ok so i would not have thought water was such a science, but im having some issues with my broccoli and cauliflower that most likely is water related? maybe?
i have some bigger plants that my mom bought me, not from seed. the 2 larges plants already have a small veggie growing and are doing well - not being eaten by they little green worms, seemingly not effected by my watering.
i have been watering the whole garden on warm days once in the morning around 9-10 and then once at night 5-6. one less dry days i usually water once or not at all if we get a good rain. then i read somewhere that tomatoes dont like that much water?? my tomatoes are looking AWESOME, all planted from seed. nice and green, thick stems, about a foot tall and not even in need of stakes yet!
the other broc and cauli plants i have, the cauli was a 6 pack of plants that were smaller than the first 2, but still well established when i planted them. i planted 3 in the garden and 2 are really wilting...like badly, the outer leaves just sag way down. these have been chewed a tiny bit by the green worms but it stopped when i sprayed with an organic veggie pest spray i got at the garden center several weeks ago. when they first started wiling a week or so ago my mom said i wasnt watering deeply enough so we got a sprinkler and have been turning it on in the evening for like 20 mins, everything is soaked when we turn it off some night they seem to perk up others not. the other broc plants i planted from seed and got some good chewing from the worms a few weeks back before i got the spray, but they seemed like they would recover now that im keeping them sprayed. i pinched off the dead, wilted leaves on the bottoms and the top leaves looked really healthy. now it almost seems like they are weakening from the stem where they are planted in the ground, not good in my estimation. im saddest about these cuz they were my babies
i have lots of other things planted, several varieties of squash, cukes, chard, lettuce, peppers, onions, eggplant all others look like they are very very happy and healthy and all planted from seed and transplanted outside a couple weeks ago.
am i over watering, under watering, something else?? HELP ME before i kill them all!!!
i have some bigger plants that my mom bought me, not from seed. the 2 larges plants already have a small veggie growing and are doing well - not being eaten by they little green worms, seemingly not effected by my watering.
i have been watering the whole garden on warm days once in the morning around 9-10 and then once at night 5-6. one less dry days i usually water once or not at all if we get a good rain. then i read somewhere that tomatoes dont like that much water?? my tomatoes are looking AWESOME, all planted from seed. nice and green, thick stems, about a foot tall and not even in need of stakes yet!
the other broc and cauli plants i have, the cauli was a 6 pack of plants that were smaller than the first 2, but still well established when i planted them. i planted 3 in the garden and 2 are really wilting...like badly, the outer leaves just sag way down. these have been chewed a tiny bit by the green worms but it stopped when i sprayed with an organic veggie pest spray i got at the garden center several weeks ago. when they first started wiling a week or so ago my mom said i wasnt watering deeply enough so we got a sprinkler and have been turning it on in the evening for like 20 mins, everything is soaked when we turn it off some night they seem to perk up others not. the other broc plants i planted from seed and got some good chewing from the worms a few weeks back before i got the spray, but they seemed like they would recover now that im keeping them sprayed. i pinched off the dead, wilted leaves on the bottoms and the top leaves looked really healthy. now it almost seems like they are weakening from the stem where they are planted in the ground, not good in my estimation. im saddest about these cuz they were my babies
i have lots of other things planted, several varieties of squash, cukes, chard, lettuce, peppers, onions, eggplant all others look like they are very very happy and healthy and all planted from seed and transplanted outside a couple weeks ago.
am i over watering, under watering, something else?? HELP ME before i kill them all!!!
and i water everything really deep twice a week..
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: 2 hours for a good thorough soaking. Not 2 hours a day!!! And again, it depends on the sprinkler you're using. Ours is one of those oscillating ones, and in order to cover all the area it needs at least 2 hours, because it only spends a fraction of the time actually putting water on any given space. If you have a sprinkler that sprays continuously over an area it might not take as long.
