During periods of warm dry weather it can get a bit frustrating having to always go out and water your vegetable garden. I have recently experienced a period of hot weather and some of the plants are looking a bit unhappy so I decided to create a video for you to share some tips on how you don’t need to water as much by simply following some simple methods.
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Thanks very informative
Great video my friend ! Watering wisely is very important !
Very good information, Huw. I have been LASAGNA GARDENING for 5 years and finally my soil is great and holds moisture very nicely. I also 'chop and drop'. I find using Comfrey leaves as a mulch is super. Thank you for sharing all your tips.
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Well done Hew, your videos and content quality have really come a long way. I really enjoy your videos, can't wait to see more this year 🙂
Thank you, great information. I'm still trying to get my allotment friend to understand that just a superficial watering isn't good enough. it likes a good soaking once a week or so, not a can of water on an entire bed once a day. That does nothing. Encouraging shallow rootsystems will kill pretty much any crop if you forget to water just once in a drought. I mulch and rarely water at all. Plants can go find water down there. When i pull back the mulch, it's usually still damp down there, even after 2 weeks of no rain like today. I only water less drought tolerant things like radishes (or any rootbulb that is prone to going pithy), mizuna and chinese cabbages and i water seeds until they have come up and established good roots. My rule of thumb is: if the foliage still looks wilty when the sun is down or it's not baking in the sun (in the shade) and looks wilty, i water thoroughly. Wilty foliage isn't a sign of underwatering, the root system isn't big and powerful enough to take up and transport water up to the fast growing plant fast enough. I fix this with adding good compost to encourage healthy root growth. This usually only happens in low organic matter beds with little soil life, which i still have in some places. This almost never happens except in high summer in a drought period anyway.
Since seeing a few of your videos where you use grass as mulch, I've started spreading the clippings from my lawn around the plant beds. I love that I'm reusing the grass and saving room in my trash bins but do you think there is concern for the native weeds to sprout more profusely in my planters given that there are likely weed seeds and pods in the clippings? Thank you and HELLO from Austin, Texas!
Thanks, excellent tips for water preservation, and it might also keep the slugs at bay 🙂
very good Huw, very important information, and presented very well
Great information. Thanks. God Bless and take care.
Diolch yn fawr Huw. Another great vid. We also enjoyed our Welsh heatwave!
Quite different to the weather I have seen our friends across the border suffering from on their vids.
Nature's watering can has certainly been catching up here this last week though. LOL
Mulch is key! I'm glad you included that.
I've always heard watering in the morning is best to avoid rotting your plants …
great video thank you
thanks bud
Hello Hew. Try this single shot or double drip method for those hard to reach vegetables. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84AMaUbaY7w&t=1s