Prepare roses for winter

It is better to prepare your rose properly and protect it well, especially in colder areas, you can still gradually reduce the winter protection:

The winter preparation of the roses begins in autumn

The roses are prepared for winter in autumn so that they can survive the cold season. This includes the following points:

• Roses should be sent into winter in the best possible condition. First of all, this means stopping summer fertilization after flowering. Because it supplies the roses with ingredients that, in addition to general growth, have also specifically promoted flowering. The shoots that have been set up so far should remain the last. They should get the chance to mature enough by winter so that they can get through the cold season without any problems.

• That is why the roses are given a special fertilizer in September, which should hardly contain any nitrogen (which would promote growth and thus the formation of further shoots, which is no longer desired is). The special fertilizer for autumn contains a lot of potassium, preferably so-called Thomaskali, a gentle mineral fertilizer that contains a little phosphate, that supports the ripening of the shoots, and a lot of potassium, which strengthens the cells of the plants and thus also the resistance of the roses to frost elevated. You can get Thomaskali at the garden center or on the Internet, z. B. in the fertilizer shop of Yvonne Kaiser from 38154 Königslutter,
  www.duenger-shop.de.

You should also examine your roses very carefully for any signs of illness at this point. Because then you can still try to remove the pests with a radical autumn pruning so that your roses can recover in winter.

• Autumn is also the best Planting time for roses, and you should use this fact if you can already foresee that a pest infestation can no longer be contained by a cut. Then it is better to immediately part with the damaged rose, especially if it is a variety that has been infected with rose diseases quite often. At some point the time will come when you shouldn't wait for this rose to survive the winter. Replace them with a robust rose variety in autumn! Because there are definitely disease-resistant rose varieties - you just have to study the topic a little more closely before choosing them. You can replant the roses as soon as they are left alone. If you buy the new roses from a retailer, they will tell you the right time to pick them up.

• Now is also the right time to transplant a rose that has never wanted to feel really comfortable in its previous location. Perhaps you now know more about roses and have discovered a location in your garden that your rose will definitely like a lot better? As soon as it has lost its leaves, you can reach for the spade, but there is no need to hurry, as long as the ground is not frozen you can move.

The perfect winter protection for roses - the most important tips

Only if you give your roses a little protection will they survive winter well in colder areas. Here's what you can do to protect your roses:

• Can you still see young shoots on your roses? If it suddenly gets very cold outside, these should be quickly protected against the cool winds, and the winter sun must not be allowed either Irradiate in unhindered: If the rose has not yet lost its leaves, but the ground is already iced over, the rose cannot water out of the ground draw. Full sunlight would dry them out very quickly. That is why you should immediately treat your roses to “full body protection” in the event of a sudden cold snap - around the roots as described under point 2 below. The upper area, which is still growing, can be covered with light fabric, but also with special fleece or jute fabric if necessary.

Most of the time, however, we are spared such early frosts. The roses can normally extract the nutrients and vitamins from the foliage, store them in wood and roots and then lay their leaves off. Even then, however, the roses should be protected from the sun and low temperatures, which are particularly dangerous if there is no protective blanket of snow.

• In the root area (up to the grafting point, which should also be covered), the rose is well piled up with earth. This mound of earth is then covered with a coconut mat or with straw or with bubble wrap. In the upper area you get sun protection, which is also very important with bare branches. Because on every clear sunny day, moisture also evaporates from the remaining shoots. If the soil is completely frozen, this moisture cannot be replaced by the roots. The rose is drying up. Therefore, the upper area should be covered with spruce branches, e.g. B. or with fir branches, both of which let enough light through their needles, but protect the shoots from excessive solar radiation. This sun protection also ensures that the roses only sprout when the severe frosts are safely over. They are therefore allowed to remain under protection until the end of April.

• You should cut yours Roses in autumn if possible not - unless you are sick (see above). Because you are now inflicting wounds on your roses that could not heal by winter. In addition, the old shoots are good winter protection for the rose. The topiary is better done in spring, but if shoot tips are frozen in winter, they are then cut away immediately. Only overly long whip shoots that could not be covered at all can of course be removed before winter.

Conclusion

It may take a little work to perfectly prepare the roses for winter. But this work is more important to the roses than much of the care you give them over the summer. Because it plays a major role in ensuring that your roses develop into strong and resilient plants in the long term.

1. When a rose is permanently weak, you shouldn't spend endless time looking for the right one Employing care, but checking once in between whether it is perhaps not the care at all lies.
2. If the rose has been planted in soil that has been fertilized for years, a soil analysis is recommended every three to four years. You can find out where you can have your soil examined cheaply at your responsible plant protection office; there is usually a contact point near you.
3. Sometimes it helps to adjust the floor differently, sometimes it is ailing rose save by moving them to a large pot while the overfertilized soil recovers.