Alexey VOLODIKHIN, agronomist, source
