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Rambling roses covering a wall in a garden in France.<\/p><\/div>\nThe hot days of summer bring unique pressures to your roses.\u00a0 In many instances they will actually shut down during the really hot days and go semi-dormant.\u00a0 This is a normal reaction and defense against the heat.<\/p>\nWe recommend letting your roses rest a bit during summer in order to get ready for the fall bloom.<\/strong><\/p>\nThis means cutting back on feeding, spraying and surprisingly, perhaps even watering.\u00a0 That’s right, watering!\u00a0 When roses are heavily manufacturing blooms in spring and fall they take up a lot of water.\u00a0 In summer when they go semi-dormant they might need less.<\/p>\nHere’s a great little watering test.\u00a0 Flood your roses with lots of water and mark the day on your calendar.\u00a0 Then cut off all watering and watch your roses.\u00a0 When the leaves start to droop you’ve waited one day too long to water.\u00a0 Count back to the day you watered and you’ll have your watering schedule!<\/p>\nSo let your roses rest a bit during summer and you’ll be well rewarded come fall!<\/p>\nHere are a few general rules of thumb:<\/p>\n\n
Cut back on the feeding and only use short term fertilizers so you don’t push new growth well into fall.<\/li>\n
You can use a spray of lime\/sulfur spray to clean up any diseases that may occur during summer.<\/li>\n
Check your mulch layer.\u00a0\u00a0 Make sure it hasn’t gotten too thin and add more if it has.\u00a0 Use a good hardwood mulch.<\/li>\n
Watch the watering as it’s easy to over water.\u00a0 Use our little test to make sure you aren’t over doing it.<\/li>\n
Don’t be alarmed by leaf drop.\u00a0 It’s normal during summer and just another line of defense against the heat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For further information:<\/p>\n
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Please see our section on Mulching<\/a><\/li>\n
Please see our video “Summer Clean Up Of Your Roses<\/a>“<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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