I'm in the Denver area and have some big planter boxes made of old
highway guard rails. I have rose bushes in them and some lavender
and bulbs.

The problem is how to water them all.

The roses shouldn't get leaf watered, right? So drip emiters on
them? But the other stuff needs to be sprayed and soaked good, like
with spray heads.

The problem is that they're all so close together.

Can the rose bushes tolerate getting sprayed all over them?

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- Mama Bear

"Mama Bear" wrote in message
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I'm in the Denver area and have some big planter boxes made of old
highway guard rails. I have rose bushes in them and some lavender
and bulbs.

The problem is how to water them all.

The roses shouldn't get leaf watered, right? So drip emiters on
them? But the other stuff needs to be sprayed and soaked good, like
with spray heads.

They make a drip head in almost every imaginable pattern, in addition to the
traditional drippers. A little bit of imagination and preplanning can get
everything watered properly.

Around some of my roses i connect a soaker hose to a T shaped fitting, loop
it around the rose, connect both ends to the T. Some of them I use stream
spray such as these
http://www.raindrip.com/products/pro...il.asp?pid=304
Very little gets on the leaves.

Spend a bit of time at home depot or lowes and browse through all their drip
irrigation emitters. Near the lavender and bulbs, I'd use something like
this.
http://www.raindrip.com/products/pro...il.asp?pid=204

Also check out www.rainbird.com and www.toro.com

Good luck.
-S

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:38:12 -0500, Mama Bear
wrote:

I'm in the Denver area and have some big planter boxes made of old
highway guard rails. I have rose bushes in them and some lavender
and bulbs.

The problem is how to water them all.

The roses shouldn't get leaf watered, right? So drip emiters on
them? But the other stuff needs to be sprayed and soaked good, like
with spray heads.

The problem is that they're all so close together.

Can the rose bushes tolerate getting sprayed all over them?


I, too, have heard the advice not to get water on rose leaves, but I
have never been able to convince the rain clouds to agree with me.

Boron

"Boron Elgar" wrote in message
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I, too, have heard the advice not to get water on rose leaves, but I
have never been able to convince the rain clouds to agree with me.

It's not an absolute, obviously there is nothing you can do about rain. The
problem is that many roses develop fungus and mold because of wet leaves,
especially rust, and black powdery mold. Roses that get watered from a
pop-up sprinkler often have rust on every leaf.

-S