Stop babying your roses with constant watering, try this instead

I kept losing roses to root rot because I watered them every other day like everyone said. A old grower in Oregon told me to just water them once a week but really deep, like a full 5 gallon bucket per plant. I tried it on my 12 bushes last summer and they bloomed bigger than ever, plus I saved on my water bill. What watering schedule do you guys use for established roses?

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taylor_mitchell801mo ago

I switched to that deep soak method last year too and it worked way better. I use a 5 gallon bucket with a tiny hole drilled in the bottom and just let it drip out over a few hours. My knockout roses went from scraggly to completely covered in blooms.

taylor_stone1mo ago

Oh man, that's brilliant. A buddy of mine tried something similar with his tomatoes and said it was the first year he didn't have to water twice a day.