Make a radical cut in the spring
Pay the hybrid tea roses a regular visit in spring and take a look at them! Once you can spot the first flower buds, it's time for those Rose scissors to pull out and cut the plants.
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All shoots are now cut down to about 20 cm. Don't you want to be so radical? Then cut the shoots back to 40 cm. More should not remain. Otherwise, the growth will suffer and as a result, the hybrid tea will weaken to bloom.
Furthermore, when pruning, you should remove all shoots that are already too old, rotten to flower, withered, too weak or even dead. They are removed down to the trunk. Alternatively, you can also carry out the thinning later.
Orientate towards the weather - it shouldn't be frosty
If you don't want to go out into the garden all the time to see if the flower buds are sprouting, then prune the hybrid tea roses when the forsythias are in full bloom. In some places this is already the case at the end of February. Elsewhere, the time has come towards the end of March / beginning of April. The bloom of the forsythia is the sign that there is no longer any threat of strong frosts.
Basic rules for cutting hybrid tea roses
Long and straight flower stems are desired for hybrid tea roses. This is important if you want to cut off the flowers in summer to put them in a vase. This is what hybrid tea roses are made for! In order for the shoots to be long and straight, you should pay attention to a few things.
Here are a few important pointers:
- rejuvenate regularly
- at most a quarter of the total shoots should be two years and older
- Cut fast growing varieties less than slow growing ones
- each shoot: at least 3 and a maximum of 6 buds after cutting
- Completely remove 1 to 2 old shoots every year
- cut diagonally
- to an outward one eye cut back
Clean out old flowers during the summer
In order to stimulate the development of new flowers, the withered flowers are cut off. Cut the flowers or In summer, shoot at least under the rose petal that is under the flowers.
Sick shoots should be removed immediately!
If the planted hybrid tea roses are ailing, a cut must be made:
- old sorts are more susceptible to disease (mildew, Rose rust, Sooty)
- cut off affected parts (otherwise the disease will spread to other parts or even plants)
- Dispose of clippings in household waste
Tips
If you use the hybrid tea as care If you want to prune in autumn, you should consider that it is then more susceptible to frost damage and should definitely be covered for the winter.
