I have to ask what you mean by watering "right on schedule". Do you water weekly? Daily? Whether or not a plant needs water is not all that closely related to temps, specially colder ones. There are other factors that would override that, lack of rainfall being a primary one. And containerized plants will typically require watering before those planted in the ground will.

The best advice I can offer is to water when the plants need it. Easy to detect moisture content in a container just by testing. Harder in the ground but you should be able to evaluate soil conditions there as well. And your plants can also tell you when they need it, although sometimes they are a bit tardy to make that announcement :-)

Water when they need it, not to a schedule. Check the soil at depth. Is it dry? If so water. If not leave them. Obviously the ones in containers will need watering more often. Depending on where you live, the ones in the ground may seldom need it, if ever.

I water every other day. When it’s hotter every day. I have them planted really close together and it’s a lot of them. I keep thinking they are sucking all the nutritions and water out of the soil really fast. Am I wrong for thinking so?

Probably doesn't matter so much, this early in the year. It depends how dry the soil is.

I don't know exactly how hot overall (and for how long) it has gotten where you are, but you will figure it out, what time of year the soil under the surface starts getting dry, and what time the plant starts putting out lots of growth.

Heat isn't nearly as important as humidity. When it is hot and humid, nothing is evaporating. I see this every summer. It is in the 90's and extremely humid, and nothing is wilting, or looking like it needs water. Then the temperature (and humidity) drop, people stop watering (because they think the need for water is connected with temperature) and the air just sucks the moisture out of everything.

Water when plants need it.

The idea that roses need more water than other landscape plants is a horticultural misnomer. In the Central Valley of California roses are grown for production to consumer markets and they typically are furrow irrigated once every eight days in the growing season. Even during triple digit weather, they are held to this schedule without damage.

https://gardenprofessors.com/the-contrarian-rosarian-debunking-rose-mythology/

Thank you for all the advice. now I think I overwater them a little. I hop I did not cause any damage. I alrelady fertilized them with plant tone, worm castings tea and seawe kelp fertilizer. I also threw some bayer slow realease fertilizer as well. They look very green and lush but so far still no buds yet.

More from the article I linked to above:

Roses need the same mineral element as other plants. There is no evidence that increased magnesium (Epsom Salts) benefits roses in any way. Prescriptive fertilization is not appropriate for rose culture or any landscape setting. Fertilizers should be applied on the basis of soils tests that determine the necessity of minerals that may be missing from the soil.

I think most rose growers are far more likely to underwater than overwater, especially if the roses are in full sun.

I don't ever water until full on summer and things start to dry out, BUT I will say my own observations are the early and mid springs that have higher than average rainfall (I get 50"+ a annually) are generally also the springs with the best and most generous flush. I'm with JC in that I think more gardeners have more loss and more poor performance because they under water than because they over water.

For what it's worth if you are in the Central Valley of California--some of the nation's most fertile and productive farmland--you may have more latitude on your rose growing practices.

take a hand trowel.. or even a tablespoon.. and dig some 3 to 4 inch holes around your beds ... some close to the plants .. lets say in the gob planted ... and some between plants ...

AND FIND OUT ABOUT MOISTURE .. a few inches down.. where the roots are ...

and then make you own schedule. for your area.. you weather ... your soil . . how it retains and holds water ...

you really cant rely on the opinions of peeps who are not at your house .... especially when coming up with a schedule ...

a plant will wilt when it needs water ... and you can fix that by watering .. so the best way to learn how often your SOIL needs moisture.. is to let a plant or two wilt.. and note how many days to takes for that to happen .. and you might be surprised .. in normal weather .. how long that might be ...

of course.. rain or high heat.. will effect such ...

and soon enough .... you wont need the trowel ... as you will have trained your finger to insert itself an inch or two .... and it will tell you when you need moisture at depth .. and if your nails are more important .. then keep using the spoon ... [btw.. i get all my garden cutlery at the dollar store ... lol]

we really dont care if the surface.. LOOKS DRY ... that isnt where the roots are... and besides.. you should have a good mulch.. so you cant even see the surface anyway ...

ken

Wow that’s good information. Thank you for that. I will definitely try that