Comments on: Mini rose plant care

By: Heidi Eash

Heidi Eash — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:24:56 +0000

I have nine mini roses leftover from my wedding in the beginning of Sept. I have repotted them to bigger pots than what they were in and water regularly. All my house windows are shaded so bringing them indoors for the winter doesn’t seem to be an option. I have them sitting on the porch where they can get sun. Will they be okay there for the winter (I live in Plain City, OH) or shall I put them in my garage?

Hi Heidi
You can keep your mini roses on the porch for a little while longer but once the deep cold sets in, they will have to be protected. You can move them into a garage and keep them dormant. Your other option is to plant them outdoors before it really gets too cold. Make sure you water them in well. When the ground freezes add 2-3 inches of mulch around the plant to keep the roots from freezing. The stem may die back in winter but if the roots survive, they will send out new growth in spring.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:06:51 +0000

Last November I received a potted mini rose plant due to surgery. It was in full bloom with lots of leaves. During the year I kept it inside and watered everytime the soil was dry(which seemed like it was all the time). The buds died and some leaves turned yellow and fell off. Back in mid August my step mother informed me that mini roses love it out side. I put the plant outside on my back deck. One half of the plant it just brown sticks and the other half looks like it loves it out side. It has not bloomed again. I live in CT and it is now October. Nights are getting cold. Is the one half of the plant dead? Should I repot it? Should I take it inside for the winter? I am afaid to kill it. I have lots of room to plant outside, but I didn’t know I could have planted it outside. Should I do that now? Help! Thanks.

Hi Stacey
Plant is outside asap and see above comment.

By: Jenn1971

Jenn1971 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:54:53 +0000

Winterover mini rose
Please help!
I have one of these mini roses, in a pot indoors. It was purchased for me from a grocery store recently. I have kept it out on my sunporch, where it got afternoon sun and did well. As the weather turned cool recently, I am curious – how do I keep this lovely little plant alive over the winter? Here are my details:
I live in Zone 2. Yes, 2. I cannot plant this little flower outside.
My house faces east. I have no windows on the south side of my home. The only reliable light is the afternoon, in my sun porch. In other words, my house does not get any natural light to keep house plants. I CAN’T keep houseplants alive. I gave up trying years ago.
Also (bad, I know) I never took it out of the original 4″ store pot. When it was given to me I honestly didn’t think it would live this long.
It gets cold here in the winter, often -40. So, it gets almost that cold in my sunporch.
Can I simulate a milder winter for this plant somehow? Maybe in it’s pot in my basement or something?
Any suggestions would be so helpful!

Hi Jen
Once the plant looses its leaves, stop watering and store the rose in its pot in the basement especially if you have a cold area or garage. Keep it barely moist at above freezing temperatures. In spring when it starts to warm up, bring the plant to light and when new growth starts repot it in fresh soil or plant outside for the summer. I haven’t tried this, but it think its worth a try. Let us know.
You can also try burying the pot outdoors close to the house in a protected area and after the ground freezes put 3-6 inches of mulch on top or protect it with a rose cone and see if that works. See comment to Emma from Sept 29, 2006 on winterize Mini rose

By: June

June — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:01:16 +0000

Hi, I got a small rose plant in a pot for my birthday. I do not have space outdoor so I keep it in the little pot on my window sill so it will get tons of light. I’ve been careful with water and gave it about 1/3 of a mug every other day. For the past few days that I’ve had it, the roses all wilted, including the rose buds that haven’t even bloomed yet. I trimmed all of them off. The plant also came with a pack of clear jelly-like liquid that I have no idea what it is, so I put it on the surface of the soil. My questions are:
1. What is the clear jelly-liquid and what do I do with it?
2. Why are the roses wilting so fast and how do I make the plant healthy again?
3. What do I do in the winter when my apartment is gonna get pretty cold, no lights, and no eventual outdoor space to plant it?
Thank you so much for your help!

By: Tonya

Tonya — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:52:06 +0000

I have mini roses and I have transplanted them in new pots using good soil and I have them on my porch. I have had them for about 3 weeks now and they are loosing their buds and leaves making it look bare. I have lots of roses and plants and I have never had a problem with any of them. I need some help to save them.

HI Tonya
It is difficult to determine what’s wrong with them. Perhaps your mini roses are still in transplant shock, although I would think that by now they should be responding with new growth. Are they getting enough sun?

By: minu

minu — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:17:53 +0000

Thank you so much
can u suggest any particular
“bloom boost 10-50-10″ ,the proportion for each plant and how many times a month in morning/evening.

Hi Minu
When you buy the fertilizer, it will have the recommended dosage on the package. Feed every two weeks during the active growing season. Make sure the soil is wet before you fertilize. Water in the AM and then fertilize.

By: minu

minu — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:20:20 +0000

Hi,
please help me
I bought 4 miniature rose plant this june and placed in pots in my balcony
The first plant(yellow color) is looking very healthy,but it doesn’t produce a single bud.The second plant(Baby Rose color)produce single bud and bloom after 3 weeks and after that no bud.The third plant(red color) it have some yellow leaves and some powder like thing over it leaves and it produce single bud and bloom after 3 weeks and after that no bud.The fourth one(orange)pretty good produces one bud for one month.What can i do so that they produce more buds and start blooming.
thanks in advance
I live in Maryland.

Hi Minu
For a last flush of bloom, try feeding your roses with a bloom boost 10-50-10, that should stimulate some flower buds. If you plan to leave the roses outside for the winter, then you will have to plant them in the ground and stop fertilizing after August. The white powdery substance is powdery mildew.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:22:34 +0000

this is out of the question but how do you revive a tomato
plant that is torn in half???

Is it split top to bottom down the middle? or top half cut off? If its split down the middle there is nothing you can do.

By: Betty

Betty — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:01:36 +0000

I bought a very healthy mini-red rose plant from the grocery store about two weeks ago. I placed it on my covered porch on my home so the plant gets light and a some sun. It still is in the cover on the bottom of the plant. Now the leaves are turning yellow and the beautiful red buds and flowers have drooped over except for one. I’m wondering if I over watered it, it needs more sunlight or the pot needs enlargement. Please advise.

Hi Betty
Remove the cover on the bottom of the plant. Standing water inside the cover will rot the roots. Let the plant dry out and then water when the top 1-2 inches are dry. Make sure when you water that it drains out from the bottom of the pot and the rose isn’t sitting in the excess water. If the mini rose doesn’t recover in a few weeks, then repotting in fresh soil might be a good idea.

By: kathy

kathy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:19:04 +0000

I live in Southern CA, where the temp is 115 in the summer. I bought a mini rose tree that had flowers and leaves on it. Within 3 weeks the flowers fell off as well as the leaves. It was in direct sunlight in the morning (100 degres) and watered once a week. I moved it indoors and have it in direct sunlight with the temp around 78. No new leaves or flowers yet, it has been indoors for about one week. Also, I cut off the base of the dead flowers, was this correct.

Hi Kathy
Roses are not fond of heat. You did the right thing to bring it to cooler temperatures. You can trim the dead flowers up to the leaf that has 5 leaflets on it.