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A professional rose cut ensures stronger growth

This annual cutting after the forsythia bloom should not be too timid and should best be done with freshly sharpened scissors. This enables you to achieve clean and, above all, plant-friendly interfaces. At the same time, your roses become more resistant to pathogens that could otherwise settle relatively quickly in the frayed cuts. Please remove the older shoots and withered leaves at the same time, as these areas are particularly susceptible to harmful fungal spores from the previous year. Also, do not miss the fact that clippings that fall to the ground should be disposed of completely immediately. But there is more to be done:

Rose trees also like mulch

In the spring, a full portion of lawn mulch can be used, which can completely cover the root ball of the plants. For the time after that is a mixture of fern leaves, marigolds and

Tagetes optimal. It is better not to use bark mulch, as this removes a lot of nitrogen from the soil and the soil can become over-acidic as a whole.

Herbal extracts are more effective than synthetic fertilizers

And if you make them yourself, they are ultimately considerably cheaper. For a herbal manure - yes, it's really called that - the following ingredients, of course from our own cultivation, are required.

• dandelion
• Elder leaves
• yarrow
• Onion skins

With a little water, let this mixture stand and ferment for two weeks. The liquid, which smells quite strongly afterwards, is now mixed with water again in a ratio of 1:10 and can now be used for the roses, either as a spray or fertilizer. If the effort is too high for you: Chop up the garlic, nettles, chamomile, thyme or feverfew and pour boiling water over the whole thing. After cooling down, pour the roots generously with this liquid, if possible once every week.

Climbing aids for roses ensure optimal growth

That Climbing roses, Tall trunks as well as many types of shrub and bed roses thrive much better when tied, we have already found this in the garden journal in this in-depth article pointed out. If you want to put the already convincing look of your own roses, which have been grown over the years, in the right light, you can use a wide variety of climbing aids. The most decorative look, of course, is the self-designed rose arch made in your own hobby cellar or the wrought iron trellis with sophisticated rope tensioning technology. If you don't have the time or brilliant ideas:

The quick way to rose trellises and wooden climbing aids

With just a few scraps of wood and a short investment of time, you can easily assemble wooden trellises yourself and screw them securely to the house wall. We have instructions for a wooden trellis that turns every house facade into a real eye-catcher on the portal of baumarkt.de found. If you are planning a replica or even have a much better idea for a rose trellis, we would be very happy about a reader photo, which we would like in one of our next news publish.