How to care for a potted rose at home in winter: what to do with a houseplant after purchase, how to grow it healthy in the cold, keeping secrets

Winter for a room rose is a period of deep dormancy. Sometimes flower growers mistakenly take this condition for the death of a plant.

A competent approach to caring for a sleeping prickly beauty is very important, because it depends on how healthy and decorative the plant will be during the period of active vegetation.

About how indoor roses winter, and how to provide care for them at home, will be discussed in our article.

Features of the flower during the winter

Life cycle

Rose bushes in pots prefer not to deal with the ups and downs of the cold season, but simply fall into hibernation, accumulating strength for subsequent successful flowering.

Reference! A rose can not go on vacation only if the winter has turned out to be very warm. The plant can tie buds in December.

Some gardeners achieve year-round flowering, stimulating the rose with fertilizing and additional lighting, but it is important to remember that under this regime the plant is quickly depleted and can either take a long pause in flowering or die completely.

Care Secrets

What to do with a potted plant after purchase?

The domestic rose, not the first year pleasing its owner with beauty, in winter, as a rule, stays in a period of rest and requires appropriate care, the same every year.

A potted rose brought from a store is usually in the flowering stage and must be taken care of as follows:

If the pot is placed in the package, it must be removed, since the lack of air flow to the plant provokes the development of fungal diseases.
The rose needs to be rid of dried leaves and branches.
Rinse under a warm shower to flush out any pests.
Cut flowers and buds. Shop plants are treated with stimulants aimed at creating abundant flowering, which, often, the rose is too strong and leads to its death.
If several bushes are planted simultaneously in a pot, they need to be planted.
Treat with special preparations against fungi and pests.
After two to three weeks, transplant the rose into a new container.
In the evenings, spray with cool boiled water.

Step-by-step instructions on how to grow a room flower in the cold at home

Preparation for the rest period

In the autumn, after flowering is finished, the rose is prepared for the rest period. Watering and top dressing at this time reduce and provide air humidification after turning on central heating. Nutrients introduced into the soil at this time should not contain a large amount of nitrogen.

In late autumn, it is necessary to carry out sanitary pruning.

Do I need to rearrange to another place?

There should be no radiators near the wintering bush.therefore, if the rose spent the summer on the windowsill, for the winter you need to move it to another place. It is not recommended to rearrange the pot from place to place during the resting period of the rose, as well as drastically change the conditions of its home maintenance.

Conditions of detention

In the room where the rose bush hibernates, the temperature should not exceed 15-17 degrees. In December, you can take the plant to a glazed balcony, while the pot is placed in a bucket of sawdust so that the soil and roots do not freeze.

If for some reason the temperature in the room where the rose is kept has dropped below zero degrees, you need to consider that in this mode the culture can only survive for a few days. In order to prevent frostbite, the soil in the pot must be covered with a layer of coniferous needles, and wrap the container itself with warm material.

Rose refers to photophilous plants and in winter, with a lack of sunlight, it is compensated by highlighting with phyto- or fluorescent lamps, which are located at a height of 30-35 centimeters above the crown of the rose. The backlight is turned on three to four times a day.

The main problem for roses in the heating season is too dry air. Humidity can be increased by spraying or by installing a flower pot on a pallet with wet expanded clay.

Watering

Wintering rose does not need frequent watering, the plant rests and recovers after flowering. Soil can be moistened only two to three days after drying. About twice every ten days. Water for irrigation is used soft and with a temperature of no higher than 18 degrees.

Top dressing

In winter, you do not need to add nutrients to the soil for a potted rose. The plant is in a dormant state, allowing to successfully lay the future formation of buds. Stimulation of the plant during this period will lead it out of hibernation and cause it to gain green mass, which will negatively affect the general condition of the rose. Read how to fertilize roses at other times of the year here.

Pruning

Pruning is best done in December. The procedure is carried out as follows:

Weakened and dry branches, as well as shoots growing inside the bush, are removed with a sharp secateurs.
After removal of each process, the blade is wiped with an antiseptic.
The main stems are cut by a third so that 5-6 eyes are left on each.
Place the cuts sprinkled with charcoal or activated carbon.
After pruning, the rose bush is placed in a cool place.

We offer a visual video of cropping a room rose:

Transfer

The best time to transplant a healthy plant is the first half of springbut if for some reason the rose needs to be transplanted in the winter, it is advisable to do it in December, before the flower has hibernated. You can transplant a flower brought from a store in winter without fear, since such a plant, as a rule, is in the period of vegetation and flowering.

Transplantation is carried out according to the following scheme:

Water the rose plentifully, wait until the soil is saturated with moisture.
Turn over the flower pot and shake a little while holding the plant with your hand.
At the bottom of the new tank, which must have holes for the outflow of water, lay a layer of expanded clay one centimeter high.
The soil must be nutritious. The optimal composition of the soil mixture is sand, humus and sod land in a ratio of 1: 4: 4. You can use ready-made store mixes.
The rose is placed in a new pot and covered with soil so that between the edge of the pot and the soil surface there is a distance of two to three centimeters.
The transplanted culture needs to be placed for a day in a darkened place and in no case immediately watered, you can only sprinkle the leaves a little.
After a day, the rose is moved to the east or south side.

We offer you to get acquainted with a visual video of the process of transplanting a room rose:

Mistakes in winter care and the fight against their consequences

If, due to too low temperatures, the potted rose is frozen, it can be reanimated by transplanting into a new container with nutrient soil, while removing all frost-bitten shoots and leaves.
A sharp change in temperature or care during rest can cause the flower to dry out. In this case, you need to restore the previous microclimate and trim.
Excessive humidity invariably leads to rotting of the rose. It can be saved by transplantation with the preliminary removal of all decayed roots and subsequent observance of irrigation norms.
If the plant withered due to scarce watering, you need to remove all dead shoots so that a few centimeters remain to the trunk, then moisten the soil abundantly and cover the rose with a plastic dome so that new shoots quickly form under conditions of high humidity.

Carelessness in caring for a rose inevitably leads to problems. Reanimating a plant is always more difficult than following the recommendations for care, therefore, in the cultivation of prickly beauty, the bet should be placed primarily on monitoring the condition of the flower and maintaining optimal conditions for it.