Tips for potting up bare root roses?
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Rose Campion - Potting up for plant sale or trading - need tips
Comments (3)Gld - You know you need more. : ) I thought I might donate some to the Master Gardener sale but you can have some too. There's plenty. I just don't know if I'll find time to pot them all up to donate. I'm STILL trying to recover from the ice storm. What a job! Had to dig a bunch of stuff before we could clean out the four trees that were uprooted in my not-as-shady-as-it-used-to-be shade garden. I've been trying to replant it all and figuring out where hasn't been easy. I'm hoping the rose campion will fit into four inch pots but I'm afraid they may be too big for that. I need to dig a few and find out....See Moreto pot up or leave bare-rooted?
Comments (9)If I understand the situation correctly, there are a few different avenues you could take... You could pull them from their pots, brush off any excess soil, wrap them loosely in a paper product... like newspaper or brown paper... and store them in a dry, cool, dark area of your home for a forced dormancy... some basements would fit the description... or you could store them in a dedicated refrigerator that didn't get too cold, taking care to keep them away from the walls, perhaps by placing the wrapped bulbs in cardboard shoe boxes. The point is to keep the bulbs cool, dry, and dark... but not freezing. The bulbs must not freeze or they will die. After an appropriate number of weeks, the dormancy can be broken, and the bulbs re-potted and placed in a well lighted, warm area... at which time you'd resume watering. You could take those bulbs that show fresh growth and bring them inside, placing them in a well lighted window area, and begin treating them as you would any other type of houseplant... watering and feeding as needed... allowing them to grow and bloom on their natural schedule. This "evergreen" treatment normally produces scapes sometime in spring or early summer, and bulbs treated this way tend to slow growth in autumn and rest during winter. You would adjust watering and feeding, slowing down while they rest. (This is how I grow most of my bulbs.) Or, you could leave them in their pots, let them dry again, and store the pots in a cool, dry, dark space... a space that doesn't freeze... like your garage, or basement... some people tip the pots on their sides so they remember not to water, that those particular plants are in dormancy. Some bulbs will resume growth when they have rested enough, or you can bring them out of dormancy after the appropriate number of weeks have passed. Information on forcing dormancy should be available within the FAQ posted at the top of this forum... or, you can use google or your favorite search engine to locate any information available through the internet. I would suggest, however, that bulbs grown in a peat-based, bagged potting soil consisting of a fine particulate be re-potted into fresh medium every year... which allows you to check for dead roots and any other dead plant matter, removing anything that might hinder healthy root growth... it also helps to restore somewhat of a more aerated environment, important for healthy root growth. The method in which you choose to grow your bulbs is entirely up to you. I find it easier to allow my bulbs to grow, bloom, and rest as they see fit... but forcing dormancy is also an option, depending on when you want to schedule blooming....See Morebest soil for potting up new bare root hostas
Comments (12)for a pot.. i would use a pro blend of peat/perlite/vermiculite .. with 1/3 mini bark chunks ... store bone dry in a garbage can for 100 years .... for the ground .. stay natural ... compost/manure.. etc ... improve your soil.. rather than a given hole .... if bad clay soil.. see above re: pots ... if maple.. see above re: pots ... lol ==>> in potting culture.. i would rely on a PROFESSIONAL potting media.. souped up with added drainage thru the bark ... i am of the position.. that mother earth does NOT belong in pots.. and compost is just an unprocessed form of mother earth.. and so is manure ... 'engineering' potting media.. is all about achieving a PREDICTABLE basis of water management ... and there is nothing predictable with cow poop.. or leaf poop .. or any other poop ... [gold star for most use of poop in one paragraph.. thank you all for this award ...] but of course.. its all great stuff as a soil amendment ... now.. that was my opinion ... if you have used it enough .. in pots.. and feel secure with use.. you just go do whatever you want .. but do consider the course additive of bark ... worst that could come of it all is that you have to come back and tell me i was right .. or you came back and tell us.. it worked your way ... good luck ken Here is a link that might be useful:...See MorePotting Or Planting New Bare Root Roses?
Comments (15)I actually prefer growing them in containers. When I first started growing roses, I lived in an apartment and didn't want to plant them in the ground, seeing as how I only rented the place and didn't want to leave them if I ever moved. Later on, I did decide to try planting some in the ground, and only one survived. It does seem better to start them off in their own pots first, letting them become somewhat established with more of a root structure. It would give them a much better start at growing bigger and stronger, better able to handle being planted in the ground later on, should you decide to do so. My neighbor loved my roses and he would always come by and buy some from me for his wife. There is one drawback to growing them in containers. Theft. I had this absolutely gorgeous rose called "Royal William." It had deep red, fragrant roses, that was my favorite. I came home one day and someone had come by and stole the plant right off of my porch. I've been wanting another one of that variety ever since. But where I live now is a much better and more secluded neighborhood. I joke around with my friends about how I could leave all my doors wide open and leave for the day, and no one would bother my stuff, lol. I love my neighbors, and they all love my garden....See Morenikthegreek
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