Comments on: Irrigation–Watering Your Garden

By: Watering the garden « The Garden at 8505

Watering the garden « The Garden at 8505 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:18:06 +0000

[...] follow called My Square Foot Garden. You can read more about it too here on Emily’s post about irrigation. In as much as her post on irrigation showed this to me, I have to say the joy and [...]

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:55:10 +0000

Doug–how often to water will be based on the plant, but also on how much it rains and how hot it is in your area. Mel’s Mix drains more quickly than the soil around here with a lot of clay in it. While traditional gardeners might plant every X number of days, it really has to be adjusted with Mel’s Mix. The best thing to do is to hand water for a short while, and wait until they start to wilt just a little. At that point you know they need water. Once you have a good idea of how much water they need, you can make it more automated.

By: doug hicken

doug hicken — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:18:31 +0000

if you read pg 115 of Mel’s original book he recommends watering twice a week with what he at that time called ‘Patio Gardening’ It is kinda funny to read the old book – which is better – and his ‘new book’.

By: doug

doug — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:54:56 +0000

Emily,

does you ebook give an indication of how often particular plants should be watered? Eg. Tomatoes 10 to 14 days, Lettuce, twice a week, etc.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:16:03 +0000

One thing that you didn’t mention that are effective and relatively cheap are home made drips, like using old soda bottles with pin holes, or clay pots. These will allow you to go on vacation without huge expense for irrigation. I did note that you live in a more arid area than I do, though, so what is viable for me may not be for you.

By: Stacie

Stacie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:15:13 +0000

I love the drip irrigation system! Be sure to research before you do it though because we thought we knew what we were doing, but it turns out we didn’t. We ended up having to re-buy a whole bunch of parts because we bought the wrong ones

It all turned out well in the end though and I love not having to worry about watering my garden!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:36:51 +0000

Hello, what is your finally drip irrgation design that you like?