The cover with fir or spruce branches can be removed as early as March, whereby the piled earth remains. Depending on the climatic zone, shedding takes place in milder regions either with the hazelnut blossom or, if you live in a climatically rougher area, together with the forsythia blossom. However, you can also follow the budding that has already taken place: If the rose already has several new shoots about 10 centimeters long, you can peel them off.
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When roses need longer protection
Roses planted in autumn as well as older (and thus established in their location) roses may be freed from their winter protection earlier than planted in spring respectively. bare-root specimens. In the case of spring plantings, the rule applies that they must remain piled up for at least another four weeks. The measure is less about protection from the cold, but rather to protect the plant from drying out.
Leaf mulch is not suitable as winter protection for roses
Quite a few Hobby gardener uses fallen leavesto protect the roses from winter frost. It is indeed nice and warm under such a mulch (which usually also attracts mice), but fungal spores can also be found there in particular of black carbon also overwinter well. For this reason, roses should not be covered with leaf mulch, but instead with fir branches if possible. Spruce twigs are also suitable, but the protection does not last too long: The twigs lose their needles very quickly.
After the digging, the next one takes place Rose care. The demanding plants must be in early spring also cut back and fertilized so that the new shoots are strong and rich flowering can be expected. The spring pruning is not the same for every rose, but depends on the variety - some roses need a more powerful pruning, while others just need to be cared for. The annual start fertilization is best done with organic fertilizer, whereby you - if you pile up your roses with compost and / or manure - distribute this thoroughly in the bed and work it into the soil. Here, fertilization must be carried out in good time, as the active ingredients from organic fertilizer are only available to the plant after a while.
Tips
So that you do not damage the first tender shoots of the rose when you remove it, first spread the soil carefully with your fingers. Then distribute them evenly in the bed with a rake.
