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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: hammers07 on June 12, 2007, 09:54

Title: how often should i water
Post by: hammers07 on June 12, 2007, 09:54: How often should i be watering my allotment vegetables?

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Title: how often should i water
Post by: DD. on June 12, 2007, 10:00: Depends on the vegetable - what have you got?
Title: watering
Post by: hammers07 on June 12, 2007, 10:18: runner beans
broad beans
strawberries
raspberries
cabbage
cauliflower
broccoli
sweetcorn
potatoes
chilli peppers
capiscum
carrots
dwarf beans
read and white onions
leeks
lettuce
english rocket
tomatoes
beetroot:

All apart from potatoes are in raised beds - someone told me you should never water onions - is this correct ?
Title: I was reading an old ...
Post by: wellingtons on June 12, 2007, 15:22: ... gardening book at the weekend and that said that with the exception of shallow rooted crops and fast maturing crops (lettuce, radish, salad stuff, etc) that the vegetable patch should be watered just once a week.
Title: Re: I was reading an old ...
Post by: DD. on June 12, 2007, 15:37: Quote from: "wellingtons"
... gardening book at the weekend and that said that with the exception of shallow rooted crops and fast maturing crops (lettuce, radish, salad stuff, etc) that the vegetable patch should be watered just once a week.

There's a lot of truth in that, as if you overwater, the plants don't bother to make much root as there's enough at the surface. If you get a real drought or stop watering, then you're in trouble!!
Title: how often should i water
Post by: ziggywigs on June 12, 2007, 15:58: I only water in dry spells...usually once a week for 1/2 an hour with a sprayer or leaky hose. If you do water it's important you make sure it's down at the roots...for those areas with hosepipe bans i would sink a plant pot near the roots so that the plants get every last drop.
Title: Re: watering
Post by: WG. on June 12, 2007, 16:17: Quote from: "hammers07"
someone told me you should never water onions - is this correct ?
Certainly not within one month of harvesting them. I ditto the comments above ... the more you water the lazier the plant's roots are at finding their own.
Title: how often should i water
Post by: brinylon on June 12, 2007, 18:16: I was told to water my tomatoes every day... can't remember who though.
Title: how often should i water
Post by: ziggywigs on June 12, 2007, 18:30: Are your toms in pots...if they are you will need to water pots every day inside.

Outside i would check and see if the compost is dry before watering.
Title: Just thought peeps ...
Post by: wellingtons on June 13, 2007, 09:51: ... might like to know I've been to my allotment this morning on my way to work. I watered my two poly greenhouses on Sunday and went to check on them this morning. The soil is still damp despite having had warm sunny weather since Sunday, so I haven't watered.