- 1). Plant your rose bushes as far away from adjoining property lines as possible. Many a rose has been inadvertently damaged by a neighbor trying to kill weeds on his side of the fence. Overspray can damage your roses, so it's best to put them out of range.
- 2). Use barriers when applying herbicides around roses. Some possibilities are covering the rose bushes with plastic and anchoring it to the ground or holding cardboard or some other barrier between where you are spraying and the rose bush.
- 3). Spray roses in fall rather than spring. Spray at least a foot away from the trunk of the rose, and place the spray nozzle as close to the weeds as you can. This means you will have to pull a few weeds closer to the rose trunk, but you want to avoid as much herbicide reaching the actual bush as possible.
- 4). Use the weakest effective solution you can for the weeds you are spraying. When using chemical herbicides, use the lowest effective rate listed on the label directions for what you are trying to kill.
- 5). Use organic herbicides like vinegar when possible. Vinegar won't do much damage to crabgrass or other difficult weeds, but it will kill some and lessen your use of chemicals.
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