Hello everyone,
I honestly just wanted to share this as a sort of reflection.
I bought some miniature roses about a month ago from a grocery store and I was super excited to finally have my own rose, but it wasn't doing the best...
A few weeks ago I realized what I was sold was actually 8 different roses stuffed together.
I separated them, hoping they would survive and do well and potentially even give them away to family/friend or sell them for cheap
Unfortunately, that's not what happened.
I have a tendency to overwater especially in this situation because I had thought they were drying out
Additionally, I bought new pots but completely forgot to check their drainage holes which were extremely small meaning the water wasn't draining well
Adding on to that, the soil I was using wasn't the greatest, it was very heavy.
Finally, the nail in the coffin, I was watering the roses at night time and the water would remain stagnant in the cold night.
All these things added up and all 8 of the roses got root rot and today I dug them up and washed the roots and discovered the rot and it was unsalvageable.
I 100% believe that they could have all survived with the proper conditions.
It's very disappointing and saddening to say the least.
However, it was at the very least a learning experience for rose care and knowing what roses want.
I know it's a very basic lesson but it's one I really needed to learn; water isn't always the solution.
If I had the chance to redo it, I would get better soil
Not water them so much, even if the top looked dry, I would give them like a week or so just to hang out
Make sure it has proper drainage/really good drainage
Water in the morning or maybe even in the full sun as I feel that would have been more effective than night time.
(I'm not sure if anyone would have better advice?)
As a last ditch attempt at trying to save any piece of the mini rose, I decided to try and propagate the healthiest canes so we'll see what happens but i'm not really expecting the greatest results given the time of year
Anyway, I know this was probably long but I felt like I needed to type this out and maybe it'll help out other rose lovers
Have a great day everyone! (:
