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Watering veg patch

Good morning, all.

So appreciate the advice I've had on this site, thanks to you guys the veg patch is doing all right, though recent high winds may have finished off the Cobra French beans (we're in an exposed site so next year I'm not growing tall stuff).

It's been raining nearly every day so I haven't had to water this week. The past month it hasn't been too hot and when it wasn't raining, I was giving my 7' x 5' patch a good watering (approx. 10 litres) once a week.

Do you up the watering to twice a week in hot weather, or every day? How do you know when to water?

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What is doing well in my garden is Karmazyn dwarf broad beans, onions, leeks (just transplanted last Sunday, sowed indoors 5 Feb), mini sweetcorn, red Brussels sprouts, 1 January King, nasturtium and dwarf French marigolds. The soil on our mountain-top is agricultural and neutral - I'm very pleased with my results as a first-time veg grower.

Many thanks for any advice or if there's a good website I can peruse for this information - really really appreciate your help. I've worked out hardening off. Watering is the bit that still confuses me.

Best wishes

M.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Congrats on your veg patch.
    I'm a newbie to veg growing so will let others answer your question, but a website I have found very helpful and informative is here 

    http://www.allotment-garden.org/articles-advice/


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  • MarniXMarniX Posts: 28

    Pete8 thank you very much for your reply image will check out the link.

    All the best of luck with your own vegetable growing!

    Cheers,

    Marni

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