Shelter roses for winter

For regions with cold winters organization wintering roses - this is the most responsible part of the care for these plants. Only with proper shelter roses for the winter you can expect to receive high decorative effect. At the wrong shelter roses may die. |

As a result of breeding roses have lost their ability to enter into a state of the organic rest before the onset of winter. Therefore, new roses garden groups meet cold with leafy shoots with buds and flowers.

Frosts interrupt vegetation roses and introduce plants into a state of forced rest. However, at higher temperatures (above 0 degrees) rose bushes immediately come out of dormancy, they resumed sap flow. This biological feature of the new rose garden groups and determines the causes of death of plants during winter.

At temperatures below -3 degrees Celsius in the shoots of roses frozen juices. The resulting fabric breaks the ice, and the shoots appear deep longitudinal cracks (shake) Filled with ice crystals.

In the young, less-matured shoots of roses caused cracks are often quite long. In the old, strong shoots cracks are sometimes so small that they can not detect with the naked eye.

In the area shake cortex and epidermis of damaged shoots of roses will not protect the internal plant tissues against the penetration of pathogenic and putrefactive microorganisms. Should the temperature rise above 0 degrees, the contamination of roses is very likely.

Do not place damaged plants infected only if the juices flowing from his wounds will quickly dry out and the surface zarubtsuetsya. Consequently, the roses should dry winter, in the shelter should be enough air for quick drying of shoots. Temperature variations in the shelter should be minimized.

Starting with the first half of August, the use of nitrogen roses cease. The first reinforcing root fertilizing roses before hibernation doing in early August. To do this, prepare the nutrient solution, 10 liters of water: superphosphate - 25 g, potassium sulfate - 10 g, boric acid - 2,5 g (or borax - 3.5 g). Ten liters of this solution is sufficient for entry into the soil at the rose garden area of 4 square meters. m

The second root fertilizing roses made in early September: 10 liters of water superphosphate - 15 g, potassium sulfate (or potassium monophosphate) - 1916

But instead of root fertilizing, better to make the roses spray fertilization solutions with a concentration three times smaller than those indicated.

In early September, the soil rosary I make granular fertilizer "Autumn".

Since early September, stop digging and loosening the soil between the bushes, roses, the formation of plants. This is necessary so as not to cause the development of shoots from buds that are dormant.

In late October-early November, depending on the weather, with shoots pletistyh roses completely remove the leaves, leaving even small particles of stalks, as during the winter, they die and rot. Then, with stalks rot goes dormant buds on the shoots, and sometimes completely ringed escape (if he dies above doty place).

To cover roses are best used air-dry cover, Invented by professor florist Nikolai Ivanovich Kichinovym. With a bit of upgrading features to our area, this way of hiding, I successfully applied for more than thirty years, during this period I have not lost none rose. The essence of this method cover roses is the following.

When the positive temperature released from the leaves of shoots of roses bends to the ground (but they should not lie on the ground), and with iron hooks perpetuate them as a tourniquet. Iron hooks are made from a piece of fairly thick wire, stuck it in the ground (how many will), and the upper part encircles shoots. If necessary, burn out shoots roses pulling in several places with string.

The shoots of roses gently pushes it with a positive temperature, and not all at once - otherwise they pierce each other's spines.

Sorta pletistyh roses with thick, erect shoots (eg, grade Heidelberg) need to bend down with extreme caution. I usually pushes the bush in this class receive in 2-3; first slightly ducking shoots in the direction opposite to the bending of shoots at their base. Otherwise, there is a rift in the place of bending.

For disease-resistant varieties of roses pletistyh (eg, grade Dortmund) not dangerous to touch shoots shields, since it does not burn or is affected cancer cortex.

Others rose desirable to bend down and tie a tourniquet, so that a smaller shoots touched the wall panels cover (in places touch a long delay in the moisture), which is fraught with contamination of the most dangerous fungal infection of roses - there is a cancer of the cortex.

Wooden boards cover (width of approximately 80 cm and the desired length) put on bent down shoots of roses in the form of a gable roof. In the ground drove the locking pegs that shields not departed from the heavy snowfall. The cracks in the boards are allowed.

Above the panels cover roses laying the whole plastic wrap (use and the one rented by the autumn with film greenhouses) of such size that it was enough to close the ends of the shelter. If this is missing one piece of film, laying the two or three overlapping and well they embody to derail the wind.

The ends of shelters roses leave open until early November (to sustainable small frost). Freeze up to -6 degrees do not harm the roses, they can easily withstand and short-term decrease in temperature to -12 degrees. Pre-customized suitable material for the ends of shelters roses (using DVP, waste board, plywood).

If roses are used for covering boxes, then in early October, is covered by a film, leaving open the same direction.

After freezing of the soil under the shelter of roses, with cooling score a stable ends and downs in their film.

If you are using drawers to hide them completely roses covered with foil.

Wet snow and rain should not fall into the shelter, because the most dangerous for over-wintering roses moisture. If in the shields cover a layer of snow at least 10 cm, the temperature under the shelter even in the most severe frost is not reduced below -5 - -8 degrees. In the frost inside the shelter all (shoots roses, wall boards) covered with a thick layer of frost, the needle of which reach a length of 10 cm during long frost thaws it melts slowly, and while it does not melt, the temperature inside the shelter does not rise above 0 degrees. In this case, under the shelter does not create conditions for the reproduction of pathogenic fungi.

The most successful wintering shoots of roses can be provided if they are from the shelter until the spring will be in a frozen state.

From November to mid-February sun heats the film, so there is no danger of premature growth and vyprevaniya plants.

Under air-dry shelter for the shoots of roses rarely formed shake cortex. But it will be more reliable if to shelter rose bushes shield cover with dry leaves. But this is not necessarily (and sometimes dangerous because of the settlement planting roses mice, if they do not exterminated in the garden).

At very long thaws desirable reveal faces hiding to avoid vyprevaniya shoots roses. In warm winters, I often leave the bunkers vents for ventilation plants.

Rose described the shelter shields suitable only if roses grow in rows.

If the rose bushes planted in a composition with other plants, then hide them so difficult due to lack of space next to the roses. Therefore, dealing with famous winegrowers of Belarus, I concluded that in this case rose to hide for the winter like this:

• Make a frame shape, reminiscent of planting roses. Frame should be strong enough to wet snow was not able to bend it. Cover the top frame only lutrasilom or its combination with polyethylene film is undesirable because lutrasil leak - meaning, roses remain wet and obledeneyut an abrupt cooling. And if lutrasil hide the top and still with plastic wrap, it is quite possible that the roses vypreyut in February.
• Hide downed frame with glass. The water is almost impervious cover, "breathes" very well the spring sunshine. This is exactly what you need at the shelter roses for the winter.

This cover roses were tested by me during the harsh winter 2005/2006 year, and yet the most severe cold snow we practically did not exist. Nevertheless, despite the difficult weather conditions, under this shelter of my roses wintered well.