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Maintaining Your Roses
By Julia Robertson, Fri Dec 9th

While it is true that you will spend more time on rosemaintenance than most other plants, the care you give themduring the growing season can be done easily while simplyenjoying the blooms. Many people choose not to grow rosesbecause they believe that they entail too much work.

Following these simple steps will make your roses beautiful andkeep the plants healthy.

Fertilize your plants every three weeks during active bloomingwith a complete fertilizer formulated for roses. Roses need abalanced diet, as do most plants. You will want to choosefertilizer with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. This isoften made easier by simply choosing one of the many brands ofrose food available at any home and garden center.

This can be accomplished by purchasing soaker hoses. These hosesare snaked through your rose bed, preferably under the mulch tohide the hose, and attached to a regular hose when watering.This way watering is a simply matter of just turning on thespigot once a week. Keep the plants mulched with pine needles

 

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