Over Watered 8" Potted Rose...What should i do?
Question:I bought a potted rose that is in about an 8" pott from the local grocery store and it came with the foil around the bottom. I kept watering it daily until i realized all the water was sitting at the bottom because the foil could not drain. since then i have put it outside to drain and it is looking pretty weak.(It has lots of green leaves, the roses are just shriveling up) What more can i do to make the rose better? Should i cut off the roses to concentrate its efforts towards making itself better?
Its a rose I Would Like to Keep in the pot and then plant after fourth of July?
What Can I Do?
Answers:
if the plant still has lots of green leaves, it sounds like its fine. the flowers won't last forever! but yes, it is a good idea to deadhead the plant. trim the flower off and cut down to the first set of 5 leaves after the flower. the whole life cycle of a plant is to make flowers to make seeds to reproduce. by cutting off the flower no seeds are produced, so the plant will make more flowers in order to produce more seeds! good drainage is KEY to a rose plants well being, so keep that in mind. take the foil off, and find a spot in the garden that's sunny and well drained.
Repot your rose in a larger pot and put it in the sun and give it a chance to dry out. Roses, even miniature roses get pretty big and need room to grow. Make sure your pot has drainage like holes in the bottom, a few stones or broken pots. Dead head your roses to the first set of "5" leaves. Dead heading to the next set of five leaves will promote new growth. Depending on how hot and windy it is you don't have to water a rose more than once a week. Give it a big drink. If it is really hot then you might have to give it a drink every other day. Once it is in the ground and established then you rarely have to water a rose at all. However, until it is established you will need to give it a good drink at least once a week. Roses will let you know when they are thirsty by drooping their leaves. Good luck
Keep gambling on it. If you took it out of the foil and it is drained out, it may well recover, had a couple like that and they are several years old. If the soil is still really wet, depot it for a while and let the root ball air out and the soil dry.
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