Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 1986
Influence of Root Pruning and Fertilizer on Survival and Quality of Two Bare-Root Rose Cultivars
Influence of Root Pruning and Fertilizer on Survival and Quality of Two Bare-Root Rose Cultivars
Page Range: 29 – 31
Bareroot, field-grown ‘Mon-Cheri’ and ‘Olympiad’ roses were planted in containers with light or heavy root pruning and 6 fertilizer treatments. Heavy root pruning resulted in a 43% loss of ‘Mon-Cheri’, but only 2% losses of ‘Olympiad’ roses. The medium rate of 4.8 kg/m3 (8.15 yd3) of Osmocote 18N-26P-9.8K (18-6-12) increased survival, growth and appearance in containers. Following transplanting into the landscape, both slow-release N, P, K fertilizer and a micronutrient fertilizer increased floral counts for both cultivars.
Keywords: Containers; field-grown; plant establishment; roses;
Rosa × hybrida
Copyright: Copyright, All Rights Reserved 1986
Contributor Notes
Journal Series #4821 of the Okla. Agri. Exp. Sta., Stillwater.
2Former Professor of Horticulture; present address—Route 5, Box 174, Stillwater OK 74074.
Received: 31 May 1985