Roses with an open root system how to keep before planting

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 warmth. 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.

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3. Storage of 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 are noticeably dry, 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.

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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 like that 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 already have buds or even decent sprouts have 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 provide such seedlings with 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 shoots 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 buried 5-7 cm.Many people recommend not to deepen the vaccine. 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.

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Happy spring to everyone in the garden!

The attributes of the coming spring are familiar to all summer residents. For some time now, one more has appeared among them - an increasing number of all kinds of fairs and sales of gardening tools, equipment, seedlings and seedlings every day.
I bought one of the first - I got what I dreamed of and of the best quality. At home, you rejoice, unfolding a whole heap of purchased wealth, among which there are several unique rose bushes. And suddenly you think: how to preserve roses before planting in spring, until the time when it will be possible to plant this beauty in the garden?

The problem of preserving planting material for roses

For many summer residents, a rose is one of the most beloved flowers. Already in the fall, a large army of their adherents began to study catalogs of various publications. The most persistent and purposeful fanatics find, order, write reminders with the names of varieties on smartphones and computers.

In central Europe, the planting season begins a month earlier than ours. The entire flower business is exactly in line with this deadline.
So, in our retail chains, supermarkets and centralized gardening stores, there are scatterings of colorful boxes with flower seedlings.
Everything would be fine if it were not for the frosts we have at this time - until spring another whole month. You need to buy now - the buds have already woken up, there is a choice, both in quality and in grade, but how to keep rose seedlings in the best and healthy condition before planting on the site?

The designated problem is complex in nature, since it functionally depends on a number of factors:

• on how the root of the plant is organized;
• from the state of his kidneys and sprouts;
• from the remaining time to stable landing temperatures;
• and the possibilities that the florist has to store his purchases.

Rose seedlings for planting come on sale with a closed or open root system. It is the latter that cause the greatest concern. Their exposed roots clearly require preservation prior to planting. The only question is a specific solution to the problem.

It is important to understand that a boxed rose seedling is not a closed-root seedling.

Roses in boxes also belong to the same category of planting material. The fact is that such seedlings are not planting material with a closed root system. It only seems that the rose has an earthen lump. In fact, the seedling did not grow in this land, its roots are often curled up and tightly covered with plastic wrap. At best, the buds are just beginning to grow, at worst, the shoots are very elongated. They look like light green brittle processes with pale leaves.
Of course, it is better not to buy such material. But if this happened, especially if the variety liked it, there are also options for a way out of the situation.

Trying to keep the rose seedlings at home

Sometimes the situation develops in such a way that it is simply impossible to get to the dacha or garden plot. There is only one way out - to agree on the family council on the possibility of storing the purchase at home. There are 3 options for preserving seedlings:

1. Overexposure in the refrigerator... This method is acceptable when the buds have not yet begun to grow. You need to put on kraft paper or a plastic bag with holes on the plant. Place it on the door or shelf of the refrigerator, setting the temperature to 1-3 degrees. It is necessary to water once every 5-7 days by spraying. Perhaps, if the temperature is higher than the recommended, slight regrowth of light shoots. This is normal - in the future, the shoots will turn green in the light. You can store the packaging in this form for up to 2 months.

   This method is possible if the kidneys have not started to grow.

2. On a glazed balcony... So you can save the planting material in the presence of already regrown shoots. The plant must be unpacked, the roots are examined to identify possible defects. The long upper shoots are removed, the middle ones are pinched, depending on the condition. After that, the roots of the seedling are carefully straightened and planted in a five-liter container, for example, a water bottle with a cut-off neck. Place the landing on the shaded part of the balcony. Strict control of night temperatures is imperative. With minus indicators, they are sheltered or transferred to the house. The rose starts to grow, but the low spring temperatures prevent it from growing too rapidly. After planting in the garden, such a seedling will require additional care in the form of shelters from the sun, wind and cold weather.
3. Option with transplanting into a large flower pot and keeping it warm on the windowsill is the worst. A plant with an undeveloped root system will eat itself with its sprouts. If by some miracle it is possible to preserve a plant with a small number of shoots, it will be more difficult for it to take root after transplanting it into the garden.

We store in the cold in the country

If there is an opportunity to get to the summer cottage, there are very good options for storing planting material:

1. Conservation under the snow in the garden... Practicing rose growers consider the option under consideration to be the best. In this way, you can cover both a planting product with dormant buds, and with processes. In this case, the long processes of the upper row must be broken off, and the middle one must be shortened. By the size of the seedlings, a hole is dug in the snow in the darkest corner of the garden. Its bottom is lined with container boards or spruce branches. The purchased bushes are laid on top and covered with a shallow fruit box. It is not bad to cover the entire structure with lutrasil, and then cover it with snow, making a snowdrift. Landing in the ground is performed after warming up the place designated for this purpose.

   It is imperative to put planks at the bottom of the pit so that the seedlings do not rot when the snow begins to melt

2. In the basement at the dacha... This possibility of overexposure resembles the option using a glazed balcony. In this case, a temperature controller is used in tandem with a programmable socket to turn on additional lighting. The temperature is set in the range of 1-30. Duration of additional lighting - up to 12 hours. When warm weather is established, the seedlings of roses are transferred to the glazed veranda, adjusting the lighting and temperature in the same way.

Practical tips

If you could not resist and bought rose seedlings, how to keep what you purchased before planting is no longer a secret for you. Here are some more general tips, it will not be superfluous to brush up on some little things:

• the purchase in a bright colored box must be expanded before planting, shaking off the roots;
• if there is a protective mesh, plant it directly in it, as the manufacturer advises. The mesh will dissolve over time;
• straighten the roots folded in half and carefully cut off the defective, blackened;
• to adapt roses to planting conditions, take them outside in a bucket of water in the evening and morning hours. After a while - for the whole daylight hours;
• Do not remove wax. It protects against burns and excessive evaporation. It is not a hindrance to the kidneys - it will fall off on its own in the future.

Once, having felt all the charm and charm of a rose, the unique combination of the beauty of its flowers and their aroma, you will never change your addiction to it. And no difficulties, and sometimes problems associated with its cultivation, will stop a real connoisseur of this miracle. This love is for life.

We save seedlings of roses purchased in spring before planting in open ground

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In this article, you will learn what you need to do to save your rose seedlings for planting. Especially those that were bought in early spring. Here are some simple rules to help you keep them before planting.

Root system

Rose seedlings are sold with open and closed root systems. In the first case, it is impossible to save them without first planting them in the ground, therefore, seedlings with an open root system necessarily require precipitation in pots with ordinary or aquatic soil. However, almost all modern seedlings that are sold from February to April have a closed root system. The roots of such a seedling are hidden in a special tube or under a film. They require special conditions. It is too early to plant them in the ground, so if the room is warm, they can be temporarily dropped into a box with soil. Then in May they can already be transplanted into open ground. But at the very beginning, in order to preserve them, experts advise to plant them in a special box with earth. This preservation method will help them mature on time. You should not buy in the store such rose seedlings that are already sold with buds or shoots - they will not take root at the first cold wind or frost.

However, regardless of the roots, most rose seedlings should be taken 10 days before planting in the ground. To prepare seedlings for growing in the ground, you need to do several basic steps.

1. Unroll the roots carefully and examine them. Usually they are released long and folded in half. You need to carefully unfold the roots, carefully remove the damaged areas on them with scissors and reduce them to about 35 centimeters, or simply update the sections. Remember that the rose must be white when it is cut.

 

2. The roots are best treated with activated charcoal or root roots. This increases the survival rate of rose seedlings and allows them to last longer. The useful substances contained in the preparation not only saturate the plant with minerals, but also destroy pests at least partially.

 

3. Dry roots can be dipped in water. After that, they will become more susceptible to drugs and are smeared with root. After processing, the roots must be carefully straightened and covered with sawdust. Some experts recommend planting them in peat. You can buy it at the store. It contains many beneficial substances that will help the roots to survive. Then the seedlings need to be watered with thawed, preferably snow, water, covered with a bag and put on a balcony or veranda. You should not remove the package from roses, as the light will begin to activate the growth of the buds, which can lead to the fact that they will grow, but will not take root later in the ground. If the night is cold and frosty, do not remove the bags - the seedlings will grow slowly and may freeze. If the nights are not so cold, without frost, the bags can be removed, but then you will have to water them almost all the time. Water for irrigation must also be thawed. However, under the bag, the growth of the kidneys slows down, and the root system will gain weight. Subsequently, this will help the seedlings to take root in the ground. Here's how to save early spring rose seedlings before planting.

4. Before boarding the box with plants must be kept in the fresh air. Thus, rose seedlings will adapt and take root perfectly in the ground, if only you take them out in cloudy weather during the day, evening or morning. At first, 2 hours are enough, then you can put them on for the whole day, and only after about 5 days, roses can be planted in open ground.

 

Plants often have paraffin wax. It is not necessary to remove it - the kidneys themselves will make their way through it.It is needed to protect roses from the negative effects of the environment. Then the roses will take root, and soon they will delight you with their beautiful color.

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