How Do You Grow Indoor Mini Roses?
Roses are notoriously hard to grow indoors, but mini roses make the challenge a little easier. These tiny plants—usually around 10 to 12 inches tall—require constant watering and wouldn’t mind the occasional serving of rose food, but the sight and smell of a rose indoors is well worth it. Use a peat-based soil for your mini roses. Make sure the soil does not contain water crystals, which retain moisture in the soil for longer than your rose needs. Keep the soil consistently moist while your rose is in the process of budding and blooming. Make sure the pot isn’t sitting in a saucer, which will capture water and keep the bottom of your plant damp. Roses should not be kept wet. After the budding cycle has finished, it’s OK to let the soil dry out a bit between waterings. Put your rose pots on a pebble tray, which is just what it sounds like—a tray filled with pebbles and water. This keeps the roots of the rose dry, which is key. The water in the tray will evaporate constantly, provi
