Growing with Gardening by Bibby Moore

Author:Bibby Moore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2018-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Watering: Outdoors

In general, when people water outdoors, they like to water the plant as much as the soil. Teach students to keep the water nozzle down at the base of the plant. Because many areas face summer water shortages, watering the soil is the best use of the water. Watering equipment that helps students do a better job include:

—Watering wand that helps get the nozzle where it is needed

—Soaker nozzle for gently watering at the base of each plant without washing away the soil

—Fan nozzle to use when watering a large area of seedlings or transplants

—On-off connector that allows you to temporarily turn the water off at the nozzle end of the hose

• To test the soil for watering needs, dig down about 6” in several places. If the soil is dry there, it is time to water the garden. Most of the roots of garden plants are within the top 8” to 10” of the soil. (For seedlings, keep the top 3” of soil moist.)

• Water around the base of each plant.

• If you made “water rings” around the base of each plant when you transplanted, the water should soak down where it is needed and not run off the sides. When you mulch, leave the water ring exposed so you can water the plant at the base of the stem.

• If the soil is very dry, each water ring will have to be filled two to three times in order to get enough water to soak down 6” to 8” to the roots.

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