Special Horticultural Practices
Channel: kirankumar H
Date: 2021-06-11

Bending:
Bending is a major horticultural practice followed in rose in 3 month old age plants
under greenhouse conditions.
The place of bending is as close to the original bush as possible (maximum 5 cm),
without breaking the branches.
To avoid breaking, it is advisable to do the bending in the afternoon and to create two
45 degree bends rather than one 90 degree bend.
Bending results in the reversal of sap flow which helps in building a strong
framework of the bush.
Thinning:
Removal of the undesirable growth like nward groWtn, weak stems, blind shoots and
crowded growth.
De-suckering:
Removal of suckers from rootstock 1.C. the shoots produced below the bud union on
rootstocks has to be removed.
De-shooting:
Generally followed in HT roses. Young vegetative shoots
of leaves of basal and lateral shoots are removed to allow
Voung vegetative developing from the axils are removed allow only one terminal shoot.
It is important to produce increased stalk length.