We're in our second heat wave this summer (3 consecutive 90+F days) and management is difficult. We get downpours sometimes for half an hour, but
then it is 93 degrees the next morning. My strategy is to use a watering can to
soak the containers (non-roses) and let the in-ground plants fend for themselves.
However, downpours are tricky; they don't tend not to penetrate very deep.
So I'm out there dragging a hose around once or twice a week in the blasted
heat. I'm in a city park so no underground irrigation is allowed. Sigh.
(I don't really long for 12 degrees and 6 inches of snow, though.)
David
