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Shrub watering

wcarlwwcarlw Posts: 22
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Hey guys its me again with a watering question.

Can i pour water into the ground straight from a bucket or do i have to use a watering can?

One is a quicker process than the other but ill do what i have to do. There is no facility to use a garden hose so its all manual.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I often tip the water out of a watering can via the hole for filling it. Much quicker  :)
    I only use the spout when it's something small or more delicate, but not shrubs.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wcarlwwcarlw Posts: 22
    edited November 2018

    Yeah I was thinking about removing the spout to hurry the process. im doing it before work in the AM so I need to do it as quickly as possible.

    If I could just pour the bucket that would be much much quicker but I don't want to hurt the shrubs in the process.

  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Just do it ! I often empty the excess rainwater from the three water-butts via the medium of a 3-gallon bucket straight onto the garden . never any harm done !
  • wcarlwwcarlw Posts: 22
    ha, better than not watering at all! thanks Paul ill try tomorrow
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    What are you watering at the moment?  The ground is nice and damp and the plants add shutting down for the winter ... nothings getting watered in this garden except just once when new  things are planted. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I don't even do that at this time of year, Dove !    :D

    Is your ground very dry wcarlrw? 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    ;) Fairygirl said:
    I don't even do that at this time of year, Dove !    :D

    You get a lot more rain up in Scotland @fairygirl than we do in relatively arid East Anglia 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Absolutely Dove. It saves a lot of work in some ways  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited November 2018
    The only potential problems with tipping water from a bucket are that it could run off instead of soaking in where it's needed, and if poured fast it could tend to wash away the soil from roots near the surface.  Pour more slowly if it looks as if either of these  is happening, otherwise carry on.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • wcarlwwcarlw Posts: 22
    thank you
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