How much rain/water is enough?
I have a lot of pots in my small garden, so watering is unavoidable. But I offen wrestle with it: I water and then it rains, or I don't because rain is promised, but then it doesn't show up.
I quite often water my flowerbeds too, since they are not very well established and there are always new things going in. Plus it's a very shady garden and it's hard to find flowers that will thrive, so I'm not willing to take the approach that they have to manage on their own or they don't belong.
So to my question. I've been amazed in the past that what I thought was a really good soaking only went a few millimetres into the ground. So how much water should I give? Is 5 minutes with a hose per area enough?
Also, I got a water meter thingy a while ago, so now I can see if it rained 1 mm or 10, but actually I'm still none the wiser. How much rain is enough so that I don't need to water?
Thanks for any advice!
Karen
I quite often water my flowerbeds too, since they are not very well established and there are always new things going in. Plus it's a very shady garden and it's hard to find flowers that will thrive, so I'm not willing to take the approach that they have to manage on their own or they don't belong.
So to my question. I've been amazed in the past that what I thought was a really good soaking only went a few millimetres into the ground. So how much water should I give? Is 5 minutes with a hose per area enough?
Also, I got a water meter thingy a while ago, so now I can see if it rained 1 mm or 10, but actually I'm still none the wiser. How much rain is enough so that I don't need to water?
Thanks for any advice!
Karen
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