Caleb, I like the idea of a spray nozzle. I find it quite difficult to water in my greenhouse where the shelves dont allow much room to tilt a watering can in. Sorry im not so good at explaining that!
Thanks dove for that explanation, it helps explain why my echinaceaas in the greenhouse are mildewed, can't get the watering can angle right to reach in even to the trays and tend to use a hose pipe which goes everywhere.
A long spout as Clarindon said would help and I quite like her idea of a flexible spout but it would need to be firm enough to stay in place I think.
I use one of those small watering cans with long spouts designed for houseplants when watering in my mini-greenhouse. When I had a larger lean-to greenhouse I tried to water from below as much as possible, to try to keep leaves dry.
Of course, there are houseplants that need a higher level of humidity around their leaves, and misting them is a good way to achieve them - because they are houseplants and consequently not as exposed to fungal spores as plants growing ourside, they are not so prone to fungal infection in the more humid condtions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
MrsGarden, thinking about the difficulty of watering in the confined space of a greenhouse - perhaps a water container that stands on the ground, with a nozzle powered by a pump, like the sprayers used for some weedkillers etc, would be helpful?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
if you girls spent more time checking things like oil levels, tyre pressures, and water levels on your cars you might have noticed the windscreen wash bottle often have a plastic cap with a thin connector to the water reservoir so it does,nt get lost , this magnificent device used on a watering cans would save wild life like elephants and hippos from falling in, i know theses animals really are a nuisance, absolute rocket science, and you, v heard on Dragons Den how people often try to over-solve problems that really dont exist,well your doing very well today girls, mind i do love the large grounded water bottle with a long spray nozzle that sounds good, am i making sence Thomas Wilkinson 2 AND REMEMBER this is all meant in the nicest possible way,youv all made me laugh this morning and believe yu me i appreciate it, and iv got Kate digging holes for a greengage a Braeburn apple and a Bramley cooker, NOW about these watering contraptions
Alan4711 ( think i might change my handle after pressing submit)
Alan, if you chaps ever worked as a motor mechanic you would realise that most of those plastic caps are prone to snapping off if used too regularly and are generally just on a short enough link as to keep getting in the way which will not a problem for the majority of my old customers as I'm not sure they even knew how to lift the bonnet much less what was underneath it...
HOWEVER...
Perhaps you could take on my earlier comment re the "little rubber lid" and pop a suitably sized link on to it to save you loosing it
yeah I felt a bit mean about that post... sorry about that, its true though, I dont think (for now anyway in my tiny pot collection) anything more than a jug is really needed. The mouse idea sounds like the best to me.
And anyway Alan, I'll have you know that in my (extreme) youth I was employed at a Hot Rod racing garage, I could change the spark plugs in a Mini engine, and knew how to dry out the points with a hair dryer. I also came up with the bright idea of popping a table tennis ball in the petrol tank of my then boyfriend's mini as his petrol gauge didn't work - the sound of the ball rattling in the tank meant that the petrol level was getting pretty low.
Although I worked in the office, for some reason I was often called upon to climb up into the driving seat of a car when it was on the hoist, to pump the clutch or throttle - not easy to do with decorum in a Mary Quant mini skirt
I was young and naive then ....... old and cynical now
So don't you cast aspersions on my car maintenance prowess - OH doesn't drive and isn't really interested in any part of the car other than the passenger seat and the cd player - although he can change a wheel under supervision
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, no nasturtiums on elderly ladies' mechanical skills please; I used to fix the motor on my 2 ton truck, that was before they brought in these new- fangled computerised engines....mutter....mutter
mini skirts , those were the days my friend,we thought thered never end ,All together now!! i knew i should av gave this one a miss BUT toooooo tempting by far ,,can anyone remember a shot of Redex Wot did it actually do if anything,AND my mini fill up was a pounds worth please ,lasted all week. and wots just come on the radio Tell Laura i love her,one of mifaves, and you lot will be telling me u delevered Lancasters next ,cor blimey now that was a job wont it blessem, sunny tomorrow ,ere we go Weeel meet again dont know where imoff av a great day everybody
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Thanks dove for that explanation, it helps explain why my echinaceaas in the greenhouse are mildewed, can't get the watering can angle right to reach in even to the trays and tend to use a hose pipe which goes everywhere.
A long spout as Clarindon said would help and I quite like her idea of a flexible spout but it would need to be firm enough to stay in place I think.
Good luck Caleb.
I use one of those small watering cans with long spouts designed for houseplants when watering in my mini-greenhouse. When I had a larger lean-to greenhouse I tried to water from below as much as possible, to try to keep leaves dry.
Of course, there are houseplants that need a higher level of humidity around their leaves, and misting them is a good way to achieve them - because they are houseplants and consequently not as exposed to fungal spores as plants growing ourside, they are not so prone to fungal infection in the more humid condtions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
MrsGarden, thinking about the difficulty of watering in the confined space of a greenhouse - perhaps a water container that stands on the ground, with a nozzle powered by a pump, like the sprayers used for some weedkillers etc, would be helpful?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
if you girls spent more time checking things like oil levels, tyre pressures, and water levels on your cars you might have noticed the windscreen wash bottle often have a plastic cap with a thin connector to the water reservoir so it does,nt get lost , this magnificent device used on a watering cans would save wild life like elephants and hippos from falling in, i know theses animals really are a nuisance, absolute rocket science, and you, v heard on Dragons Den how people often try to over-solve problems that really dont exist,well your doing very well today girls, mind i do love the large grounded water bottle with a long spray nozzle that sounds good, am i making sence Thomas Wilkinson 2 AND REMEMBER this is all meant in the nicest possible way,youv all made me laugh this morning and believe yu me i appreciate it, and iv got Kate digging holes for a greengage a Braeburn apple and a Bramley cooker, NOW about these watering contraptions
Alan4711 ( think i might change my handle after pressing submit)
Alan!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Alan, if you chaps ever worked as a motor mechanic you would realise that most of those plastic caps are prone to snapping off if used too regularly and are generally just on a short enough link as to keep getting in the way which will not a problem for the majority of my old customers as I'm not sure they even knew how to lift the bonnet much less what was underneath it...
HOWEVER...
Perhaps you could take on my earlier comment re the "little rubber lid" and pop a suitably sized link on to it to save you loosing it
yeah I felt a bit mean about that post... sorry about that, its true though, I dont think (for now anyway in my tiny pot collection) anything more than a jug is really needed. The mouse idea sounds like the best to me.
And anyway Alan, I'll have you know that in my (extreme) youth I was employed at a Hot Rod racing garage, I could change the spark plugs in a Mini engine, and knew how to dry out the points with a hair dryer. I also came up with the bright idea of popping a table tennis ball in the petrol tank of my then boyfriend's mini as his petrol gauge didn't work - the sound of the ball rattling in the tank meant that the petrol level was getting pretty low.
Although I worked in the office, for some reason I was often called upon to climb up into the driving seat of a car when it was on the hoist, to pump the clutch or throttle - not easy to do with decorum in a Mary Quant mini skirt
I was young and naive then ....... old and cynical now
So don't you cast aspersions on my car maintenance prowess - OH doesn't drive and isn't really interested in any part of the car other than the passenger seat and the cd player - although he can change a wheel under supervision
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, no nasturtiums on elderly ladies' mechanical skills please; I used to fix the motor on my 2 ton truck, that was before they brought in these new- fangled computerised engines....mutter....mutter
mini skirts , those were the days my friend,we thought thered never end ,All together now!! i knew i should av gave this one a miss BUT toooooo tempting by far ,,can anyone remember a shot of Redex Wot did it actually do if anything,AND my mini fill up was a pounds worth please ,lasted all week. and wots just come on the radio Tell Laura i love her,one of mifaves, and you lot will be telling me u delevered Lancasters next ,cor blimey now that was a job wont it blessem, sunny tomorrow ,ere we go Weeel meet again dont know where imoff av a great day everybody