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Water deeply once weekly
I used to follow this advice to the letter. That
was back when I had recently established raised rose beds. Newly planted (the previous fall or that spring), mostly bareroot roses did great over winter and in cooler temps, started dropping like flies in the high heat/sun. Eventually I lost 10 or 12 out of 16 roses planted in my first ever rose bed. Finally I checked with a local rosarian (we happened to be in the same ladies' golf group then) who looked at me like I was crazy and said in that kind of heat she watered every other day! And she breeds her own roses, so not exactly an amateur. Long story short: Whatever it says in the books might well work in most conditions, but not at the extremes (especially of heat) AND with raised beds AND using a fairly lightweight soil. (I also learned to add back in some clay.) So if you live in a hot area and you can water extra, do so. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 |
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