Handling Method for Climbing Rose Shoots
Today, I will explain in detail the green plant related content about the growth pattern of climbing roses for netizens. Below, the editor will provide a detailed answer for you.
The handling method for灌木月季 (shrub rose) shoots has been introduced before. Today, let's talk about the handling method for climbing rose shoots. Before introducing the handling method for climbing rose shoots, let's first understand the growth pattern of climbing roses.
Growth Pattern of Climbing Roses
Many rose enthusiasts, in order to achieve the effect of a flower wall as soon as possible, often choose to buy extra-large climbing rose seedlings that are more than one meter high. Then they find that after two years of cultivation, the plant is still the same size or even smaller, or it may wither directly. This is also the reason why I do not recommend everyone to buy such large seedlings in the book "How to Grow roses from Scratch to Bloom Explosively."
In fact, climbing roses grow very fast, and there is no need to buy extra-large seedlings. What's more, large seedlings do not have good root systems and often do not grow well. It is better to buy smaller ones, which tend to grow more vigorously. The main flowering force of climbing roses is the shoots, so the number of strong shoots directly affects the bloom amount in spring.
If it is an extra-large seedling, the root system is severely damaged, often making it difficult to maintain growth, let alone produce shoots. However, smaller seedlings with better root systems, after planting, can quickly sprout strong shoots if they are well fertilized and watered. So how should we handle these shoots?
Handling Method for Climbing Rose Shoots
The handling method for climbing rose shoots after they have grown also needs to be approached differently.
1. -- Smaller Climbing Rose Seedlings --
If our climbing rose is relatively small, for example, a recently planted 1-gallon seedling or a seedling that has been maintained for more than a year but not fully matured, at this time, the plant of the climbing rose is not very large, and it is not very tall. For the new shoots, we generally need to protect them.
Protect the shoots from being destroyed by insects and also prevent them from being blown off by the wind. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly spray insecticides to deal with thrips issues and, when the shoots grow to about 1 meter high, timely support and secure them with the main stem to prevent them from being blown off by the wind or broken by rain, aiming to keep the shoots healthy and upright.
2. -- Large Climbing Roses That Have Grown for Many Years --
For smaller climbing roses, the shoots are kept upright, but for large climbing roses that have grown for many years, the situation is a bit different.
Because when climbing roses are still small, the shoots usually do not grow too thick. However, for large climbing roses that have grown for many years, their shoots can grow rapidly to about 2 meters high and are very thick, with secondary thick branches growing at the top of the branches.
This will cause problems when牵引 (牵引 means "牵引" in Chinese, which probably translates to "training" or "tying" in this context) in winter, which is that all the flowering branches are at a very high position, and there are usually no branches near the middle and bottom, so they cannot bloom in spring.
Facing such strong super shoots, even if we want to train them to the middle and lower parts, it is very difficult. Moreover, the branches are too thick, and it is not easy for them to sprout new buds and bloom in spring. Therefore, we can only train them according to the growth of the branches, which eventually leads to all the flowers being at the top and too high, which brings great difficulties to our training and daily management.
Therefore, to prevent the shoots from growing excessively, it is recommended that for these large climbing roses that have grown for many years, when strong shoots appear, they can be topped at about 1 meter high to weaken the growth of the shoots and allow them to grow secondary branches. This will make it much easier to train in winter, and the branches are not as thick, making it easier to shape and train.
The above-sharing of the growth pattern of climbing roses and the specific content of the handling method for climbing rose shoots are for everyone's reference and operation.