{"id":9255,"date":"2016-11-13T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9255"},"modified":"2016-11-08T11:19:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:19:45","slug":"how-much-water-and-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/11\/13\/how-much-water-and-when\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About Garden Watering – How Much And When"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tripod rotating sprinkler over new lawn seeding<\/p><\/div>\n

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Irrigation system<\/p><\/div>\n

Modern gardeners are using more efficient drip irrigation or soaker hoses. Water bills are less than overhead or oscillating systems. \u00a0You may opt\u00a0to attach the hose to an automatic timer so you can irrigate in absentia. Water goes on and off anytime you select.<\/p>\n

In garden beds water plants deeply once weekly rather than a little bit every day. During the summer months, daily or twice-daily watering may be needed for annuals and perennials growing in hanging baskets, window boxes. Newly planted and large container-grown small trees and shrubs may need a drink.<\/p>\n

Over a dry summer, long season vegetables demand deep watering to yield tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, etal. Rhubarb, asparagus, and many perennial herbs need summer moisture to survive cold winters. In late fall rhododendrons, azaleas, blueberries, and other shallow rooted plants should be deeply irrigated before heading into a dry cold winter.<\/p>\n

How much water do garden plants require? Most summer annuals need an inch of water weekly\u2014either supplied by natural rainfall or through a hose. \u00a0Never waste water, no matter how full your city\u2019s reservoir supply; don’t send water down the driveway or street gutter. Mulching plants aids\u00a0to lower water use.<\/p>\n

By mid-July, plants growing in containers require\u00a0almost daily watering. Some container grown plants like daphnes or hostas are\u00a0not forgiving if you miss a scheduled waterings, while agaves don\u2019t seem to care. Bigleaf\u00a0hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla<\/em>) or ligularias may be seen wilting in the mid-day sun, but fully recover by evening. Repotting plants into larger containers also helps.<\/p>\n

Early morning is the best time to water by hand or by an oscillating sprinkler. Plant foliage has adequate time to dry off, reducing potential problems with fungal and bacterial diseases. Disease causing spores require moisture on the leaf surfaces. Snail and slug injury is worse by\u00a0irrigating in late day or at night.<\/p>\n

Finally, the more that you irrigate, nutrients, particularly nitrogen, are\u00a0leached out of the root zone. New fertilizer must be applied for plants to continue growing and not suffer from\u00a0nutrient deficiencies. Overwatering leads to root and crown rot problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Modern gardeners are using more efficient drip irrigation or soaker hoses. Water bills are less than overhead or oscillating systems. \u00a0You may opt\u00a0to attach the hose to an automatic timer so you can irrigate in absentia. Water goes on and off anytime you select. In garden beds water plants deeply once weekly rather than a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[709,938,681,1037,1362,650,1115,602,599,9,730,1057,738,625,843,712,1140,962,1141,777,630,7,231,904,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9260,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions\/9260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}