How should I care for my miniature roses?
June 19, 2009 by admin
Filed under caring for roses
I got a some potted miniature roses the other day on a whim, and they already seem to be struggling. When I got home, I repotted them into a pot slightly larger than the one they'd been in and have watered them as the soil felt dry. They are indoors, but near a window that gets plenty of light throughout the afternoon/evening.
Today I cut off everything that seemed dead hoping that would help, but I didn't know if there was something more I should be doing. This is my first attempt in a long time at a plant of any kind because I've tended to have a black thumb in the past.
Any suggestions for how to help my plant?
ps- I bought it at the grocery store, not some fancy gardening place. Is that maybe why it started dying off so quickly?
Grocery stores don't tend to care for their plants very well. Repotting and deadheading were good things to do, I think they just need some recovery time. Care for them as you would any other rose. Even though they're miniature they do better outside, I've never had one inside that lasted very long. I planted some outside thirty years ago and they are still going strong. Good luck.
I think it is probably done flowering for the year, and the plant just killed off the flowers and leaves. It is fine as long as the branches and stem are still hardy
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Grocery stores don't tend to care for their plants very well. Repotting and deadheading were good things to do, I think they just need some recovery time. Care for them as you would any other rose. Even though they're miniature they do better outside, I've never had one inside that lasted very long. I planted some outside thirty years ago and they are still going strong. Good luck.
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put them outside
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I think something like roses would really be better off outside, and then you wouldn't have to worry about potting it again. New plants usually go through a lot of stress, so it might need to get itself stabilized before it starts to thrive. If you water it everyday, and plant it outside somewhere warm and sunny, and make sure that the soil is good (plant with some seaweed or banana peels for help) it probably just needs some persistent care.
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Roses generally need full sun throughout the day – you may need to try to move them to a window that gets sunlight all day if possible – theres almost no such thing as too much sun for roses.
Just keep them watered – also make sure the pot is ventilated so the water can drain – because you can drown a plant if the water just sits in the pot.
If you keep them watered fertilized and good sunlight on them they should bloom multiple times when healthy.
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All roses need at least 5 or 6 hours of direct sunlight to grow well. Keeping the pot in a place where it gets only the afternoon sun may not be enough for your miniature roses.
The problem with grocery stores is that they use cheaper root stock to graft on so they can have wider margins. You can’t tell what stock it is by looking at it, so you’ll have to ask, but that would probably give you blank faces from the staff. You’d be better off buying from a nursery to get better quality root stock, and those rose should do well.
Try adding cow manure to the soil in your pot (if you can take the smell!). Cow manure is acidic and roses do best in acidic organic matter.
Also by keeping roses in pots there’s a possible danger of losing moisture in the soil quickly. The ground will always be cooler, and, since it’s a bigger mass the water won’t evaporate so quickly, but a pot is smaller and heats up quickly. That will dry the water out faster, so you’ll need to water quite often.