Geeesh ... don't ya just hate it when you forget to do something that you know you need to do to keep your plants health ?
I bought four canned roses down in the valley when I went down for grocery shopping last month. They are looking quite good considering that they were not from my favorite nursery down there. The roses were completely leafed out while mine had just started to leaf out.
I hauled them up to the house pad and then we got days and days of rain. I never went out and watered them ! I know better. I absolutely KNOW not to count on the rain to water plants in containers because the rain bounces off of the foliage and never reaches the soil in the can. Did I go out in the rain and water my new roses ? Nope ...
I finally remembered and was outside in a real downpour today ... with an umbrella no less ... watering my roses. I lifted the cans and they were light, so I know the plants needed water. Arrrghhhh
