Key techniques for revitalizing young rose plants to effectively improve the survival rate

In recent years, although the problem of difficulty in rooting rose cuttings has been solved in practice, problems still remain

in how to ensure the survival of rose seedlings after transplanting. Some home growers stick dozens of rose cuttings, and more than half of them survive, but once they are transplanted, more than half of them die. What is the reason for this? I have summarized some experience in my work for everyone's reference.

The author believes it should be caused by the following reasons: First, roses are transplanted too early. They are moved into pots before the root system of the rose has developed well.

Second, the growing soil is too rich in fertilizer. Some flower growers believe that to make seedlings strong, more fertilizer must be applied to the soil, but this instead makes the soil's fertilizer concentration too high and causes the roses to die.

Third, watering is irregular. Some people water once a day, or even several times a day, after transplanting roses before they have survived, keeping the potting soil in a state of high moisture for a long time and causing the young seedlings to die.

So how can we ensure the survival of roses? My experience is: first, when transplanting, choose seedlings with well-developed root systems, and around the roots at transplanting time, use fine-grained river sand to protect them; second, the growing soil used should preferably be loose garden soil or old soil.

Too much fertilizer will burn them to death, so wait until the young seedlings have taken root and survived, then apply a topdressing of dilute liquid fertilizer; third, after transplanting the young seedlings, water them thoroughly. After that, wait until the potting soil is 80 to 90 percent dry before watering again. If the weather is dry, you can spray water on the leaves to maintain humidity, and wait until the young seedlings resume growth before watering normally; the last point is that after transplanting, roses should not be placed in direct sunlight, otherwise they will be scorched to death by the sun. Move them outdoors at night to let the dew nourish them, and only after they have recovered and survived can they gradually be exposed to full light.

If everyone can do the above points, the survival rate of transplanted roses will be improved.