The thornless roses are a revolution in the traditional rose industry worldwide.
Advantages:
1. They are easy to handle.
2. Damage is minimum while packing and transporting.
3. These are the roses for the future as they have unique advantages in their utility.
4. Being easy and convenient in making bouquets, floral arrangements and other items on special occasions.
Once the seeds are sorted from the collection of hips, they are sown an about 250,000 young plants from all product lines are subjected to a strict and careful selection process. This selection process lasts for about eight to ten years for rose bushes to be used in the production of fresh cut flowers. The selected varieties are then tested on 15 private research stations distributed across all latitudes. Finally only a dozen varieties are marketed after these have been tested in each country. In India for growing roses under greenhouses with its good and salubrious climate, rich soil, conducive temperature, sufficient light and strategic location of the country from the East to the West is taken into consideration.
Growing habit
The commercial life of a rose plant ranges from five to seven years. Each plant produces around 150 flowers for its commercial life cycle, although the figure could vary depending upon the variety, growing conditions, etc.
Harvesting
Flowers are normally cut between 45 and 52 days depending upon the growing technique and per hectare one can produce around 1.5 million flowers per year. The viable area to start growing cut roses has been identified as three hectares or 30,000 sq. meters by the various Govt. agencies that have been funding this Industry.
The cost involved per square meter is estimated to be between the plant with a planting density of 70000 plants per hectare.
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