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Weeping Standards add height and stunning focal point to any garden<\/p><\/div>\nA page devoted to watering your roses seems a little silly, right?\u00a0 After all roses need water like any other plant so just give them water.<\/p>\nNot so fast.<\/p>\nOf course roses need water, but how you water them can make quite a difference in their growth, hardiness and health.<\/p>\nIdeally we want to encourage our rose’s roots to grow as deep into the soil as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 The deeper they go the better they can find nutrients, withstand drought and become naturally healthy plants.<\/p>\nWhile the top soil may be dry but the soil down below is still moist.\u00a0 If you live in an area with clay soil you’ll know what I’m talking about!<\/p>\nFor this reason we advise you do infrequent deep watering.<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you water a little everyday your roots aren’t going to bother to dig down into the ground to look for water.\u00a0 Why should they when everything they have is right at the surface?\u00a0 If your refrigerator was always full would you bother going to the grocery store!?\u00a0 By watering infrequently and soaking when you do, you’ll force the roots to dig down to look for water.<\/p>\nOnce your roses are established here is a little test to see how often they’ll need to be watered.<\/p>\n\n
Soak your roses and mark the date on your calendar.<\/li>\n
Watch the roses and when they begin to wilt you’ve gone one day too long between watering.<\/li>\n
Count the number of days from the time you soaked them and now you know how often to water.<\/li>\n
Repeat the test occasionally and you’ll find over time you have to water less and less.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
If you live in an area with normal rainfall, have a living soil environment with mycorrhizae <\/strong> and apply a good layer of mulch you’ll find overtime you won’t have to artificially water your roses.<\/strong><\/p>\n
I realize this runs contrary to what you’ve likely read about roses being water hogs.\u00a0 I used to think so too, but I haven’t irrigated the established roses I have in over five years.\u00a0 Even during drought!<\/p>\n
Here are few rules of thumb:<\/p>\n
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Water as needed to get new roses established.<\/li>\n
Soak them well with 3-5 gallons when you do water.<\/li>\n
Gradually increase the time between watering to encourage the roots to go deep.<\/li>\n
Keep your roses well mulched.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nFor further information:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please read our “Novice Corner” article “<a href=\"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/articles\/cultivation\/novice-corner\/#Novice_Corner_7\">Deeper, Deeper<\/a>“.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 552px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\nHello.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nI am involved in a few projects involving a rose garden here on the east coast. \u00a0One of which is an International Rose Trials which means we will be replanting rose beds every two years. \u00a0As I\u2019m sure you are aware there is increasing evidence that mycorrhizae can combat what is known as \u201crose replant disease\u201d. \u00a0To this end I\u2019d like to talk with someone at your company about setting up a protocol. \u00a0And are your products available on the east coast?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPaul F. Zimmerman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPaul Zimmerman Roses<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPO Box 129<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nCampobello, SC. 29322<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nwww.paulzimmermanroses.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A page devoted to watering your roses seems a little silly, right?\u00a0 After all roses need water like any other plant so just give them water. Not so fast. Of course roses need water, but how you water them can make quite a difference in their growth, hardiness and health. Ideally we want to encourage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2XcPG-2A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5426,"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/5426"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulzimmermanroses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}