How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons

Author:John Jeavons [Jeavons, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-1-60774-190-9
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2012-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Note: It is important to realize that we are watering the soil, so that it may thrive as a living sponge cake. We are not watering the plants. The soil in turn then “waters” the plants. Keeping the soil alive will help retain water and minimize the water consumed.

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Eventually the watering process will become automatic, and you will not have to think about when the bed has received enough water; you will know intuitively when the point has been reached. (Remember to allow for the different natures of plants. Squash plants, for instance, will want a lot of water in comparison to tomato plants.) One way to determine whether you have watered enough is to go out the next morning and poke your finger into the bed. If the soil is evenly moist for the first 2 inches and continues to be moist below this level, you are watering properly. If the soil is dry for part or all of the first 2 inches, you need more shiny. If the soil is soggy in part or all of the upper 2 inches, you need less shiny.

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