tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post1688976223518343022..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: bud, watering, sawdustAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-77706460670233506452011-05-20T16:41:45.267+01:002011-05-20T16:41:45.267+01:00I had a hose. It was a question of persistence and...I had a hose. It was a question of persistence and patience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-77111003911142155262011-05-20T07:28:35.792+01:002011-05-20T07:28:35.792+01:00Your discovery (that the water isn't penetrati...Your discovery (that the water isn't penetrating) is exactly the discouraging revelation I always come up against in gardens. The only solution is to take the rose off the watering can or the hose and let the water drop down en masse, so that puddles accumulate. OK so a few leaves and petals get torn off but the task is done. Afterwards, when flowering fails, there'll be some Titchmarchian rationale to excuse this.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com