One of the important moments in the care of roses is their pruning. If you correctly trim the roses after flowering, this will help preserve the decorative qualities of the plant, as well as stimulate growth and abundant flowering in the future.
Pruning roses in summer
It is important to trim the roses after the first flowering. This is a pretty thin and painstaking work. The fact is that not every escape really needs to be circumcised. The main purpose of pruning roses during flowering is to get the plant to release buds after a while. This is especially important for stamping and large-flowered varieties.
Perennial shrubs also need rejuvenating pruning. It is the summer period that is most suitable for this, since the cut quickly dries up the infection does not spread. To do everything right, you need to know some subtleties of summer pruning roses after flowering.
- Never remove the faded flower with a simple pinching of the pedicel. This method is suitable only for tulips or daffodils, and in the case of roses this method will lead to the fact that the flower on the weakened shoot will be elongated and easily bent. Correctly cut the roses only to the nearest developed kidney, as this will give rise to new strong shoots and abundant flowering.
- Not all growers know if it is necessary to trim the faded roses, and leave it as it is. And such pruning is actually necessary. Once the flower has begun to fade, it must be removed immediately. The cut is made above the next eye by 8 mm. At the same time make sure that the escape in this part is strong enough and will not sag in the future.
- Pruning of large-flowered roses after flowering is slightly different. Together with the flower, stems are cut with incomplete leaves and at least one leaflet. This technique awakens the rose to flowering.
- Cropping multiflorous roses in summer is as follows: after withering over the first leaf, cut off all the inflorescence completely.
- For stamping varieties it is important to control the direction of shoot growth. For this purpose, the largest peephole is directed outward, as it is done during the spring pruning.
- Pruning roses after flowering in early autumn is not recommended. At the end of the summer, it is best to leave the plant alone and allow it to prepare for the cold . If you cut off the shoot, which was a stimulant of flowering, then before the onset of cold weather a new flower will not have time to develop. That is why in late summer - early autumn, cutting roses for bouquets is not welcome.
- If, with proper care, your bushes are not going to bloom, maybe the plant has blind shoots. To awaken the rose, you need to cut an underdeveloped kidney on the end of the shoot along with the adjacent leaf.
How to cut roses correctly?
After we figured out how to cut roses in the summer, it's time to learn how to do it right. There are several simple but important principles of work during trimming:
- The tool should be not only clean, but also sharp;
- beforehand inspect the entire plant, but work is only begun from the base;
- to access light inside the bush and air circulation it is important to periodically thin out the bush;
- The cut must be smooth and smooth, the edges should not be torn;
- in the process of work, always in parallel remove all dead or sick shoots and foliage, cut until the shoot is not white inside;
- all twigs are thicker than a pencil, also need to be removed;
- always remove wild shoots and get rid of the remaining leaves.
Like the rosehip, the rose after the flowering produces fruit. So constantly watch the plant and deceive it: once you remove the seeds, it will signal the plant that you need to produce them again.