Rose bushes......?

Question

Ok, I bought 2 rose bushes the other day. They are hybrid tea roses. I haven't planted them yet. I was wondering does the soil need anything special for them to grow. I bought some Miracle Grow Garden soil to mix in with the soil that is already outside. How much mulch should I put around them? I read that you should put 3 inches of mulch on top of them. I asked the lady at the green house about them and she told me to just plant them in any soil and to fertilize them every two week and they should be fine. I bought the Miracle Grow for Roses. Also I live in Wisconsin, so I was wondering what do I need to do before winter to protect them? Since the temp. sometimes drop to 20 below or colder at times at night. I have never tried to grow roses before but decided to this year since I like them so much. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

There is a ton of info on rose care on the web as you can see from the above answers.

I'll add another: the American Rose Society, look on the left side for care info with includes planting.

http://www.ars.org/About_Roses/rose_care_articles.html

I find the answer given by the nursery person to be a bit flippant. Good roses come with good care. I'm sure there are Master Gardeners near you. Call the Cooperative Extension Service for your county or a larger nearby county. (phone book, blue pages or do a web search by "(your state) Cooperative Extension Service) and follow it thru to your county agent. Master Gardeners are trained garden helpers and good chance several are certified consulting rosarians...they know roses!!

I think you are on the right track by getting the garden soil to mix with your own garden soil. Dig a wide, but not so deep hole, roots grow out, less down. So a hole two feet wider than the rose pot isn't too big...may be not wide enough. Since you live in a cold climate the graft needs to be at or even below the ground level to keep from winter freezing. In Colorado we always planted the graft at least an inch down. Back fill, stop half way and water very well, then finish back filling and water very well. Water daily for the first week, then gradually taper back.

The consulting rosarians and maybe even Extension Service bulletins will answer how you have to protect your roses for winter.

Answer 2

We demand a lot of our roses. We expect them to bloom far longer than other plants. If a tree blooms more than a week we are happy with it. Roses bloom in flushes from June through Fall. As a consequence they are heavy feeders. Feed your rose to encourage growth and maximum bloom.
Fertilize with a root drench of Kelp & Fish on May 1, June 1 and July 1. I use Growmore seaweed extract and Alaska® Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 to make this.
Fertilize three times a year Valentine's Day, Memorial Day & Labor Day
Round #1 February 1-15 – 100% organic fertilizer @ 2 lbs/100 sq. ft. (i.e. Whitney Farms, Garden-Ville, GreenSense, natural meals or manure compost;
Round #2 June 1-15 – 100% organic fertilizer @ 1 lbs/50 sq. ft.,
Round #3 September 15-30 – 100% organic fertilizer @ 1 lbs/50 sq. ft.
Organic fertilizer encourages the natural soils biota that in turn help keep your plants healthy.

When I plant a new rose I dig out 2x2 x1.5 feet of soil. I replace 1/2 the old soil with compost and 5 cups of organic fertilizer evenly mixing in the amendments. Mulch 3-4 inches then dust the ground around roses with cornmeal, and water in. This helps to eliminate black spot spores that attack roses, and also helps to eliminate the spores in the soil around roses.
I mulch every year but I live with very sandy soil that the rain leaches nutrients from at a very high rate.

You have chosen hybrid teas but there are many more classes of roses to consider adding to your garden. http://www.rdrop.com/%7epaul/index.html...

Answer 3

you're perfect on your 2d hypothesis. Your rose trees are super nutrition for many bugs and the carnivorous spiders are consequently feasting on the bugs on your roses. you're able to desire to p.c. out the insect that's inflicting the wear. whether that's a caterpillar (small green caterpillars attack rose leaves) you ought to use Bt - a organic and organic insecticide that may not injury the spiders. whether that's another form of insect you ought to use another insecticide, even with the undeniable fact that that's going to additionally kill the spiders.

Answer 4

Just put enough soil on to cover them. I don't do anything in the winter, but I do cut them back for spring. I cut mine back to the green part. They are easy to care for just be careful you don't get poked.