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Drought watering.

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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I have filled a very large plastic trug with water and a few spoonfuls of fertiliser. Instead of watering my patio plants I'm dunking anything that fits until the bubbles stop. 
It seems to me a more efficient use of water  - and fertiliser.  
I'll tip whatever is left onto the containers that won't fit.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Clever!

    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    😇
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ve got grow bag trays that I put all the pots in  then add just one can of water.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • WallflowerBryWallflowerBry Posts: 81
    A couple of excellent ideas there. 😊 

  • Wrigs21Wrigs21 Posts: 194
    Fortunate to have a small stream just behind the garden which I’ve been topping up from. Also using some Corten steel planters as water collection points dotted around 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    That is a brilliant idea B3, I’m going to steal it immediately!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I like that idea too @B3.  Having just replanted some pots and found woodlice in the previous plants' roots, perhaps your method could help flush them out too! Water, feed and delouse!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Post drought - if that happens, I think it'll be a more efficient  way of feeding potted plants. 
    How long can slugs survive underwater, I wonder? 🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Hi @B3,

    I don't know about slugs ... but I can vouch for the fact that vine weevil grubs can't swim.I put about 20 of them into a large pot of water for a few hours once and none survived.
    I've just bought some vine weevil nematodes to use on pots that have had issues with them in the past. I'm thinking of making up the solution and dunking each pot for a bit and then draining. Once I've finished I'll put any remaining solution onto the epimediums which look a bit chewed.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's what I did when I had a problem with vw. Pre nematodes, some kind of evil chemical but it worked.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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