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About top-dressing roses, it was mentioned yesterday that May to June is the first good opportunity for formal top-dressing of roses.
This top-dressing is mainly to supplement the nutrients consumed by the first batch of flowers and also to store nutrients for roses, laying a solid foundation for a smooth summer.
So, in addition to this formal top-dressing, there are two more formal top-dressing opportunities in the entire growth cycle of roses. Do you know which two they are?
Firstly, although roses can bloom in all seasons, due to the hot weather in summer, roses often enter a semi-dormant state and do not bloom well.
And in winter, due to the cold weather, roses in frost regions in our country will hibernate.
In spring and autumn, the temperature is suitable, which is a good time for roses to bloom. Many rose varieties often have better autumn flowers than spring, mainly due to the influence of temperature, which will be shared later.
We know that spring and autumn are the times when roses bloom a lot, so top-dressing should follow the growth rhythm of roses.
The first formal top-dressing is arranged after the first batch of flowers, so the second top-dressing should be in late summer to early autumn.
Why should we apply a long-acting fertilizer to roses in late summer to early autumn?
Think about it, how much suffering did your roses endure in the summer, and how great was the consumption of nutrients? And in autumn, roses will start to grow rapidly and bloom, which also requires a lot of nutrients.
So we choose to do the second formal top-dressing for roses in late summer to early autumn, the purpose of which is:
To replenish the consumption of roses in the summer and to store nutrients for the blooming of autumn flowers.
This is the second formal top-dressing.
So when should the third one be?
Many people think it should be after the autumn flowers.
Yes, and no!
Yes, because top-dressing after the autumn flowers can quickly restore nutrient reserves in roses, and no, because after the autumn flowers, the temperature gradually decreases, the growth rate of roses slows down, and eventually enters a dormant period.
And if we do formal top-dressing after the autumn flowers, it is easy for the slow growth of roses to cause the waste of fertilizer efficacy.
The time for the third formal top-dressing should be in winter.
This can be combined with potting, placing organic fertilizer at the bottom of the flower pot as a base fertilizer, or mixed with soil.
If it is a ground-planted rose, you can directly bury fish intestines, bone meal, and animal manure 20-30 cm away from the root in winter as fertilizer for the growth of roses in the coming spring.
In winter, when the temperature is around 0°C, unfermented organic fertilizer can be used, but be sure to avoid direct contact with the roots!
If you do not repot in winter, then the third top-dressing should be done when the roses sprout in spring.
Do you remember the three formal top-dressing times for roses?
Of course, the use of fast-acting fertilizers should be throughout the entire growth period of roses.
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