4 Caring for Rambler
Real climbing roses - Rambler - have long lashes of almost six meters in length. They must be tied to a support. Rambler bloom profusely and for a long time. There are varieties that bloom all summer. Small flowers are grouped into inflorescences.
Varieties of this group bloom on last year's shoots, which need to be able to be preserved. At Rambler, only broken, frozen and diseased shoots are cut off. Very old shoots that have lost their elasticity have to be removed, since they cannot be laid on the ground. Every autumn, the whips are removed from the supports entirely, bent down and covered.
In temperate climates, roses are covered in an air-dry way. The removed lashes cannot be laid on bare ground - you need to make a layer of spruce branches or dry leaves. The lashes are wrapped in Agrotex, and then in polyethylene, after which they are laid on a layer of natural material. From above, the plants are thrown with coniferous spruce branches or arcs with a height of 50 cm are installed and a plastic wrap is pulled over them. Sawdust cannot be used to shelter roses - they pull water over themselves, which is why the roses will damp in winter.
Disembarkation rules
Beautiful climbing roses can only be obtained if the seedlings are chosen correctly. They must be healthy. Their survival ability and quality are visible in appearance, so it is imperative to check the trunk. It is whitish green in color, but by no means brown or gray. Freshly purchased seedlings should not be planted immediately in open ground. Here are the basic rules for preparation:
- 1 The plant needs to be soaked in plain water for 24 hours.
- 2 Cut off healthy roots by 15 cm. If there are weak or fragmented roots, then it is better to cut them off immediately. As a result, only a small bundle remains.
- 3 Strong branches need to be cut to 15 cm, and if there are weak ones, then simply remove them.
- 4Place the cut with crushed charcoal.
- 5 Treat the roots with Kornevin or Heteroauxin.
Thanks to such processing and preparation, the roots will begin to grow faster and the bushes will develop. In addition, there will be more buds during flowering.
A climbing rose should be planted in loamy, fertile soil
It is very important that it is well drained. Only clay and sand are not at all suitable for growing roses.
The soil will be optimal in chemical composition if you add a little lime to it. The fertility of the soil increases if, during its digging, add such substances as humus, humus, fertilizers with phosphorus, special soil bacteria. You need to prepare a garden plot in advance. At the end of summer, dig it up several times, and then loosen it additionally in the spring.
You definitely need to know how to plant a branchy rose. The roots of a young plant should not have a lack of space, so the holes should be free. They should be about 0.6 m deep in depth. It is supposed to leave about 1 m between the plants, so that the roots develop freely, and the bushes do not interfere with each other.
When planting a rose in a garden in a hole, it is necessary to observe the following rules:
- 1Add 5 kg of nutrient mixtures to each pit. It is allowed to use peat compost.
- 2The void between the roots must be sprinkled.
- 3 The root collar must be covered by about 11 cm. By the way, this is one of the methods of warming the plant from frost.
- 4 The planted bush must be watered with a bucket of water, and the liquid must be warm.
- 5If there is space left, sprinkle and tamp it.
It is imperative to remember about the support that supports the flower when it curls. At the same time, the support itself should not interfere with the development of the root system. Lattices, tripods and trellises are perfect as a portable option. By the way, you can build them yourself using wooden blocks 3 m high. The arches also look beautiful. On both sides you will need to plant a bush. By the end of 2 years, the support will be completely braided by a plant with beautiful inflorescences.
Some gardeners prefer to cover climbing roses when the cuttings are just placed in the ground. Usually, plastic containers from water are used for this. You need to cut out the bottom in them and just bury them in the ground. It is allowed to sprinkle a little sand on top. Breeding roses with this method is considered very popular. This is a good option for warming before wintering. Moreover, it is a kind of greenhouse. It is only necessary to open the plant in the spring, when it will be seen that the shrub has begun to grow and develop.
Reproduction
You can plant a rose garden by seed, by means of cuttings, layering and by grafting. The main thing is to know the features of each method.
Seeds
First of all, the seed should be disinfected by keeping it in a hydrogen peroxide solution for 30 minutes. After that, you need to place the seeds between two cotton pads dipped in hydrogen peroxide, and put one sandwich in plastic bags. After signing them, you need to put them in a container and put them in the refrigerator on a vegetable shelf.
The seeds are periodically inspected, and if mold is detected, cotton pads are replaced. You can expect the emergence of sprouts as early as 6-8 weeks.
Sprouted seeds are planted in peat pots and perlite is laid on top of the soil, which will prevent the black leg from developing. The containers are placed in a well-lit place and, as the top layer of the soil dries up, they are watered. The formation of the first buds is possible in 8 weeks after planting, and flowering in 4-6 weeks. Landing in a permanent place is performed in the spring.
Cuttings
The most common and easiest way to propagate climbing roses is by cuttings, even a beginner can handle it. Stems that have already faded and those that are still blooming are suitable as blanks. They are cut in late June and early August at an angle of 45 degrees. The lower oblique cut should be under the kidney, and the upper one should be made straight away from the kidney.
The material should have from 2 internodes. The upper leaves are shortened by half, and the lower ones are removed. The cuttings are buried in the ground by 1 centimeter, it should consist of sand and earth or sand alone. To create a greenhouse effect, it is covered with a glass or plastic container. The stalk should not be in direct sunlight, but it should be well lit. Water it periodically.
Layers
In spring, an incision of the stem should be made above the bud so that the depth and width are 10-15 centimeters. Then a layer of humus is poured into the groove and covered with soil. In this case, the escape must be securely fixed in two or three places. The main thing is that its upper part remains open. The cuttings are irrigated regularly, and the following spring are separated from the mother plant and planted in a permanent place.
Rosehip grafting
Budding is performed in late July-early August. Before the procedure, the rosehip is abundantly moisturized. After that, a T-shaped incision is made on the root collar.
At this point, the bark is carefully removed, and a peephole with a part of the bark and wood is placed in the incision, taken from the stem of the rose. Then they wrap it with budding material and huddle the rose hip bush, adding soil in such a way that the grafting zone is covered by at least 5 centimeters. After half a month, the bandage is allowed, and in the spring it is completely removed.
Planting climbing roses
If you decide to get climbing roses on your garden plot, then you need to know all the stages of planting them.First, choose a place for roses, then prepare seedlings, soil. Let's take a closer look at each step.
1. Choice of place and time
The sun has a beneficial effect on roses, and boggy can become destructive for them.
Particular attention should be paid to ensure that the site is well lit until lunchtime. The sun's rays will dry the dew on the leaves
This will minimize the risk of developing fungal diseases.
At the same time, you should not choose a completely open place, because being under the scorching sun all day, the plant can burn its delicate petals and leaves.
It is better to protect the climbing rose from winds and drafts, therefore it is not recommended to plant it on the corners of buildings. It will be convenient if there is a building nearby, suitable for wintering shrubs. Water stagnation should not be allowed. The selected location should be on a slope. You should also know the depth of the groundwater flow.
The root system of a climbing rose penetrates to a depth of 2 meters, so it is better to plant the shrub on a hill. Or, when planting on the bottom of the pit, lay a slab or stone so that the roots lay horizontally, without reaching wet places.
If you are planting roses in order to decorate the walls of a building, then it is better to retreat from the structure by half a meter, since the shrub may lack nutrients. Also exclude close proximity to other plants.
It is better to plant the bushes in the fall, starting from the end of September, until the beginning of October, so that it has time to take root, go through the adaptation process before the onset of the first frost. Thus, in the spring, the shrub will already begin to develop actively, it will be full of strength for flowering.
If a rose is planted in the spring, then development will occur with a delay of about half a month, it will require more careful care.
2. Treatment of seedlings
In order for the plant to quickly strengthen and develop dynamically, it is necessary to properly process the seedlings before planting. If the seedlings are cut off and then fed with fertilizers, then they will earn immunity, develop faster, and please their owners with the exuberant flowering of fragrant buds.
Preparation stages:
- Soaking the seedlings in water for 24 hours.
- Cutting off shoots, roots.
- Sprinkle the cut points with crushed charcoal.
- Treatment of the root system with a mixture of fertilizers.
In the process of cutting off the shoots, weak stems are completely removed. Full-fledged shoots are selectively shortened to 15 centimeters. The roots of the bush should be examined. Too long or fragmented parts should be removed, and only a small bunch of healthy processes should be left.
To prepare 10 liters of a mixture for feeding the roots, use a part of the clay, a tenth of a mullein and a couple of tablets of phosphorobacterin. The drug "heteroauxin" has also proven itself well. One of his pills will be enough.
3. Preparing the soil
For a climbing rose, a loamy soil of a loose structure that absorbs moisture is ideal. The permeability of the soil will exclude the accumulation of precipitation in the zone of the root system, prevent its decay. The rose will not grow on sandy or clayey soils, so it is better to dilute them with more suitable soils.
To make the consistency of the soil more crumbly, it is enough to add lime to it. Fertility is positively affected by fertilization with humus, humus, phosphorus-containing substances. The site for planting must be regularly dug up: at the end of summer, as well as at the beginning of spring.
4. Planting process
First you need to dig a hole. It should not be small so that the roots of the bush do not feel a lack of space. The optimum depth is 60 centimeters. Between the bushes, you should adhere to a distance of half a meter - a meter, and the aisles recede by 1-2 meters.
The root collar is instilled 10 centimeters in order to protect it from frost. The roots are positioned so that they spread freely, and the spaces between them are carefully covered with soil.It is necessary to add about 5 kilograms of peat compost to the pit. After the pit is covered, the top layer should be carefully compacted. You can plant the bushes in a checkerboard pattern so that they do not shade each other.
Reproduction
Climbing roses in the garden are propagated in different ways. Several techniques can be used. They involve the cultivation of these plants by seeds, layering, cuttings, grafting. They differ in a number of features. The easiest way is to propagate by layering. But even when using cuttings, difficulties usually arise.
If you decide to plant roses with seeds, then you need to purchase seed in garden stores. If you pick it from the plants yourself, they will not retain the traits of their variety. Therefore, it is difficult to predict how this plant will look. You can, of course, experiment, if it is not important for you to grow a rose with exactly the same characteristics as a year ago. But it will be more expedient to purchase seeds.
A climbing climbing rose is most easily propagated by layering. An escape must be chosen in the spring. It is incised below the level of the kidneys. Next, the stem is placed in the prepared hole. It should be about 10-15 cm wide. The hole should be the same depth. A layer of humus, sprinkled with soil, is laid down. The layering must be fixed in several places. It is covered with soil. The top of the layer must remain above the surface. The next year, the cuttings are separated from the mother bush. It can be transplanted to a place of your choice on the site.
Another easy way is to graft roses. This can be done at the root of the rose hip. This will require a cultivated rose peephole. Budding takes place at the end of July or in August. It is necessary to water the rosehip abundantly with water before carrying out this procedure. On the root collar you need to make an incision in the form of the letter "T". You need to pry on the bark and pull it back a little from the shoot.
From the stem of the rose, you need to cut off the peephole and the adjacent bark with a layer of wood. A peephole is tightly inserted into the prepared incision. This place is tightly fixed using the budding material. Above the grafting site (about 5 cm), the rose hips are spud. The dressing is loosened after 15 days. The film is removed the very next spring.
