How to Plant Bare Root Roses

It's a great day in my garden because I'm

plant

ing my rose bushes. These are climbing

roses

that will climb the posts of my pergola and make it an amazing visual component within my garden. Join me today as I show you how to

plant

these

root

roses

Hi, I'm Gardener Scott and my

root

roses are in a bucket of water right now. I opted for root plants for a couple of different reasons. I ordered online and generally many of the rose bushes that you will get when you order them from online nurseries, will arrive dormant

bare

root, you can buy potted rose bushes, both are viable options for planting in your garden, usually the root will be less expensive than the potted rose bushes you can find at your local Nursery.

I also chose be root because of their dormancy, since I am going to put them in my garden. My crazy Colorado weather is hot, it's cold, it's hot. I never know what it will be like when I put a dormant plant in the ground. when the soil reaches the right temperature and the air temperature is right and the sun is right the pl plant determines when it starts to sprout and for me this will be the best option when your plants arrive make sure they are the ones you ordered and the first thing you are going to do is put them in a bucket with water you want to submerge the roots completely and leave them in the water for 24 to 48 hours your roses will do well if you can plant them in a nice rich, loose soil with good drainage .

Now I knew these roses were coming, so I went ahead and prepared this place. I worked with compost and organic matter in my native soil and have simply been waiting for the plants to arrive because it is planting day. It's time to dig a hole now, the hole should be about 1 to 1.5 or twice the depth and width of these root plants, if you haven't previously amended your soil, start thinking about it at this point while We fill this hole. We're going to want to fill it with good soil and that will include compost and organic matter.

These root roses have been soaking in water for about a day and a half. I want to put them in the ground and retain that moisture. environment for the hole to be dug, I'll go ahead and add some water to the bottom so it drains down and to the sides. Now is the time to start placing these plants in their respective holes. I highly recommend it every time you work with rose. bushes wear leather gloves those thorns can be sharp and painful now I'm going to go ahead and pull out the plants and start inspecting them and I felt the thorn, well I'm wearing gloves so this is a golden cup for climbing. rose, that's what's going into this hole right here when I get the rose bush out I can start inspecting there's a broken path if I see any other damage I have my pruners ready to go if it looks like any of these roots are hanging around Back to another, I'll go ahead and prune them.

Actually, everything looks pretty clean. Remove some of these really long plants and I think this plant is ready to go into the hole. I used a shovel to dig the hole. Now I go. to use a trowel for this phase of planting now I want to look closely at the plant I'm looking for the crown where the plant and roots meet If this was a root grafted rose I need to look for that shoot union and make sure it's on the soil or slightly below, as long as all the roots are buried and a little of that stem too, then we'll be good to go as I place the plant in the hole.

I'm noticing that all the main stems are pointing in the same direction. For many gardeners, they would just stick them in the hole and that would be good, but I want this growth to head towards this post, so I'm going to put it in the hole. With that in mind, in the center I have piled up some of that soil that I scraped off that will help support the center of the plant just below the crown and help keep it in position and as I place it I am looking at the surface of the soil seeing where it is lines up and it looks like this is good, so I can go ahead and start filling in the soil around this rose bush as I fill it.

I'm spreading the roots now if my hole wasn't wide enough, no. problem that's where the TR comes in. I'll just bury these roots spreading them out as far as I can so they fan out in all directions in this hole, all firm in the soil around the roots, particularly on the inside of the CU, that's where holes are likely to develop, if is that they're going to develop, and I'm going to keep bringing in soil and covering the roots, and this soil started out pretty wet, but it's not a bad idea to add water periodically while you're at it. fill the hole and allow it to drain and fill any of those air pockets, as you can see the actual process of placing a plant in the hole and then covering the roots with soil is not difficult, it's just understanding some of the prep work that goes into it. needs. must be done so that the hole is ready and the soil is ready now.

If you hadn't amended the soil beforehand like I did while filling, you can mix the soil and compost and fill and mix at the same time now. This looks like it is level, the crown is slightly below the soil surface and the next is a very important step: we want to make sure this area stays moist until the plant comes out of dormancy, so I will water to get more drainage. water to fill the spaces around the roots and then start adding mulch around the plant, so that's just the beginning of the cycle. I will add much more.

I want to cover all the soil in this area with a good mulch. 3 to 4 inches deep is still cold in this Colorado garden; in fact, it may drop below freezing before this plant actually begins to shed. This mulch not only helps retain soil moisture but also helps moderate soil temperatures for those cold days. The soil temperature remains relatively uniform and warm enough for roots to begin growing with the mulch in place. Now we are going to water again to soak everything very well. I already had my hole ready and when you get the bear root plants you want to get.

Get them in the ground as quickly as possible, so what do you do if you don't have a hole ready or the weather isn't good enough to plant the bushes in the ground? You can go ahead and plant your rose by root in a pot. bushes to plant later. I just filled about 2/3 of this large pot with just regular potting soil mix. One of these is not going to be planted today. I'm going to put a plant here, a plant on the other side, but the location for this plant has not been prepared yet and it may be a while before I get to it because I am building a structure that will hold this rose just as it did before.

Quick inspection, but instead of putting it in a hole, I'm going to put this in this pot, stick the roots in, and then cover the roots with potting soil. This soil mix is ​​pretty dry, so as I fill it I'm going to add water. I'm still worried about where the crown is. is and where all the roots are, so keeping it in place, keeping the roots in place, I'm not so worried about the roots intersecting at this point because this will be for planting later and I'll have access to the roots at that time . fill, compact and water to get this all nice and moist in no time.

We have a plant in the ground and a plant in a pot and it won't take long to get this to the other hole. My night temperatures are correct. They are now perhaps slightly below freezing, but they are warming. I don't worry about these plants, they will decide when to rest, but if the night is going to be very cold below 28° Fah, a hard frost will be beneficial for these plants. Leave them overnight and help protect them from possible damage, especially if they have started to sprout, for now I will just keep this soil evenly moist every day and wait for these rose bushes to grow.

I'm Gardener Scott, I enjoy gardening.