Why Is My Rose Bush Growing But Not Blooming?

Rose plants are very beautiful when they have full of roses. It also has thrones in the plant, which makes it difficult for pets to eat the leaves.

Rose plant flowers are used for many things, flowers themselves look so beautiful and used for decoration purpose, bouquets, They are also used for making deodorant. This also smells so good. Recently I read people also use organic flowers for smoking purposes which I felt so weird.

Rose plant bush is growing but not blooming flowers because it’s usually too much nitrogen fertilizer in the soil. Excess of nitrogen promotes foliage growth without flowers results in leggy growth with no flowers. Pests, pruning, and lack of light at the wrong time of the year can also cause the rose bush not to bloom.

These are the steps I followed to get more flowers when I am not able to get flowers in my rose plant.

Here are the exact steps I followed:

1. Reduce the Fertilizer (Too much Nitrogen)

One of the most common reasons for not them to bloom is high nitrogen fertilizers or over-fertilization. Those rose plants generate more foliage than rose flowers.

Use well-balanced fertilizers when feeding your roses so that all rose’s nutritional requirements are met.

Too much the wrong fertilizer will encourage the plant to produce foliage at the expense of blossoms.

I always use alfalfa fertilizer this encourages healthy plant growth.

2. Nutrients poor soil (pH levels)

Roses are relatively heavy feeders so it’s Important to get the balance of nutrients right.

Dig up the top layer of the soil for airing the roots.

The important step for the proper growth of the rose plants is the preparation of soil with proper drainage.

The poor drainage leads to drown the well growing roses.

Better mixture of soil for rose plant that leads to fast growth is add 50 percentage of garden soil and to it mix 50 percentage of compost (peat moss).

Peat moss helps to retain the nutrients longer and make sure if you are using peat moss you are not supposed to allow the soil to get completely dry out.

The composted manure of cow , goat , sheep are highly preferable for the mixture of soil.

The manure should be added at the bottom of the hole to avoid the burning of new roots.

3. Protect Rose Buds from Pests (Diseases)

I always inspect my rose plant for pests, dead stems and I always remove them from the plant.

Sometimes I use soapy water to remove them, sometimes I use insecticides to remove them from plants.

Rose plants suffer from black spots, basically from winter, just remove the foilage whenever they occur.

It also suffers from mildew, needs soapy water or sprays water to remove them from plants. (White powder-like substance on buds or plants top.)

4. Lack of Exposure to Sunlight

Rose plant need six to seven hours of direct sunlight. Rose plants can not be grown as a indoor plant because roses need minimum sunlight to grow.

The rose bushes love the sunlight to perform its process of growing. More of sunlight can leads to good growth of bushes.

The disadvantage of the rose plant incase if its kept in shade place is that, the plant does not bloom properly, diseases may get attacked to the plant and plant stops growing in-between , weakens the root conditions and bushes of the rose plant.

5. Lack of Pruning

If you didn’t do pruning before 20-30 days of flowering time then there are fewer chances that we will get more flowers.

It is not enough to prune only once, just before the flowering time.

We need to prune every time deadhead the flower. In rose plant we need to remove the flowers once its time is over or aged.

6. Pruning at correct time for more Blooms

Pruning plays an important role to get new shoots and new shoots will give more buds for sure. Just prune 20- 30 days before the flowering season. To encourage the new growth of the plant

The best season to prune is early November when we get the next 3 months full flowering season to get full flowers from it.

Some tips for pruning your rose plants:

• Use your Best well-sanitized tools to prune correctly.
• angle cut just above a bud eye to prune it properly.
• Another tip is to prune the outward-facing bud eye.
• prune thin or crosses stems, this also helps in good air circulation.
• remove dead stems (remove as near to base stem possible)
• Pruned cuttings can be used to grow a new plant.

After 10 days new stems and buds will start growing. After another 10 days will produce more buds, Plant will try to give buds in the coming days.

7. Environmental Stress

Rose plant that is under stress from any source like more heat or more cold, or more wind, or insects attacks this will stop a rose plant from blooming.

If you stay in a place where it freezes so you can expect the to plant survive and flower.

If you stay in a place where it has more than 90 F (>35C) then also its difficult for the rose plant to give the flowers.

8. Watering

Its common that all the plants need water to survive. But rose plants need water supply based on the weather conditions.

There are few factors to be considered like the type of soil used, drainage, mulching, variety of plant, weather and area which determines how much and how often the plant needs the supply of water.

Rose plants requires more water if the weather is too hot or dry. In some locations where there is lots of sun, heat and sandy the soil will drain fast and retains very less water. Therefore, water supply should be more often in such areas.

Similarly, in some locations where the place is cool, wet, shaded places, protected and clay soil requires less supply of water the soil drains more slowly and retains very more water and hence water supply should be less in such areas.

All the plants requires organic matter like compost which boost the water retention and drainage.

If you feel the soil is completely dry then water it deeply.

In some cases the soil on the surface level may feel dry but in the lower level the soil may be wet. In this case the plant does not need the supply of water.

Some times the lower soil may feel soggy which means the plant as got too much of water supply which leads to kill the roses.

When the new plants are planted they will have small root systems, Which requires more water for little time until they start to establish properly.

When you are watering make sure the water is supplied slowly and deeply inside the soil so that the entire root zone is evenly wet.

In winter season its suggested to water the plant with the help of hand as there will be limited supply of water to the soil.

If the soil seems to be too dried and if you are planning to water more then its better to water the plant little earlier, So that the water dries off before evening.

If the soil is too wet for a long time then it leads to the growth of fungus-like powdery mildew, black spot, and rust.

Do not water the plant of rose bushes unnecessarily during winter months and when the snowfall or rain is more.

9. Blind Shoots

Removing blind shoots should be carried while you are removing deadheading roses.

This is basically removing new shoots which don’t have buds to bloom. This happens because of less sun exposure to plants.

May be plant is kept in shade. so removing the blind shoots and causes new branches to start from there and they may have new buds in the coming days.

Tips:

1. Soil pH changes absorbtion of nutrients and should be between 6.0-7.0. Test your soil with soil testing meter to determine if its needs adjustment. Then you can choose right amendment to level the pH level
2. I always water before and after fertilizing . This will deliver the nutrients to root zone effectively especially plants will not go into shock or prevent from root burn .
3. Apply insecticides or pesticides in the morning in the day to allow leaves to dry out to help to preven disease.
4. Don’t apply more quantity fertilizer thinking that your plant will super grow, but this will make the plant burn.
5. If you are applying any inorganic fertilizer check the label for quantity and how to apply fertilizer.

FAQ:

How to increase flowering in rose plants?

To increase flowering in the Rose plants needs to start preparing plants before 20-30 days by pruning, fertilizing, giving enough exposure to sunlight, watering when needed, mulching, inspecting of pest importantly deadheading, pruning after cut of flowers.

How to make roses bloom faster?

To get more flowers and bloom faster in the Rose plant needs to start preparing plants before 20-30 days by pruning, fertilizing, giving enough exposure to sunlight, watering when needed, mulching, inspecting of pest importantly deadheading, pruning after cut of flowers.

How long does it take for roses to bloom after planting?

Rose plant takes five to eight weeks on averagely to bloom after pruning because after every pruning it will be winter and the growth of plants will be reduced so takes at least five to eight weeks to produce new blooms.

Final Thoughts:

After following these procedures, I am able to get roses compared to earlier what about you? shoot me in the comments. Happy Reading!