How to prune roses to make them bloom more (how to prune potted roses)

Rose is a flower that many people like. The flowers are brightly colored and have high ornamental value. Moreover, it symbolizes beautiful love and is loved by many female flower lovers.

If you have potted roses at home, pruning is a very necessary thing. If the pruning work is done well, the roses can keep blooming. Here I will briefly share with you how to prune roses.

Why do roses need pruning?

When roses grow, they will have many leggy branches, diseased branches, dead branches, and withered flowers, all of which need to be dealt with through pruning.

These branches and flowers will consume nutrients. If they are not pruned, it will affect the growth of roses, causing them to have yellow leaves or even die, so pruning is very necessary.

Rose pruning time

Roses can be pruned as long as the flowers fade or when they have overgrown, diseased, or dead branches.

How to prune roses

First, when pruning roses, it is most important to prune at about 3 to 5 nodes, counting from the base of the rose branch, about halfway through the branch.

Second, when pruning, you should disinfect the scissors and then prune. All the dead branches, yellow leaves and broken flowers on the branches should be pruned off. Even some small flower buds should be pruned off at the same time. Don't feel sorry for them, and keep some large and strong flower buds.

Third, pay attention to the shape when pruning, and the height of the branches should be coordinated to make the roses more beautiful after pruning and enhance their ability to sprout new buds and flower buds.

[Summary] Although roses are beautiful, their daily maintenance and management are very important, whether it is light, watering, fertilizing or pruning.

Learning the correct pruning method can extend the flowering period of roses. If the temperature and light are suitable, they can bloom all year round.