Content
- Cutting red roses - doing everything right in the future
- Make a radical cut in the spring
- Weather wise - it should not be chilly
- Basic rules for cutting red roses
- During the summer time, clean out old flowers
- Sick shoots should be removed immediately!
- Tips
Bloomed and sick shoots should always be cut out
Cutting red roses - doing everything right in the future
It is not an easy task, at least not for plant lovers who have never studied roses and their growth. Edelrosen are not only visually very special, but also require knowledge when it comes to cutting.
Previous article This belongs to the comprehensive care of red roses!Make a radical cut in the spring
Visit the Edelrosen regularly in the spring and examine it! As soon as you recognize the first flower buds, it is time to pull out the scissors and cut the plants.
All shoots are now cut down to about 20 cm. You do not want to be so radical? After all, cut the shoots back to 40 cm. More should not persist. Otherwise, the growth suffers underneath and as a result, the edelrose fades to flowering.
Furthermore, when pruning you should remove all shoots that are already too old, blooming, dried up, too weak or even dead. They are removed to the trunk. But you can also make the adjustment later.
Weather wise - it should not be chilly
If you do not want to go into the garden all the time to see if the flower buds are sprouting, then cut the red roses when the forsythia is in full bloom. In some places this is already the case at the end of February. Elsewhere at the end of March / beginning of April, the time has come. The flower of forsythia is the sign that no stronger frosts threaten more.
Basic rules for cutting red roses
With Edelrosen long and straight flower stalks are desired. This is important if you want to cut off the flowers in the summer to put them in a vase. For that are made Edelrosen! So that the shoots are long and straight, you should pay attention to a lot.
Here are some important hints:
During the summer time, clean out old flowers
To encourage the formation of new flowers, the withered flowers are cut off. Cut off the flowers or shoots in the summer at least to below the rose petal, which is located under the flowers.
Sick shoots should be removed immediately!
Killing the planted Edelrosen must be a cut:
Tips
If you want to cut the edelrose as a care in autumn, you should bear in mind that it is then more susceptible to frost damage and should be covered during the winter.