Water Your Garden the Right Way (Stop Killing Your Plants!)

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Getting watering right is vital for a successful vegetable garden. Get it wrong and we are at risk of losing our precious crops. No matter whereabouts we are in the world, in this video Ben shares his tips that are applicable to everyone. So even if you are experiencing some weird weather lately we've got your watering needs covered so we can stop killing out plants and get them thriving.
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@DebRoo11 27 дней назад

It's actually cute you remind us to drink as well. I think most gardeners can say they've got a little dehydrated working too lomg under the sun 😊

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Important to stay well quenched when out and about. :-)

@joemccall8991 27 дней назад

Remember that humidity is an important but often overlooked factor in plant health. We're hitting 37C in my US state but humidity is above 80% so plants are hanging onto moisture much better than if it was hot and dry. With the humidity being so high, low evapotranspiration means less need to water but also higher disease pressure.

@jeas4980 27 дней назад

Hello powdery mildew and rust! Good reminder!

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Very good point @joemccall8991

@karenholt9744 27 дней назад

One minute in and thank you for teaching me that clay soils need more of a drenching when they dry out!!

@karenholt9744 27 дней назад

Good information! I also took a screenshot of your table.

@marywheeler6117 27 дней назад

9:04

@kevenweaver9266 27 дней назад

Everyone preaches watering in the morning but I water in the evening. I believe it causes my plants to grow bigger roots during the day searching for water during the midday heat.

@jackieo8693 27 дней назад

Plus who has time in the morning? Unless it's on a timer

@aname5267 27 дней назад

I simply water when I can but with I had time in the morning. Both my garden and allotment are riddled with slugs that like wet dark conditions after I’ve watered in the evening.

@kevenweaver9266 25 дней назад

My cherry tomatoes are 7' tall and don't even have ripe fruit yet, so I must be doing something right 😂

@ellaredseals2694 22 дня назад

@@kevenweaver9266AWESOME

@Talhoffer317 27 дней назад

Just started a garden this year and almost everything would be DEAD without Ben!!! Thank You!!!

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

So pleased to have been of use! :-)

@gazzertrn 26 дней назад

I work in a garden centre , and you are spot on . Water once , come back and water again .

@dustyflats3832 27 дней назад

😂 we have so much rain this year I can’t even think of using liquid fertilizer. It’s a swamp and the mosquitoes are hatching in mid air.

@gloriousapplebees 27 дней назад

Complete opposite here!

@jaytoney3007 27 дней назад

Biggest drought year in the history of Alabama, so far.

@dominicharvey6048 27 дней назад

We had 2 months of rain and then nothing for 3 maybe 4 weeks

@trapped7534 27 дней назад

A city approximately 25 miles from me got EIGHT inches in one 24 hour period last week. They had flash flooding,big time. I am 69 years old and in my lifetime there has never been flooding there. When I saw the news I thought I must have heard wrong. So watched another local news…. 8 inches/24 hours.

@dustyflats3832 27 дней назад

@@dominicharvey6048 that’s how our severe drought started last year.

@kirstenpaff8946 27 дней назад

Watering where I live (southwestern US) is such a challenge. The air is bone dry and there is a lot of wind, so even if the soil is well watered, the plants just can't seem to take up enough water sometimes.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

I imagine it must be a real challenge keeping everything happy in those conditions. Would wind breaks help to shelter plants from drying winds? Even windbreak netting could help.

@Yupppi 27 дней назад

The sustainable water conservation tips were kickass. One thing I see reminded regularly about cooking water: NO SALT.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes - very good point! :-)

@DownButNotOutYet 27 дней назад

Have thought of saving rinsed water from rice and veggies but not the 'cooked' water, lots of nutrients in there I have to agree. Will change my idea on that. Thank you have a great day.

@RawLondonGardener 25 дней назад

Simple advice, no faffing around. Keep up the good work 👍🏼💪🏼

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Will do! :-)

@lyndaturner6686 27 дней назад

I was watching this video this morning whilst listening to the rain pouring down, not sure where you live but rain here in Cornwall has been quite frequent this year to say the least. I do love your videos though Ben they always inspire me to carry on growing better.❤️

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Haha - yes indeed. We lucked out with a dry day while recording this, as otherwise it's been very wet of late! I'm in the Cotswolds.

@TiradeBombastic 24 дня назад

It is crazy how much compost can help. I added some to a bed of pumpkins I just added in the front of my yard (where I can't get a hose easily - I'm usually hand watering which is a long, daily task). I added some compost and got the hose up to soak it and the plants really blossomed. We have a heat wave coming so I plan on doing it again and getting mulch down.

@jessegee179 27 дней назад

Thank you 👍😁 I remember being told it’s better to water at night, so I’ve been out there in my pj’s when I could have been indoors watching gardening videos 😂 Someone gave me a bag of pet bedding straw, it’s been great on the strawberries and squashes, I’ve used it anywhere the soil looks bare. It’s chopped short so it’s been easy to use, and I don’t mind if the birds nick some for their nests. We had thunder and lightening rain storm in Devon last night, great fun to watch, and has filled the water butts up nicely, they had been dry as a bone. I’m having difficulty stopping the water butt from getting too full, the down pipe over flow kit attachment doesn’t seem to be working right, it should fill up the butt then let the rest go down the drain, perhaps I have fitted it wrong 🤔

@CliffHarveyRCPlanes 26 дней назад

The pipe hole into the butt has to be level with the centre of the downpioe fitting, I made this mistake 👍

@manolstoyanov2946 27 дней назад

Always the best tips in the best format. Thank you, Ben

@stephenhope7319 27 дней назад

Here in Sacramento, Ca 9b it has been HOT. Over 100 for the last 10 days.Continuing on until September. My preference as a long time gardener, is to use drip irrigation under my mulch and set it on a 6 station timer and run starting at 5am for my veggies and herbs and lawn etc. I can add extra times for veggie areas such as 5am, 8am and noon for a thorough soak and have never had issues in 40 years of gardening. Thanks Ben.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Sounds like a great system you have there Stephen. :-)

@emelle7956 27 дней назад

This video notification came at JUST the right time as we're getting entering a heat wave for the next week starting today here in Washington USA zone 6B/7A, reaching 105 F degrees! You've saved my garden the unnecessary stress!

@powaqqatsi8 27 дней назад

I found shade cloth helps as well.

@lesliekendall5668 27 дней назад

Sounds like the Tri-Cities.

@emelle7956 27 дней назад

@@lesliekendall5668 im in the yakima valley; hello neighbor! Hope your gardening is going better!

@lesliekendall5668 27 дней назад

@@emelle7956 👍 My home town is the T-C but have been living in Boise since 2016. Our annual rainfall is pretty much the same as yours but Yakima and the T-C are year round @ 5° warmer than Boise. We get a smidge colder in the winter and you get a smidge hotter in the summer. So much so that whatever your temp is, it's a given that Boise is 5° cooler. Nice to hook up since we're watching a channel that's so far away. Aw well, there are no borders when it comes to a great channel.

@suepowlesland8541 26 дней назад

Same here neighbor, I'm just over the border in the Okanagan Valley🌞

@ljgerken 27 дней назад

I have found that plants swell within an hour after watering. When I water plants in the evening, they become more prey for foraging animals at night. If I water in the morning, I have deterred the foraging.

@hevchip741 27 дней назад

I use my shower water to flush the loo but do collect the cold water that runs through the pipes while waiting for it to heat up, its quite surprising how much you get.

@ellaredseals2694 27 дней назад

Me too , i keep pitcher under while waiting to heat up...Pasta water,veg water, even the whey water from cheese making diluted they like that....

@joeasthope2064 27 дней назад

Anyone else have a problem this year for runner beans not growing at the speed like last year both myself and neighbours are having the same problem

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, absolutely - same here!

@Dingle1234 27 дней назад

I worked for an old homesteader who said he used a claw type hoe to scratch up the surface soil and break up the hard bits, every two days or so. And that he rarely had to water at all.

@ellaredseals2694 22 дня назад

Interesting...

@ellaredseals2694 22 дня назад

Interesting

@MANNY100123 27 дней назад

I'm so glad I've been doing my watering mostly correctly this season! Thank you as always for the informative videos! :)

@klarsen1839 25 дней назад

I'm using coconut coir as a mulch this year for the first time and it's been wonderful. I'm really happy with it's performance, I'll definitely use it again in the future.

@beentheredonethat6584 25 дней назад

Invest in an extending spray wand. It is far more comfortable to stand up straight while putting the spray head almost at soil level and it prevents any water from falling on the foliage. It is also great for watering hanging baskets or shrubs further back in the border.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Great suggestion! :-)

@CG-fy9jz 27 дней назад

I love your videos x

@sabrina0013 27 дней назад

Thank you

@GARDENER42 27 дней назад

I'm in West Cumbria, so watering anything outside & in the ground is rarely an issue...😁 Bought a solar powered & solar regulated watering system to use in the polytunnel this year & so far, I'm very impressed. My only watering requirement I struggle to get right is potatoes in containers, as they use a LOT more water than I expected.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, container potatoes always seem to be very thirsty!

@dnawormcastings 27 дней назад

Great video about watering plants 🇳🇿❤️🌱

@jaytoney3007 27 дней назад

Hand watering with a hose pipe works best for me. With after noon tems between 35C-40C, dailinmg watering is needed for my potted plants, herbs, pole beans, Swiss Chard, zucchini, cantaloupe, and watermelon. My tomatoes and peppers are deep rooted enough that they only need wateriong every other day. The GreeenStalk towers get watered every other day, except for the top teir; it needs daily watering. I just planted potato chiots this morning for fall potatoes, and will be sowing seed starts for cabbage in about ten days. I'll salso be direct sowing seeds for carrots and turnips. The little raptor dinosaurs, chicks, are a month old, mostly feathered except for their heads, and enjoying their super deluxe chicken condo. A little more work, and the added chicken run will be ready for them. I just need to fill in some gaps between the base and the ground, add a dust bath, and a few toys to keep them entertained. Happy chickens are good egg layers.

@judifarrington9461 27 дней назад

Wow! I collect rain water but never thought of collecting the water from washing produce. What a great idea! That would be especially easy with my outdoor gardening wash table. I can reuse my canning water too. Thanks, Ben!

@lesliekendall5668 27 дней назад

You can actually have plumbers set up the drains to a reserve to use for outside watering. Maybe look up "house gray water systems" or something like that.

@judifarrington9461 27 дней назад

@@lesliekendall5668 Great idea! Thanks!! 😊

@ellaredseals2694 27 дней назад

Yep, the kitchen veg washing water, pan water from cooking veg, I even have a bowl under fawcet as I wash hands n dishes by hand, I throw none sown drain straight to plants, Is it work yes but its reusing water otherwise well down the drain...

@christinebrooks6364 7 дней назад

Hi Ben, another great video with plenty of hints and tips. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

@Rachellane0906 25 дней назад

I learned a few key watering tips in this video. Thanks Ben!

@valeriezendiver263 27 дней назад

What a great overview, thank you Ben!

@valoriegriego5212 27 дней назад

Another great video, Ben! Thank you!😃

@nicolasykes6637 27 дней назад

I water my vegetables in the evening and try to keep below the leaves, so fingers crossed everything is doing ok, but I will try to heed your advice about over watering.

@melindaroth5796 27 дней назад

Great information Sir. 😊❤ Thank you Brother for sharing this with us all.

@davo6287 27 дней назад

In zone 10A I find a short overhead watering around noon to 3ish to be necessary. not as a "watering" but more of a "cooling". last three days (early July) have been in the upper 90's here.

@DebRoo11 27 дней назад

Doesn't that burn your plants?

@davo6287 27 дней назад

I find the damage is less than what I get without cooling things down.

@juliehartley3652 26 дней назад

Thank you Ben - lovely borage there going into your drink at the end. 😊

@jasons9879 27 дней назад

Brilliant Video as always!

@calius3578 26 дней назад

I love these videos. So informative and helpful!

@vanhorntm 12 дней назад

I live in the American West where it is hot and dry all summer. Soaker hoses have been my go-to for years but the ones made from recycled tires get clogged after a few years from the silt in the irrigation water I get. I realized I didn’t have to throw them out though! I poke a hole every few inches with a pocketknife and it works just as well! I’ve even picked up some old hoses off the classifieds and done the same to them. If the holes get too big, I patch them with electrical tape and that keeps them going for longer. Eventually I have to replace them, but I figure I’ve at least tripled the length of time I have to go before buying new hoses.

@GrowVeg 9 дней назад

What a fantastic system - love it! :-)

@FrankBarnwell-xi8my 27 дней назад

Good video. I'm going to try the average size hurricane on the Texas coast, method. Good luck everyone!

@William-k3z 27 дней назад

Thanks, this is really useful info.

@Ruhma. 27 дней назад

good idea to use water you cooked veg in..might be some nutrients in that

@christineclarke1653 23 дня назад

Luckily I started gardening last year and was able to have lots of lovely goodies. This year, practically everything has died or been eaten - lettuce, courgettes, broccoli, cabbages, tomatoes, beetroots, all gone. The strawberries, sweetcorn and peas seem to be doing alright. I live in Manchester, England, so watering is not an issue this year.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

So sorry you've had such a touch time. It's been a horrid year so far for slugs, that's for sure!

@user-lb7kc8sb8f 26 дней назад

Good advice!!

@youngmauro12 27 дней назад

Good and good timing. Dry AF here. 👍💪

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Wishing you plenty of rain soon!

@youngmauro12 21 день назад

@@GrowVeg the rain gods have answered your prayers!

@2spoons 27 дней назад

OPEN QUESTION TO ANY ONE: I water my tomatoes (in the green house every two days) because they took like they're run a marathon..... But then they look yellow - if they aren't watered they'd die.... how can I reduce the yellowing ?

@beentheredonethat6584 26 дней назад

When plant leaves turn yellow it can be an indication of lack of nitrogen. This is often caused by stress in the plant resulting in the plant reducing the intake of nitrogen. (nothing to do with fertiliser). The stress could be too much or not enough; wind, heat, water, sunshine, soil pests....

@BillBoulton-js8ns 27 дней назад

Small point,but worth a mention. 25 mm of water is equivalent to 2.5 watering cans per square metre of soil. To get that amount of water on the ground, a lance is useless. Time how long it takes to fill a watering can with a lance fitted and multiply by 2.5 per metre…….. A long time for a 4 metre bed.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes indeed - watering cans perhaps best to spot water, when there's enough natural rainwater falling to keep most plants happy.

@Kitchenlabofficial 27 дней назад

Very good working

@hennas87 26 дней назад

The video was good - thank you. You earned a like by telling us to stay hydrated though ;-)

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Haha - cheers so much! :-)

@MrOshirinoana 25 дней назад

It was 120f where I live today. The only consistent success I've had is with drip irrigation. When I used to hand water, if I was busy or unable to tend to the garden for a day everything would die.

@lksf9820 26 дней назад

2024: How many people in the UK laughing at this right now? 🤣

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

I'm kind of laughing at myself on this one too!

@lksf9820 20 дней назад

Yeah It's a bad year in the UK to do a vid on watering, Americans will like it though.

@miannoblea5218 27 дней назад

Love the content Ben! Can you make a video on avocados and how to grow them? Cheers mate!

@GrowVeg 25 дней назад

Definitely an idea for a future video. I've not done this year (probably too cool a climate here) but will give it a try at some point.

@Garden_Goals 23 дня назад

Good👍 day

@hackiehackerson 27 дней назад

thanks pal

@klemmr3233 17 дней назад

I sheet-mulch my raised beds with organic wool sheets. Rots away each year.

@trapped7534 27 дней назад

Always informative and pleasant!! Thanks Ben,May God Bless you and yours,praying that you have many,many more gardening years ahead.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Same to you, thank you so much. :-)

@TheConfusername 27 дней назад

Thank you for another round of solid gardening advice! Just one question: what is a hose pipe ban?

@jeningle8288 27 дней назад

In the UK if we have a long dry spell we are banned from using hose pipes in the garden.

@lesliekendall5668 27 дней назад

@@jeningle8288 😂. As if.....

@tonyhussey3610 27 дней назад

Suffolk in the Uk has a lower rainfall than Faro in Portugal... we can get pretty dry at times.. Doesn't help having water company's only interested in profit than investment

@mikica473 26 дней назад

water! where does this guy live? ive asked this before. plants havent needed watering in the uk and ireland for the last 18 months!

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, it's been a touch wet of late!

@ozgeatamansezgin3009 26 дней назад

I loved this video, thank you ❤ where can I get that watering time table for print ?

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Of course. If you email the team at www.growveg.com/contact.aspx they will be able to supply this to you. :-)

@ozgeatamansezgin3009 23 дня назад

@@GrowVeg done ☺️

@ozgeatamansezgin3009 23 дня назад

@@GrowVeg I have it, thank you so much.

@chardenner3147 27 дней назад

Be careful when collecting rainwater that comes off of a roof. I've read from many sources that you should not collect the first few (?) gallons of water because that water has rinsed pollution and chemicals off of the roof. After you discard those initial gallons, then it is safe to collect the remaining water that comes off of a roof.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, very good point, thank you.

@goldenfd475 19 дней назад

There is no water supply on my allotment so we all have to manage with what we can store in our various containers. Could you perhaps mention on a future video which plants to priorities when we have little rain as we had last year here and although I started the season off with full barrels had to resort to getting my son-in-law to bring over water in gallon bottles from the house which didn't go far.

@GrowVeg 16 дней назад

Great idea - I'll definitely consider this for a future video. :-)

@nesforce7712 26 дней назад

Add a goldfish to each rain barrel to stop mosquitoes from breeding. The goldfish will eat the aquatic form of the mosquito. Goldfish are ideal because they don't require an air stone to breathe. They will also add some fish fertilizer to the water.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

What a great idea! :-)

@daerth4423 27 дней назад

If you have a beautiful, well maintained yard like this fellow surely does, grass clippings are a fine mulch, but if you're yard is like mine and about half weeds (or if you're grass has gone to seed), it'll just spread them to your garden and make for more weeding which nobody likes.

@ellaredseals2694 27 дней назад

I was gonna ask about grass clippings , when you use dosent that grow in dirt ? I just puzzled an out this part so thought ID just ask...

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, avoid adding clippings with seeds in them.

@ellaredseals2694 22 дня назад

@@GrowVegThank you ,,, I didnt wanna make more work 4 me...

@slashieboy 27 дней назад

Where are you located? This so called summer has been cold and wet, really terrible have not seen this climate crisis some lunatics are raving about. Today on july 7th I have 15 degrees! My peppers are freezing!

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, it's turned fresher and wetter than normal over the past week. Saves on the watering at least. I have to be honest and admit I prefer this weather because I can sit back and not worry about watering, though growth has slowed right down on some crops.

@lesliekendall5668 27 дней назад

They like blood for those rain barrels. Found some food grade ones with lower spigots years ago at a Ranch & Home but don't live in that area anymore. I'm waiting to win the lottery to buy rain barrels.

@robertahone3782 22 дня назад

Hi Ben I started a garden this year but I didn't do well everything was in the shade so what do you recommend I should grow

@GrowVeg 22 дня назад

There are lots of crops that will grow in the shade - most brassicas, salad leaves etc. This video may help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9xxaGk31r2I.htmlsi=dIN1NrweN3itehN-

@MagiaDaArte 18 дней назад

Like 👍 ---___🌻🌻🌻 Um lindo jardim , raízes muito bem cultivadas. Parabéns ! É um imenso prazer, conhecer o seu canal . Felicidades. --__ Até breve. --__🌻

@emkn1479 27 дней назад

I really like the rose on that watering can. Do you have a brand/model for it?

@dtn876 27 дней назад

Ward

@emkn1479 27 дней назад

@@dtn876 thank you!

@nicky6579 18 дней назад

Do you move the mulch out the way when you water so the water can reach the roots faster/better?

@GrowVeg 16 дней назад

No, the mulch just stays where it is, so I have to be very thorough when watering to make sure it gets all the way down.

@roelven1282 25 дней назад

but ...but .. i dont wanna stick my finger in jukkie soil... (hehehe)

@iraceruk 26 дней назад

This year has been a total disaster for us! All this wet weather has meant hundreds of slugs and snails and everything has been eaten! 😭🤬

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Same here - the slugs are ruthless!

@grokuBudz 20 дней назад

Watering at 12pm-3am is actually the most effective time to water for water retention and less evaporated loss. Incase you dont know.

@GrowVeg 16 дней назад

Yes, that would be optimal!

@grokuBudz 16 дней назад

@@GrowVeg the more water available in daylight hours the more insects that will pester your garden and plants. Water = breeding grounds...

@grokuBudz 16 дней назад

@@GrowVeg also you didn't mention anything about cover crop for water retention or how to use grass cutting, straw, or mulch to prevent soil being exposed to direct sunlight which is the single main cause of evaporated water loss and use.

@grokuBudz 16 дней назад

@@GrowVeg one last point. Plants ought to in any garden be able to go 2 weeks or more without watering if you are doing this correctly and the plants acclimated to their soil and climate by feeding the microbiology of the soil with exudates. How nitrogen fixation is even possible in any situation not just a garden. Thanks for reading.

@sweynforkbeardtraindude 27 дней назад

👍🏼👍🏼

@Metalgarn 26 дней назад

It's a tricky little dance talking about this stuff. I fully agree with the concept of less frequent but rather heavy, deep watering. But that quite logically, is contrary to the earlier recommendation of keeping your soil consistently moist. You literally aren't keeping the soil consistently moist, you are allowing the top inches to get quite dry, to encourage roots to dig deeper. For me, when in doubt, defer to nature. Nature doesn't water plants every day, it doesn't keep the soil consistently and evenly moist but when it does water it more often than not (at least in my region) does so quite deeply. And while I understand and acknowledge that many diseases can be spread by overhead watering... it IS how nature does it, so it can't be that bad.

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Very good points well made! I guess watering overhead is fine, but it does create a more humid environment. In nature, diseases are part and parcel of life, but we want to do our best to avoid them on our crops, even though nature will water from above - we can at least water at ground level, thereby reducing the overall disease risk.

@bipbip6626 27 дней назад

?? Drooping plants , when they lack water….and you show potatoes plants at the end of their serving life?😅

@GrowVeg 23 дня назад

Yes, poor choice of clip there I do appreciate.

@bipbip6626 22 дня назад

@@GrowVeg to be true, it s funny My clever 25 year old Harvard graduate came home one summer[ about 2 y ago] Saw these types of potatoes displays, which is when they are ready to be harvested. It did not take long for her to say: ‘’ dear me, mum, you do not look well after your plants! Look at these! They need water!’’ So , i m xtra sensitive , when it comes to potatoes look!! MDR YOU ARE very good, whatever clip you need to use