In this video Lynn demonstrates the simple yet essential techniques of properly watering a garden bed.
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Watering in a high tunnel or green house is an art and you sling that hose around like a true artist. lol. I can say this because we have been high tunnel and market gardening for the last 5 years now and I totally agree with you on your watering style. Our first couple of years I strung a lot of drip tube out thinking that was the best way to water in the high tunnels. I spent hours hooking things up, changing manifolds, checking for leaks, tripping over the tubing, etc, etc, etc. I went back to hand watering and I can water quicker by hand with the wand and do a way better job of watering and getting it where it is needed then letting a drip hose run for hours at a time. Its funny, because I insist on doing ALL of the watering at our place. It is one of those things that you only learn by doing it for a few summers. I discovered a watering technique a few years back that really pays off at the market by increasing the sweetness in tomatoes and especially strawberries. I don't know what others may call it, but I call it "water stressing". Once the plants start producing marketable fruit, I start cutting back on the water. There are times when I will go two weeks or better on the tomatoes and up to three weeks on the strawberries between watering. You have to watch the plants very closely and give very light watering's if they start to wilt or get to stressed. It is really a very fine line between not enough water and just the right amount. The plants go into a semi survival mode and they try to protect their off spring, the fruit, by pushing those sugars from the roots into the fruit.
I've been told to water deeply and less often…
Hi Dan,
You said that you have tied up your vine but you haven't explained the recognised ways of fruit production on grape vines or why you should expect the fruiting you mentioned this year. You haven't said how your garlic etc. plants are preforming in relation to how you were expecting at this time of year. Give a reason why you haven't planted things out. Weather, soil conditions, apathy. it's all relevant. Blueberries. Well done on explaining the Ph. Are you intending to take the shoulders off and remove all the weed seedlings and replace the compost or what? If so, when? Dixie red. When are you proposing to prune and why hasn't the plant been cleaned to prevent disease? Spring onions. What are you waiting for to transplant them? Pelargoniums. When are you going to start feeding them in order to promote the best growth?
Hugs Patrick
Ooh, so you've got a surprise planned… looking forward to the big reveal!
First blossom on Dixie is good to see. Thank goodness she is safely protected from the snow in the polytunnel, she is just about to burst into life.
Let's hope this week sees the final storm of the winter, everyone is so fed up with the relentless wind and rain. Snow is pretty but sun is better.
my pluots have exploded with flowers ahaha hope the cold doesnt kill them 🙁 , you need to grow lemmon sorrel and mizuna youll love them and they grow like no tomorrow. Perfect for chomping on + very good for you. The lemmon sorrel is very lemony and the kids die over it.
sir .can u tell me about LAKE MONT GRAPE .where did you bought it.. i tried in b & q.range etc they dont do it. please help me…………thanks.
You have certainly made an Investment of time and I would guess money into your gardening x
Beautiful snow I love the snow we get quite a bit usually. I hope the cold doesn't hurt the buds on your trees and plants I had some things budding but it got very cold again and killed a lot of them especially my budding trees maybe y'all won't get too much. Enjoy the snow Dan it's beautiful :):)
Thanks for help with the bean planting.
Have you tried growing pineapple from the top off of a store bought fruit?
If so did it go well or did it end up in the compost?
Dan I've only got 1 Conference pear….not Concorde lol.am I ok or shud I get the Concorde?
Thanks and it looked lovely this morning…gone now lol
Hello Dan
Looks cold Dan, however I'm inspired to make a video of my peach tree n a few other things I have growing on around my house.
The Dixie Red is in flower! Peach trees/ fruit are my absolute favourite, loved seeing them grow last year. As they mature they should provide you with quite a bounty! I hope to grow my plum tree in a 'festoon' style. It may be a little old already, but I will give it a go. People mostly used swan shots (fishing weights) to bend the branches, but some on my new tree are already thicker than I would like, so hit and hope at this point. It seems that Peregrine is a peach that I should have grown, the lovely yellow/ orange fruit. While you have snow at the moment, my greenhouse temperature is at 44 degrees, bathed in sunlight. Apologies if I have shown you this already, but this image should interest people, it was taken in Syria recently and shared via others with myself: imgur.com/a/rX3VB7B. Shocking to see the amount of snow and ice in Syria, Iraq etc. Thanks for sharing, Dan – it is really getting exciting at this point!
Sunny up here in the north!