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- Rose care in spring
- Pile roses in the spring
- Loosen the ground and ensure good ventilation
- A good start to the rose year with the right fertilization
- Cut blooming roses in spring
- Tips
A proper fertilizer in spring gives the roses strength to grow
Rose care in spring
The ability of the modern roses to bloom repeatedly - that is, to form new flowers far into the autumn - is actually quite meaningless from the point of view of nature. Each year, she rejoices us all the time, every day. So that the joy in the rose year also remains unbroken, you should give your roses the right care already in the early spring - for a good start and optimum growth conditions.
Pile roses in the spring
As early as March, you should gradually wake the roses out of hibernation and, as a first step, remove the cover with spruce or pine twigs. The accumulated soil may persist for a while, but can be removed carefully as soon as the ground is free of frost. This is usually the case at the time of the hazelnut blossom, so you should keep an eye on the hazelnut bushes in the spring to avoid missing the right time.
Loosen the ground and ensure good ventilation
Dredging is also a good time to thoroughly loosen the soil around the rose after the long winter break. This ensures the necessary air exchange and also ensures that weeds have no chance at all. A hoe does good work as an aid and also interrupts the ground capillaries, which reduces the drying out of the soil, especially in dry weather.
A good start to the rose year with the right fertilization
Roses are best fertilized purely organically, since cattle manure and horn shavings provide the necessary nutrients for perennial roses in sufficient quantities. In addition, overfertilization is difficult in this form of fertilization, as Mist & Co. decompose only very slowly. For the same reason, the annual start fertilization takes place already in February / latest in March, another in the months of May / June. At first, only fertilize with cattle manure and horn shavings, because compost is basically only a kind of soil improvement.
Cut blooming roses in spring
Frequently flowering rose varieties are cut back in the spring, even before the first sprouting. You always cut slightly obliquely about five millimeters above an outward bud (also known as "eye").
Tips
If the spring is very dry, you should also water the rose thoroughly. This is especially important if the specimen was planted in the fall.