Jason has done a video on water wicking through pots - little, often and all over would seem to be the best way to water. A big drench isn't going to be as effective, unless the pot is in a saucer, I imagine.
You don't know that. Watering little and often is a good way of bringing roots to the surface looking for water, meaning they need watering more frequently and making them unable to survive drought.
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I think it depends on the medium. I use peat-free (mixed with other stuff, but still, the water-holding ability isn't great) and water runs through it almost instantly. I had problems with dry patches in big pots and roots dying in that patches. I need to be careful about this and watering a little bit repeatedly absolutely works better. I've never had this problem with peat-based mediums.
Sadly, that is the total opposite of what almost every experienced gardener would recommend.
If you watched the video, you would see that it is about getting all the soil in the pot wet vs a patchy result. And it isn't against the usual advice because he also mentions that it is different for plants in the ground. He is 100% right.
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Watering little and often is a good way of bringing roots to the surface looking for water, meaning they need watering more frequently and making them unable to survive drought.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I use peat-free (mixed with other stuff, but still, the water-holding ability isn't great) and water runs through it almost instantly. I had problems with dry patches in big pots and roots dying in that patches. I need to be careful about this and watering a little bit repeatedly absolutely works better.
I've never had this problem with peat-based mediums.
He is 100% right.