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Growing Mini Roses
Growing mini roses is pretty similar to growing regular roses (funny thing that!) :-) They require a full 6-8 hours of hot sunshine a day. Yes, they’ll survive with a little less but like their larger cousins, they’ll reduce their flowering for every little bit of light less than what they require. I note in commercial rose production a reduction in light of 1% results in a flower production drop of 1%. They require feeding I generally recommend a spring feeding with compost to get the soil activated and then at first flower bud start using an organic feed such as fish emulsion to provide them with a little “extra” to help with flower production. I do not use chemical fertilizers as these tend to wipe out beneficial soil microorganisms that help the plants. They’ll require adequate water A common garden recipe in growing mini roses is to recommend 1 to 1.5 inches of water every week. Put this on in two three-quarter inch applications spaced equally over the week. I have an inexpensive rain gauge in my garden to evaluate how much water the rain or sprinkler system puts on. It is probably one of the best $2. investments I’ve made in tools.
Growing mini roses means putting them in good soil. Clay is fine for roses. As is an average garden soil. What a rose will not grow well in is a sandy soil unless you really watch the watering and maintain water levels. Dry a rose out and flower production and growth plummets. Perversely and conversely, a rose will not tolerate standing water for any length of time so this is not a good pond-side plant. Pruning is a really easy skill to master with growing miniature roses. If you want more. Here’s a link to propagating miniature roses The diseases/cures and pests/prevention are the same for growing mini roses as they are for regular roses and links to those topics can be found on this page Click here for free newsletter or to ask about growing mini roses
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