How do you pot up a rose? Beginners need 7 things and 6 steps to get it done

When beginners first fall into the rose rabbit hole, even if they have learned a lot about rose care from friends or online, they are still unsteady when they first start. Take potting up, for example - this stumps many beginner flower lovers. Don't panic, let's learn the potting-up method of a rose grower called "Zheng Mingming". There are several details that beginner flower lovers need to pay attention to.

1. Preparation for potting up: 7 "things"

First let's look at what this grower prepared before potting up: rose seedling, rose gallon pot, scissors, expanded clay pebbles, special rose soil, chicken manure fertilizer, and a large basin holding soil to prevent making a mess at home. The little gardener reminds beginner flower lovers that when using soil, it is best to choose loose rose soil, for example coconut coir + perlite + leaf mold + expanded clay pebbles, in a ratio of 5:2:2:1. If you don't know how to mix it, just use special rose soil.

2. Potting-up details: 6 "steps"

Step one, as shown in the picture above, first place expanded clay pebbles at the bottom of the pot. Expanded clay pebbles have very good drainage and breathability, ensuring water at the bottom of the pot can drain out without accumulating, and also enhancing breathability. If you don't have expanded clay pebbles on hand, you can use decomposed bark, cinders soaked in water for a few days, crushed bricks, etc. - all are fine. If it is all fine soil, it easily compacts, and beginners must remember this point.

Step two, first put in a layer of special rose nutrient soil. No need to say much about this. Some growers may ask: aren't we supposed to use base fertilizer? Don't rush - first put in a layer of soil before adding it, otherwise the base fertilizer is easily washed away when watering.

Step three, add chicken manure fertilizer. If you don't have chicken manure fertilizer, fertilizer you composted yourself is also fine, but it must be fully fermented. Chicken manure fertilizer can ensure nutrients in the early stage, but in later care, regular topdressing is needed to satisfy this big eater, the rose. How to use it? Prepare special organic nutrient solution for roses - use the one for strengthening roots and promoting shoots during the growing period, and before the flowering period use the one for promoting flowering and preserving flowers. Used together, it will have an effect of 1+1>2.

Step four, fill in the special rose soil prepared earlier on top. This is not difficult - rose seedlings don't need to be planted too deep, so you can fill in a bit more soil. If the seedling is blocked in the pot and cannot poke its head out, it will also grow poorly. Beginner flower lovers should remember this point.

3. The "finishing touch" during potting up

Step five, put the seedling in together with the pot, then fill soil around the sides. Some rose growers may ask, aren't we supposed to take the pot out? If we don't take it out, how will the roots grow? Don't rush - the pot definitely has to be taken out. This is a "finishing touch" of this grower's potting-up method. Read on and you will know.

After filling, take this small pot out, and this will form a natural hole, a small opening that accommodates the seedling together with the soil ball, so there is no need to specially dig one.

The next thing to do is cut open this pot. This original pot is plastic - if it can be slipped off directly, slip it off; if it is stuck quite firmly, use scissors. Don't pull hard, or you will injure the rose plant. Step six is simply to put this soil ball into the "hole". The soil ball does not need to be broken apart - keep the "root-protecting soil", and it will adapt to the pot faster.

When beginners care for roses, just remember the techniques in these steps. For the small steps of potting up, just follow this. Potting up roses is not difficult. If you want it to adapt to the pot faster, you need to provide it with a cool, ventilated environment. Only after it has adapted to the pot can you slowly give it light. Beginner rose flower lovers, hurry and write this down in a little notebook.