In the middle of the month, we empty the balcony boxes. Perennials, such as geraniums and fuchsia plants, can overwinter in bright rooms at a temperature of 10-12 ̊C.After cutting them to a height of 10-15 centimeters, place them in a bright place and water them periodically so that they do not dry out.
We remove summer annuals completely from boxes and from garden beds. In places where summer plants have been removed, we can plant flowering autumn plants, such as chrysanthemums or heathers. They will decorate our gardens and balconies until frost.
October is a good time to plant bulbs, which will be used for forcing in the spring. We choose he althy and plump onions. We dress them in 1.5% Kaptan solution.Container min. Fill 20 centimeters deep with a light, nutrient-poor substrate, e.g. peat substrate.Place a 2-3 cm layer of drainage at the bottom of the container.
We put the onions in it at a distance of 3-5 centimeters from each other at such a depth that their tips slightly protrude above the ground. We can put the container in a cold room or pit it in the garden. When the frosts come, we cover the box with tuning.Properly secured pots can also be stored on the balcony.We can put them in a cardboard box filled with newspapers.The whole from the bottom should be isolated from the concrete with a thick layer of folded cardboard or 5 cm thick polystyrene.
In October, a large selection of bare-root rose seedlings is commercially available.The advantage of autumn planting is that shrubs produce a lot of fine roots before winter, which in spring will speed up their entry into the growing season and flowering.Moreover, such seedlings are much cheaper. They should have several shoots and a well-branched root system.
Before planting, shorten the roots so that their length is 20-25 cm. Even when the roots are of the desired length, they need to be shortened 2-3 cm. Damaged and broken roots must be removed.Do not allow the roots to dry out.Cut the shoots only in spring. If they are extremely long, we shorten them to about 30 centimeters. The inoculation site should be approximately 5 centimeters underground.
This will protect the shrubs against freezing and issuing the so-called wild boars growing out of the rootstock.After planting, sprinkle the roses with soil and water them.Bend the standard roses, cover the lace, cleaned of leaves, with soil. After the onset of frosts, we additionally cover them with coniferous branches.