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Summer
Rose Gardening |
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Summer Rose Gardening: To
get the best out of your rose garden, it is important
to give your roses the proper care during the
summer months.
During hot dry weather, roses require a lot of
watering. You can decide how much to water your
rose bushes by taking the weather conditions and
soil type into consideration.
In most rose gardens, it is best to provide a
deep root soaking about every two weeks.
To make sure that the roses of your garden are
watered properly, try to soak the roots to a depth
of 10 to 12 inches. |
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Rather
than watering your roses from overhead, apply the water
directly to the soil of your rose bushes. Watering your
rose bushes from overhead can cause fungal diseases
to form.
One common fungal infection, which results from overhead
watering, is black spot fungi. If you cannot avoid watering
your rose plants from overhead, try to water your rose
bushes early in the morning.
Watering your rose bushes early in the morning will
help the foliage dry quickly and avoid the formation
of fungi. Applying mulch to the soil around your rose
garden will help to maintain the moisture of the soil.
In addition, mulch in your rose garden will also help
to prevent weed formation in your rose garden. Spread
your mulch at about two to four inches around the base
of each rose plant or over the entire bed of roses.
Substances like wood chips, shredded bark, pine needles
and cocoa bean hulls all make great mulches for your
rose garden. |
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During the summer months, it is important to fertilize
your rose garden. Fertilizing your rose garden
should take place three times per year.
Fertilizing your rose garden three times a year
will encourage your roses to grow in a healthy
and abundantly blooming manner.
The first time your fertilize your rose garden
should be in the early spring after your have
pruned your rose bushes.
Next, you should apply a fertilizer to your rose
bushes during the period of their first bloom.
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The third
time you fertilize your roses should be in the summer
rose gardening season. In the summer, fertilize your
rose bushes in mid to late July. Make sure that you
do not fertilize your rose bushes after the 31st of
July.
Fertilizing your rose bushes too late will cause them
to produce new growth that will not harden enough before
the cold winter months. It is important that you thoroughly
water your rose plants after your complete fertilization.
You can use a general-purpose fertilizer on your rose
garden. Fertilizers like 5-10-5 and 10-10-10 will do
just fine in your rose garden.
During the summer months, you should start
deadheading your rose bushes. Start this process by
removing any spent flowers from the rose bush. Removing
any spent flowers from your rose bush will help to conserve
the plants energy and will encourage repeat rose blooms.
On a rose plant that has been recently planted, you
should remove any faded flower above the uppermost 3-leaflet
leaf. To deadhead an established rose plant, cut the
stem back to a 5-leaflet leaf. It is best to retain
at least two 5-leaflet leaves on each cane.
When removing faded flowers, use sharp hand shears or
a knife to cut the plant. The cuts should be made about
¼ inch above an outward facing bud ad leaflet.
Make sure that all cuts made are parallel to the angle
of the leaflet. |
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