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Pruning and Fertilizing Knockout Roses: Simple Schedule for Continuous Bloom

A gardener asked best time to cut back Knockouts and Double Knockouts, fertilizer type, and timing.

Spring Pruning

Prune after frost danger passes. Any rose fertilizer works. Handful around base after pruning, another after first flush. Knockouts aren't heavy feeders—this is plenty.

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