Question about pot size for a rose say the size of a floribunda rose. I'll use Disneyland rose as an example for size. I'm probably going to be moving in the next six months or so, and I'm gonna start potting up some of the roses I plan on taking with me. Would 20" work?
Carly, are you planning on keeping them in the pots from now until after you move? Will you be planting them after you move or keeping them in pots? Are you wanting to do this now since you have a lot of plants to pot up?
If you could wait until the plant goes dormant (which I am not sure it would do depending on where you are in San Diego). I would wait until the weather got cooler and perhaps force the plant into dormancy by pruning it and removing all the leaves.
It is important to have good root depth in the pot if you are planning on keeping it in a pot after you move. Plus you want to get as many of the roots in the pot when you transplant. I would not use garden soil in the pot but a good potting mix, so water will flow freely through the pot and not sit there and drown the rose (if you have clay soil).
For such a mature rose, I would go with at least 24 inches in diameter and at least 16 inches in root depth for a pot (more if you can). Again, given that you have six months until you move, I would tend to pot them up in December/January for the move (after pruning them).
Well I will probably be keeping them in pots because I will probably be moving into an apartment. I have some that have been in the ground and are mature and I have a few newly purchased roses that are still in their nursery pots. Thanks again.
Then I would definitely try to get the biggest pots that you can to plant them in. Use a good, lightweight potting soil. Use those thicker Styrofoam pots if you can find them. They will help to protect the roots of the rose from heat than the thinner plastic ones.
If you are moving to an upstairs apartment, then you need to be concerned about weight of the pot of the rose so I would not suggest a clay pot. Also, I have bought an adapter for my hose and kitchen faucet and have been able to water the pots I had (when I lived in an apartment) from my kitchen sink! (No, there were no leaks to ruin the floors of the apartment). Saved a lot of time in watering!
Oh thank you so much! Yes I am definitely going to do strictly plastic. I told my bf no upstairs apartments. I need room for my plants! So hopefully we can find something with a bit of room. The styrofoam peanuts idea is genius! I think I've done that before but with pine cones. Does make a major difference in weight so thank you for bringing that up. 😁
Why, how are the styrofoam peanuts used?
I understand the weight aspect. Just not were they are being utilized. The bottom of the pot, mixed in the potting soil, on top of the soil?
My excuse is `the cold slowes my brain down`.
My pots are resin pots that are like Styrofoam (that is what they look like). It really helps to protect the roots during the hot summer and the cold winters. I have not used stryofoam peanuts in the pots.
@Mustbnuts,
I misread, you did write `Styrofoam` pots.
Those as well as the resin pots would help me a lot.
Thank you for the info! @carlysuko,
Best wishes on your move.
May you have plenty of moving boxes for your stuff, and somebody ELSE to move them for you!
