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Caring For Your Roses: Water
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Watering Roses

Caring For Your Roses: Water

Build a basin of soil around the rose two to six inches high and three feet across. Run the hose in the basin at a slow trickle until the soil is moist but not soggy. (Avoid wetting foliage.) Repeat when the top two to three inches feel dry.

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