Don't give up on the rose!

We had two “heat waves” here in June and July. “Heat wave” is, of course, a relative term. It was “hot” for here and conditioning to heat (or cold levels) can make all the difference. Unfortunately, I couldn’t be home to water during the second, “hotter” period and as everything has to remain potted, it caused some “issues”. OM, Orange Moss, had grown rather large and the plant FRIED. The entire thing looked like this.

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I’ve been watering it HEAVILY for two months (nearly) and this evening, I found these…

What I feared had died, hasn’t decided it was its time to go. So, don’t give up! Keep watering that “dead” rose. It may just surprise you!

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Absolutely not giving up on your rose was merciful. Add some other root growing goodies, like Seaumic, Superthrive, and Maxicrop, and make sure it is mulched too. Glad you were back home in time to water it. Shading it might help too if it is getting baked all day in the sun. Even spraying it with an anti-desiccant might help.

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