Why does someone else's rose wall take 2 years to complete while yours doesn't seem to grow?
The editor will share some small experiences of green plant maintenance on why someone else's rose wall takes 2 years to complete while yours doesn't seem to grow, and the editor will introduce it next.
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Excerpt from the "Three-Step Method of Rose Cultivation" series
Over the past two days, I shared the method of dealing with rose shoots, and then I saw some flower friends' comments asking in the background:
Do we need to trim the shoots of climbing roses?
I apologize here for the pruning of rose shoots shared before, which only refers to shrub roses. If it is a climbing rose, the shoots do not need to be pruned. On the contrary, we need to protect the rapid growth of the shoots.
Why do climbing roses need to protect the rapid growth of shoots?
The rose seedlings we buy in the market are mostly small seedlings, which are affordable. Of course, many people also choose large Gallica seedlings, thinking that they grow faster when bigger.
In fact, the main difference between large and small seedlings of climbing roses is in the root system, not the branches.
The large climbing rose seedlings we buy have branches that are at most 1.5 meters long and generally weak and thin, which are far from enough for us to create a flower wall or archway.
Why does someone else's rose wall take 2 years to complete while yours doesn't seem to grow?
So we need to protect the rapid growth of the shoots as much as possible when the climbing roses sprout, as strong shoots are the main force for flowering in the future, and those old, relatively weak branches should be pruned off in the future. I will explain this in more detail when pruning climbing roses later.
So don't think that your dream of a flower wall will come true immediately just because you bought a large Gallica seedling. Tying the branches straight on the support is the most wrong approach, and your climbing rose may still look the same after a year.
Many flower friends who consult Green Plant Enthusiast Network tie the old branches of climbing roses straight and have not seen any growth after a year of maintenance.
If you are also doing this, untie your roses immediately after reading this article by Green Plant Enthusiast Network!
Why can't the branches of climbing roses be tied straight?
First of all, the over one-meter-tall Gallica climbing roses we buy have branches that are not strong enough, and the growth of old branches is not vigorous. We all know that roses need to be pruned regularly, and climbing roses are no exception.