To grow potted roses and Chinese roses well, mix the soil like this for thick, sturdy roots and abundant blooms

For potted roses and Chinese roses, because the space in a flowerpot is limited, how to use this limited space to make the seedlings grow as well as possible is what we pursue, so there are relatively high demands on soil mixing, and you cannot do whatever you like as with ground planting.

The first thing to do is make the growing medium breathable and moisture-retentive. Only when the growing medium is well aerated can the root system develop well, because roots are hydrotropic, chemotropic and oxytropic, that is, wherever there is more water, more fertilizer and more air, the roots are willing to grow there. If the soil is compacted and not breathable, then there is little air inside the growing medium, and the roots will coil around the bottom of the pot. Materials that can make the growing medium well aerated are generally large-particle growing media, such as coarse coconut coir, pine bark, and of course coal cinder is also good, but its specific gravity is too large; it is still fine for home growing, but for flower vendors considering shipping costs, forget it. Therefore, considering breathability, moisture retention and fertilizer retention, I suggest mixing the growing medium like this: coarse coconut coir, fine coconut coir, perlite and peat at a 1:1:1:1 ratio. To increase the specific gravity, you can add an appropriate amount of coarse sand.

Next, fertilizing and watering are also very important. It is not that once the growing medium is mixed well, the seedlings will grow like crazy. For fertilizing, I generally suggest fertilizing from the surface of the potting soil, so that the fertilizer will not immediately contact the roots and burn them, and it can also make the roots grow toward the middle and upper part of the potting soil, improving the utilization rate of the potting soil space. Watering is mainly for hardening the roots; using a wet-dry cycle can make the root system stronger, that is, after watering thoroughly, let the potting soil dry to the maximum extent the plant can tolerate before watering again.

In addition, to grow Chinese roses well, you also need very reasonable pest and disease management to grow them well, with thick, sturdy roots and explosive blooming. Fellow flower lovers, keep it up!