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I just started growing roses last year and planted 50 bare plants in late winter. I had loads of large blooms on most of the plants all summer last year. We had about a month of extra rain this year but still got a nice first blooming. Now I am getting the second blooming of the year and the flowers are small. Do I need to feed them more or maybe just do some in season pruning.
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The one situation that roses will not tolerate and will react to, is wet roots. That is probably what has happened to your plants . I would just continue your routine and they will come back again. Pruning them will activate them into producing new growth which will put even more stress on the roots. It is the frail feeder roots that have got damaged.
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It may be that you need to do some more fertilizing. Roses are heavy feeders and heavy rain will wash alot of nitrogen out of your soil since nitrogen is water soluable. You can fertilize with as much as 1 pound of nitrogen per 1000 square feet, once a month through the growing season, and see if that helps, but do a soil test to check on the other nutrients, just to be sure.
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