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Anyone watering their garden this weekend?

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  • MarranMarran Posts: 195
    Watered all pots this morning and saturated my bog garden (not the first time this year for either); no doubt when it rains it won't stop for days ....
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Fire same here at least a month.today, Got seedlings potted on plants outside on the table for a good soaking,along with the citrus,the rhododendrons some in pots but even the ones in the soil have been watered quite a few times
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    I have been watering 3 weeks ago because I have stuff in containers. Not ideal, but sometimes, you have to weigh up the pros and cons. If you are worried, water with warm water in the late morning time when the sun is out. Don't water in the evenings at this time of year. 
  • I've just sorted out my tub and birdbath irrigation setup, and given them a good soak.

    Moisture proofing mulch going on top after a fertilise, with gaps for the drip watering.
    “Rivers know this ... we will get there in the end.”
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Sadly yes - hubby got the hose out today and watered the beds that get most sun and all the pots.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • borgadrborgadr Posts: 718
    edited April 2021
    Yes, and I felt a bit silly out with the hosepipe mid April. Had to be done though, everything's bone dry, no decent rain since mid February.  I properly soaked the borders, all the roses, plus any trees and hedges that I'd planted this winter.

    Before this weekend I'd only been watering pots and newly planted stuff.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Yup - even up here in the north-west :o It's been very dry bar the few inches of snow last weekend.
    East Lancs
  • FlyDragonFlyDragon Posts: 834
    I've been watering the big pots all month, but yesterday I did a fair bit of planting so gave the whole garden a good soaking and put some new bark down.  

    Its very strange to have had such a dry April, I bought a gazebo so that I could still have friends in the garden if it rained, and its only been needed for random 10 minute snow flurries!
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