How to look after indoor roses (Part 3)
Roses should be pruned two times a year: before wintering or in February-March (leaving four - five alive buds on each strong sprout, and two – on a weak one) and during flowering (deleting withered flowers as required and yellowed leaves).
Roses categorically do not tolerate drafts: if there is no opportunity to find other place for your rose, make the small linen or paper screen around the plant, approximately half of its height.
Most frequent pests and illnesses of roses are powdery mildew and the web mite.
Powdery mildew can be cured by rinsing a plant with soda solution every day within a week (two teaspoons for a liter of water). Do not forget to cover the soil around the plant with polythene - the solution should not get in a pot.
It is very difficult to get rid of a mite, which frequently affect roses. Therefore it is better to antisepticise preventively a new plant by special preparations.