Top Tips To Successfully Transplanting Your Roses
The reasons for wanting to transplant roses are numerous. It could be because you prefer to give it more sunlight or it could be that you are just changing things around a bit in your garden. But, whatever the reason, there are several things that you will need to know before you start pulling your plant out of the ground.
You should already pick out a spot at the new site that receives a lot of rays and the right kind of soil that will make roses thrive. Once you uproot the plant, make sure that you have a wet cloth handy so that you can wrap the roots with it right away. This keeps the plant from drying up when in transit.
Lots of H2O is also essential especially on the eve of the transfer. This will keep the plant intact and will have a better chance of surviving the entire process.
Most likely you are going to lose some of the roots from transplanting the plant. The roots of a rose plant grow very deep into the soil past the point of a reasonable amount of soil that can be removed. But, with enough water absorbed by the rest of the plant, your roses have a greater chance of survival. When digging the plant out, take as much of the root ball as you can handle.
It is not necessary to prune healthy plant growth from the top structure in order for the plant to survive. The growth of the plant is important in the production of sugars. It only hurts the plant to cut its growth away. After the transplant if the plant starts to wilt at its tips it’s a sign that it is having trouble supporting its top structure. If this happens increase the amount that you water it and you can prune any tips that do not recover.
You should also line the new hole with compost such as bone meal and place it at an angle a bit more elevated than the old. It is okay for the bud union to be around two inches higher than the soil. Do not forget to remove the pockets of air on the soil after the entire relocation process.This can be done by patting the soil.
The best time to move your roses is when they are not in bloom, so as not to interrupt their growth and when they are trimmed so that they are compact. However, if you keep your roses well hydrated and follow the tips as enumerated above, you should be able to transfer your roses successfully irregardless of when you choose to do so.
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