Soilless Culture of Roses in Greenhouses, a New Alternative

The rose is a multiannual shrub, being the predominant plant of parks and gardens or as a cut flower for floral and interior decorative arrangements. This fact leads to a high rose demand in interior and external market, in and out season. In order to obtain cut flowers along the year, roses can be grown in green-houses. Growing roses in green-houses deserves the picking of suitable varieties for forced crops and also the knowledge of modern technologies of soilless cultures and also the variety that suits best this kind of culture. In this paper are presented culture substrates and varieties of roses recommended for be grow in green-houses on a under layer of coconut fiber. In order to emphasize which of them suits best for hydroponics cultures in a protected area to promote these for growers of our country. Also was presented the technology for soilless rose cultures on coconut fiber used at ‘Iris Cluj’ green-houses.