Mar 4th, 2008
Gardening Water Supplies
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Usually you can’t think about gardening without an adequate supply of water.
Watering your plants and studying different types of water supply equipment is also essential for successful gardening.
Quite often it happens that different types of plant in your garden will require more watering than others.
This means you need to keep track of those plants which require more watering, maybe being careful about the place you plant them and paying attention to the drainage in that area.
Pot plants often suffer from over- or under-watering - there’s the temptation to just keep topping up the water supply.
Follow the care instructions on your plants to make sure that your watering habits aren’t responsible for their early demise!
The time of day that you water is also important - watering in the height of the day when the sun is up can damage your plants, especially if some of the water falls on their leaves (this can leave “burn” marks on the affected leaves).
If you’ve got a large garden to take care of, it may pay you to consider some kind of system to keep on top of your watering requirements. You’re probably already familiar with lawn sprinklers but there are also similar systems available for the rest of your garden.
The water pumps or sprinklers are cost-effective, time-effective and consume less energy as well. If you have a very densely populated garden, with lots of plants close together, then you should try mini sprinklers.
There are varieties of sprinklers and water pumps available on the market - the precise one you choose will depend on both your garden and your budget. Different pumps are available from pond pump to magnetic drive pump but at the end of the day, it all depends on your garden and its requirements.
