It is not for nothing that the rose is called the queen of flowers - bright and fragrant buds impress with its beauty and variety of colors. But that roses as long as possible pleased with lush flowering, they need to be properly taken care of, in particular, properly fed. About what kind of top dressing is necessary for roses in the summer, in the spring and in the autumn and our today's conversation will go.
What kind of top dressing needs roses?
Like all flowering plants, roses for full development need fertilizers - organic and mineral. Contained in them
- substances act on roses as follows:
- nitrogen helps the leaves and shoots grow faster;
- phosphorus contributes to the abundant budding of buds and accelerates the development of the rose bush, which makes it easier for roses to bear wintering;
- potassium helps the bush to retain water, promotes faster ripening of wood and makes the bush insensitive to diseases and pests;
- Microelements strengthen the bush and promote abundant flowering;
- Organic fertilizers, such as compost, manure, chicken manure, contain all the elements necessary for feeding the rose bush in the form of organic compounds.
Under what scheme to feed roses?
The scheme for feeding roses is as follows:
- First time, the top dressing of roses should be done in the spring, best of all at the end of April , immediately after pruning. At this time it is necessary to make nitrogen fertilizers - urea, ammonium nitrate or spring fertilizer "Fertik". 1 bucket of water should take 1 tablespoon of fertilizer.
- After 7-10 days after the first feeding, the second one is carried out with organic fertilizers. Under each bush of roses should be added to half the bucket of compost.
- The third feeding of roses occurs in June , when buds form on the bushes. During this period, roses need a lot of organic, so they should be fed with solutions of chicken manure, mullein or green fertilizer (4 liters for each bush).
- The fourth top dressing of roses is also carried out in the summer, but already in
July , when the roses will bloom and be cut off. This month they need mineral fertilizers with a high content of phosphorus or potassium, for example "Fertik universal". - In autumn, the top dressing of roses is carried out in September , introducing liquid organic fertilizers into the soil in combination with Kalimagnesia.
Top-dressing for indoor roses
So loved by many room or Chinese rose also needs regular feeding. To do this, you can use complex floral fertilizers, introducing them on pre-watered soil once every 7-10 days.