Plants are 60-70% water. This is why watering your plants is important
to having a successful garden. Too much water however is not a good
thing either and can lead to about as many problems as underwatering
can. In this video i explain how to tell when your plants need water,
and when they need to just be left alone.
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With your soil system, how often do you water your raised bed garden? Twice a week, normally? Thanks.
I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing this. Love from Denmark
Thanks for the video. When you do water, what is your technique? Do you hit all the plants with a garden hose from above? watering can? drip irrigation? How much water do they get? What time of day do you water? I live in Boston so similar climate. I'm growing herbs, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber, lettuces. Thanks!
I wish I had seen this video a while back. I was over watering my plants and they ended up dying and didn't know that too much water would make them wilt. Everywhere I looked it said that wilting was because of the heat so I was adding more and more water. poor plants. I ended up loosing a few of my plants. But they are now doing much better. Love your videos and thank you for all of the knowledge you provide.
Hi any suggestions for watering and going out of town?
Great video as always Luke. Just a thought from an "old hillbilly", you might update your MI Gardener beginning to show your new digs. BTW back when I was a youngen a hillbilly was a Michigan potato farmer.
This video was good. I have been an underwater and now I think I might be overwatering . I just recently started a super small lavender Farm (46) I use to growing vegetables but am trying my hand at lavender by itself in zone 6b. I thought the problem was overwatering but I also think it might be the water I switch to rain water for my newer plants I got a bucket from the store down the street I thought I rinsed it out well but my plants started to wilt Is it possible that rain water daily is to strong for my plants are is it the bucket?? Cause I have not really change the water routine just I only use rainwater plus I fertilize so it might be rainwater and fertilizer is too much??Never mind this is a rambling . Great video.
I think whats most important is if you want a good crop you have to watch your garden, it's no good just pottering around once a week, you have to be with your plants at some point everyday, watch them, learn about them, put the effort in. Its a symbiotic relationship, give them care and they will reward you with good crops
I work for a Parks and recreation horticulture crew and the one lady who worked there last year was notorious for overwatering
She has not been invited to come back this year. I could not tell how many pots had fungus and mold. One time mushrooms were growing out of the pots. The worst part was we had a mostly hot and dry summer and as you know pots dry out faster so she was killing them with kindness.
When it's time to water, how much or how long should I water? I'm new to the MIGardener series and loving all the information.
Loved this! I’m a new gardener here in Tampa, Florida and figuring out watering is tough!
You did good
Nothing better than being barefoot in the garden! Great info and channel!
The problem is that the surface is dry, and we do not know if where the roots are, the soil is also dry or not. We do not really know, unless, as you did, we dig a hole and take a sample. I do not know if there is a tool that can take a sample from the root depth that will help us understand whether the deeper soil is moist enough, but it might be worth researching. Perhaps there are gauges one can put throughout their garden that will tell us if the roots need more water. And everyone waters differently. Everyone has different runoff amounts. Everyone has different soil that holds different amounts of moisture. Very tricky stuff. Now I am going to see if there are gauges we can use, because I am having the same questions.
One of the best and informative tutorials Ive seen so far. Thank you. I need all the help I can get.
I can plant in straight compost I get from my local nursery? I tried once and it was so hydrophobic and nothing grew well in the spot for years. Is there a certain type of compost I should be looking for?
Very very informative… Thank you
I've heard it enough that I should know better, but I still over-water. I live in Florida where it is super hot. So, I see some plants wilt for what I assume is the heat. Should I mist the leaves and plants to keep them cool on the hotter days and just not "water" them unless they need it? Or should I leave them be and let them regulate themselves? Thanks for your channel. Love it!
You give a lot of information, however for beginners its overwhelming. It would help if you could provide some general, rule of thumb ideas.
Thank you! I had been water when the soil looked dry. This video was informative and helpful.
Does this apply to seedlings too? Plant, give a good watering then follow this method or do they need more moisture in the beginning?
Get too the point! too much waffle! only 1:30 minuets of good info dragged out to 6!!
Can someone apreciate how he speaks uncut and perfect straight
Thank you for this simple and easy way of knowing when to water. I always struggle with this. I usually just stick my finger in the soil. Not the best method. Now I will just listen to my plants.
Started a mini garden of potted tomatoes earlier this year, now I know why I'm getting some wilting, over watering. I go out every morning and point the hose up in the air to simulate actual rain for 5 minutes at first, then started doing 10 minutes. This is most likely why when I come out the next day to water again I'll see a couple limbs just be completely dead and falling off. Could've been completely healthy one day and then completely dead the next. It was like the life just got sucked out of that one specific limb. I'll start watering every other day and see how that goes. Thank you!
This helps but still not enough info on watering. I use drip hoses in my raised beds. And water from the hose in containers. More about these methods and how to give you plants water when the need it and watering deep (what does that mean.. I did watch the new video and increased time on the drip line but my plants as far as I could tell still wanted water 2 days later) thanks!!!
My 2 cents. Check the dirt before the leaves tell you. This should have been #1.
Hi, I have 2 raised beds. I got 15 bags of soil for them. When I opened the soil bags the soil was in a big chunk and when I pulled it apart there was white fuzzy stuff on the soil. Then I noticed that the soil is 3 months expired. I used it anyway. I got some plants in the garden center and planted them in my raised beds. About a week later I saw that the plants were flopping like crazy. The leaves were also turning yellow. The soil was really moist even though I have not watered it in weeks. I decided to start some plants from seed in the raised bed. I sowed 200 seeds and 2 of them germinated. When they were about 2 inches tall they flopped and died. Does the soil have a disease? If it does, would mixing a bag of new soil help or would the existing soil just infect the good soil?
So basically I am asking do I need to replace the soil?
Thank you! Can use this information even in West Texas