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Pruning roses takes skill: master these few techniques for more vigorous blooms

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Rational pruning is the key to controlling the flowering period of roses. In practice, pruning should be carried out according to the overall growth vigor of the rose plant. There are two types of buds on rose flowering shoots. At the 1st to 5th leaf below the flower, the upper buds on the shoot are pointed; the flowering shoots they produce are short, with about 6 to 9 leaves, and they set buds early, usually in 15 to 18 days, with small flowers. The middle buds on the shoot (at the 6th to 9th leaf below the flower) are round; the flowering shoots produced by round buds are long, with about 13 to 16 leaves, and they take longer to set buds, usually around 25 days, with large flowers; the bud eyes at the base of the shoot are flat, the buds have low vigor, sprout slowly, and easily produce vigorous water shoots, and the flowering shoots take even longer to set buds, usually more than 30 days.

Rational pruning is the key to controlling the flowering period of roses. In practice, pruning should be carried out according to the overall growth vigor of the rose plant. There are two types of buds on rose flowering shoots. At the 1st to 5th leaf below the flower, the upper buds on the shoot are pointed; the flowering shoots they produce are short, with about 6 to 9 leaves, and they set buds early, usually in 15 to 18 days, with small flowers. The middle buds on the shoot (at the 6th to 9th leaf below the flower) are round; the flowering shoots produced by round buds are long, with about 13 to 16 leaves, and they take longer to set buds, usually around 25 days, with large flowers; the bud eyes at the base of the shoot are flat, the buds have low vigor, sprout slowly, and easily produce vigorous water shoots, and the flowering shoots take even longer to set buds, usually more than 30 days. It can thus be seen that the heterogeneity of rose buds determines the time of flowering shoot emergence, the time of bud setting, and the time of flowering. Only by understanding the habits of flower buds can the flowering period be accurately controlled. Under normal circumstances, a rose takes about 45 days from new bud sprouting to flowering.

In practice, specific situations should be analyzed specifically. For field-grown roses, according to their geographical location, while ensuring continuous flowering, they should be made to bloom more and bloom well from August 8 to 24. The following methods are for reference: around June 20, prune all spent flowers and part of the already fully bloomed flowering shoots of field-grown roses at a ratio of 50%, cutting back to the round bud position at the mature middle part of the flowering shoot, and their flowering ornamental period is about August 1 to 15; around June 30, prune all spent flowers and all flowering shoots after full bloom using the above method, and their flowering ornamental period is about August 10 to 25; after June 30, prune spent flowers at any time to let them bloom naturally. For potted roses and cut-flower roses, calculate the date of use well, and about 45 days before use, carry out comprehensive shoot pruning.

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