A Year of Rose Care – Spring

A Brief Overview of Rose Care for the Spring

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March

* Begin a rose diary – keep track of what you have planted, what you have removed, and start logging your spray and fertilizer program.
* Plant bare root roses.

* When working with your roses, watch out for basal breaks – a large, new shoot emerging from the bottom of your rose bush. Handle with care! these are the new canes!
* Prune roses by the end of month.

* Do first spray after pruning. Let dry and recover roses well to protect from late freezes.

* Check and adjust the soil pH. What is pH? read Marty’s article to find out.
* Soil amendments may be added.
* Apply organic fertilizer.
* Clean up all debris.

April

* Complete pruning early in the month.
* Apply fertilizer on established bushes.
* Add soil amendments if not already done.
* Begin spray program.
* Water if we have less than one inch of rain per week.

May

* Continue spray program.
* Disbud for one bloom per stem to have larger, single blooms, especially if you plan to show your roses.
* Make sure roses have one inch of water or rain per week.
* Apply extra water and liquid fertilizer if roses are to be
shown at a rose show.

Looking forward to summer chores? see what those include this Summer.