Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser
Create organic nutrient rich soil with Yates Dynamic Lifter for better root growth, stronger plants and more flowers and fruit.
Winter is bare rooted rose planting season, the perfect time to add a stunning new variety to your current collection or start your brand new rose growing journey. Bare rooted roses are available in garden centres and via mail order during winter. They are thoroughly pruned leafless rose bushes sold in small plastic bags of potting mix. A bare rooted rose bears little resemblance to the magnificent flowering plant it can become, however cast your mind forward to spring and summer when it will be delighting you with masses of blooms.
Here are some simple steps to give it the best possible start:
Many roses will also grow very well in pots. Choose a pot at least 30cm in diameter and partially fill with a good quality potting mix like Yates Premium Potting Mix. Place the rose in the pot and backfill around the root zone with potting mix, keeping the graft union 5cm above the final level of potting mix. Water in well to settle the potting mix around the roots. Potted roses will require more frequent watering than in-ground roses, so monitor potting mix moisture levels regularly.
Sometimes a rose will produce new shoots prematurely during winter. These are vulnerable to damage from cold and frosts. If your roses are developing tender new growth, spray leaves and stems with Yates Waterwise® DroughtShield®. It creates a thin flexible protective film over the shoots which helps reduce frost damage.
At the end of winter and early spring, roses will start to wake from their winter slumber and it’s time to feed them. Apply some Yates Thrive® Natural Roses & Flowers Pelletised Organic Based Plant Food around the root zone, which is a complete fertiliser that is specially formulated to provide roses with the nutrients they need to grow healthy foliage and lots of heavenly flowers.
Pruning
Winter, when roses are leafless and dormant, is the ideal time to prune roses. Completely remove any dead stems, which are usually grey, and crowded or overlapping growth in the middle of the bush, and then cut all the remaining healthy stems down to around knee height, apart from standard or lollipop roses, banksia and climbing roses. David Austin roses should be trimmed back by about a third. If you have time, prune each stem to just above an outward facing bud. If you’re time poor or a bit unsure, then take no notice of the buds! You can even use hedge shears or loppers rather than secateurs. Winter pruning helps promote healthier plants and a much better flower show, so it’s well worthwhile devoting some time to pruning your roses.
Pest & Disease Prevention
There is a range of rose pests and diseases, such as powdery mildew, scale and mites, that are lying in wait on rose stems during winter, ready to infect new spring foliage and flower buds. Used at the higher winter rate, Yates Lime Sulfur will control powdery mildew, scale insects and mites, helping to break the pest and disease cycle and give the rose the best possible fresh start in spring. Once the rose bush is pruned, spray all stems thoroughly with Yates® Lime Sulfur. It’s a pungent (it smells a little like rotten eggs) but very effective way to control rose pests and diseases.
Create organic nutrient rich soil with Yates Dynamic Lifter for better root growth, stronger plants and more flowers and fruit.
A special combination of organic ingredients boosted with fast-acting fertilisers, so you can enjoy bigger and more prolific beautiful blooms.
Controls a range of fungal diseases and pests on fruit trees, tomatoes, grapes, roses & ornamentals. No withholding period.
These crystals absorb up to 400 times their own weight in water. This water is then released back to the plants over time as they require it.
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