Things You'll Need:
- Gloves
- Rake or hoe
- Pruners
- Rose food
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Step 1
Allow the excess water to drain from the rose bushes. Avoid walking on the wet muddy soil because it will pack it, making it hard for the tender roots to grow through. If the plant is standing in water, use a hoe or rake to reach out and make small furrows to drain the water.
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Step 2
Inspect the rose bush for damage after the soil is dry enough to walk on. Look for broken limbs, and prune any that are still attached. A dying limb will rob your rose bush of nutrients it needs to revive, and it will not mend itself.
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Step 3
Pluck any weather-beaten flowers that remain on the stems. This process is called "dead-heading" and should be done to each bloom that gets damaged or that dies out. Dead-heading allows the nutrients in the stems to feed the new growth instead of trying to feed the damaged roses.
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Step 4
Give the rose bush time to recuperate on its own, providing just the minimum of help through these steps. Rose bushes are typically very hardy and will withstand a lot of wind and rain. The bush will lose the blooms it has already produced, but shortly will produce new blooms.
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Step 5
Give the rose bush a new supply of food. The torrential rains wash away any fertilizer.
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Step 6
Watch the rose bush to ensure it does not get mildew or attract aphids.
