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Summer residents were told how not to cover roses: these mistakes are worse than frosts
27.09.2024 11:24
Roses do not always die because of severe frosts. By showing excessive care or simply acting incompetently, summer residents create all the prerequisites for the plant to rot before spring.
In conditions of high humidity and heat, the stems and roots of the bush will simply rot.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti" - a scientist, agronomist and landscape designer, told what mistakes flower growers most often make when preparing roses for winter.
What's the problem?
An incorrect approach to covering roses for the winter leads to the bush rotting.
Due to excess moisture and heat in the autumn-winter period, the plant rots, the stems turn black, become covered with mold, and a musty damp smell appears in the shelter itself.
Main mistakes
Firstly, roses are covered only after the onset of consistently frosty weather.
If you do this earlier, young shoots will begin to grow, which will weaken the bush and will die from frost.
Secondly, when covering roses, you cannot wrap the bush tightly, creating an obstacle to air circulation. You cannot use
PET film, especially black.
Thirdly, insufficient shelter can lead to varieties that are not frost-resistant freezing.
It is important to consider not only the characteristics of the variety, but also the quality of the material and climatic conditions.
Fourthly, excessive waterlogging of the soil in the cold autumn can cause rot. In this case, the roots suffer first.
