Planting rose seedlings in early spring

Experts consider early spring to be the optimal time for planting the queen’s seedlings of any flower bed – roses. Our tips site decided to tell you how to do everything right so that a rose seedling with an open root system will easily take root and soon please with abundant flowering.

Of course, you need to start by choosing a variety of roses and buying seedlings. There are a great many varieties of roses, the choice is huge. It is best to buy seedlings at a local nursery, checking if this variety is suitable for your climate. The portal wrote about how to prepare roses for winter. It is necessary to clarify which varieties tolerate the cold better, consult a nursery or a specialized store. The condition of the root system, the number and thickness of the stems are also important. The seedling must look healthy and mature, that is, be ready for planting.

The next step is choosing where to plant your rose bush. He needs at least 6 hours of sunshine a day, as well as good air circulation, which reduces the risk of fungal diseases. Do not plant roses next to trees and shrubs..

Further, the whole process of planting a rose seedling with bare roots looks like this:

1. It needs to be soaked in a bucket of water for at least 8 hours, or better for a day, so that the roots are saturated with water. Some people add vitamin B1 to the water to support the plant being transplanted. In addition, you can add drugs to the water that kill all bacteria. But such preventive measures are optional..
2. Now it’s time to dig a hole. Average size – up to 60 centimeters in depth and width. Add compost and nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers to the hole. Some gardeners add bone meal.
3. Any broken roots should be removed before planting and each tip should be trimmed a couple of centimeters to stimulate further growth..
4. At the bottom of the hole, you need to create a base – a mound of soil, on which the seedling will be installed.
5. The rose is neatly installed in the hole, the roots must be spread evenly over the embankment of soil.
6. The seedling is held with one hand while the hole is filled with soil.
7. The soil must be carefully tamped with your hands so that there are no air pockets left..
8. Kidney union, the root knot should remain on the surface, protruding about 2 centimeters above the ground. In regions with a cold climate, it is advisable to sprinkle a rose seedling with a mound of earth for the first time – in March the probability of frost is high.
9. The soil around the seedling is watered abundantly with water, so that the created hill is not washed away.

We advise you to mulch the planting site of the rose bush to retain moisture, protect from weeds, and prevent the stems from drying out at the base. Then the mulch can be carefully removed from the sprouting stems.

For the first three to four weeks, the rose seedling will need to be watered every three days. Then the watering time can be shortened. It will take about two to three months to wait for the first tender buds, but a rose planted in early spring usually takes root well and gets sick less.