subject: 3 Mistakes People Make When Planting Rose Bushes [print this page] When you plan rose bushes there are commonly three mistakes that people make; digging the wrong sized hole, buying the wrong age of bush, and giving it the wrong kind of dirt. These mistakes tend to make rose bushes to fail.
When going to plant your rose bushes, you had best try to avoid the following mistakes:
Not digging the right size hole:
Most of the time people won't dig their hole deep enough so that the roots will be exposed. Then the roots will be crushed into the dirt.
This is bad for your bush and it will probably die, you will then of wasted all your time with it too.
You need to make sure that your hole is deep enough to cover the roots. Doing this will ensure that they won't be crushed. Then the stems will start right when the grown covers rest.
Wrong age of the bush:
People will think that if they buy buds now they will grow roses right away.
This is the furthest from the truth, if you want to claim you raised your roses from a bud, then do this, just do not expect good roses for at least 2 years.
So, the best way to start is to have a rose bush that is 2 - 3 years old, which means you will get your roses the first year your plant them, and not have to wait all that time.
Having the wrong kind of dirt:
A lot of people will fill the hole covering the roots and think the bush is going to be good.
The dirt doesn't have added vitamins or minerals that fertilized dirt does.
So you should take the dirt you dug out and mix it with fertilizer giving the rose bush all it needs to grow healthy and will give it lots of years to live.
Now that you know that when you plant bushes that there are three mistakes to avoid. You should watch the age of the rose bush you buy, plant it with the right kind of dirt, and make sure to dig the hole deep so it will cover the roots, along with the mixture of fertilizer.
