What to Do If There Are Flower Buds on the Chinese Rose in Winter Pruning?
A article about a little knowledge of experience, introducing how to deal with the Chinese rose with flower buds in winter pruning, let's take a look together!
It's almost the middle of January, and it's time to prune the Chinese rose. However, many flower friends find that their Chinese roses still have flower buds and the leaves are green and glossy. How should they prune? If your Chinese rose is still green and glossy or has flower buds, we need to handle it differently.
1. -- Already Dormant --
Some Chinese roses, although the leaves are still green, and even have flower buds, but it can be seen that the buds are plump, the flower buds also do not grow, and look at the local temperature, if most of the time the low temperature is around 5 degrees, this situation, the Chinese rose is mostly in dormancy.
If the leaves of the Chinese rose are still green, but the branches have turned red, and the buds are plump, this situation indicates that the Chinese rose has also entered dormancy.
Some varieties of Chinese roses will turn dark red when they are dormant, the buds will become plump but will not germinate. And some Chinese roses, after dormancy, the branches are still green, which is greatly related to the variety and also related to the temperature.
For such Chinese roses that have already entered dormancy, you can directly remove the leaves in the middle to late January and prune heavily.
2. -- Not Dormant --
In some areas, it is relatively warm, or the location where the Chinese rose pot is placed is warm, causing the Chinese rose to continue to grow without a growth stagnation. This situation indicates that the Chinese rose has not entered dormancy, so it should not be pruned heavily.
If the Chinese rose still has many flower buds, personal advice is to continue to keep it in a warm place for maintenance and let the flower buds continue to grow and bloom.
After the flowers, pruning should be carried out. The extent of pruning needs to consider the factors of temperature and plant shape. If the temperature is relatively warm, it is recommended to refer to the pruning method after flowering, which is introduced in the book "How to Raise Chinese Roses from Scratch". You can refer to it.
If the Chinese rose has not entered dormancy and does not have flower buds, but wants to be pruned heavily, what should be done?
Generally, Chinese roses that have not entered dormancy should not be pruned heavily. If you want to prune and adjust the plant shape, the suggestion is to remove the leaves in advance and control watering.
Watering needs to be controlled 1 week before pruning to keep the potting soil slightly dry. 3-5 days before pruning, remove all the leaves of the Chinese rose to force it into a brief dormancy.
Then, according to the winter pruning method, prune heavily. After heavy pruning, it is still necessary to continue to control water for about 3 days. Be sure not to water immediately after pruning. The purpose of controlling water before and after pruning is to let the Chinese rose enter a dormant state and to prevent bleeding after heavy pruning.
Because the Chinese rose has not fully entered dormancy, nutrients will still be transported to the top of the branches. After heavy pruning, the high internal hydraulic pressure at the cut will cause the cut to keep flowing water, causing bleeding. Bleeding can lead to a severe loss of nutrients stored in the Chinese rose, and severe bleeding can even cause the plant to wither.
The above introduction about what to do if there are flower buds on the Chinese rose in winter pruning can provide you with some help. Finally, don't forget to check out more flower care experience and common sense!