Re: Teri's query on watering


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Teri- I encourage you to consider channeling your energy for gardening into building a gardening web site during the winter months. It would be fantastic! You go girl!
 
bill missen.
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Bill- Sounds good to me.I was thinking this that just this morning- I always let my jugs of water sit out for a couple days before I water my houseplants and I thought -"I wonder why I have never heard about the chlorine thing in the garden" It has to have an effect.The other thing I do is to use warm water on a lot of plants epecially when transplanting-at least in pots-with flowers. So using warm in the garden would  seem to be beneficial too. But not sure how to do that using a hose. Mel talks about this in his book. With the raised beds- I was not able to use his technique to water- the beds just dried out too soon.Used soakers and tripped over them constantly. Hoping to find a better way. Tt was getting them UP to the raised beds that caused  the problems . Where the soakers and "ys" laid flat on the ground- it was fine- but would sure like to find a better way to get the water into the beds.Still very new to this game and not much money to spend.-Teri
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Teri- I am expanding my water reservoir from two barrels storage to three barrels. They catch rainwater when available, and I fill them up with tap water when the rainwater runs out. Although the tap water is not as desirable as rain water, the garden can still benefit from air temperature water. (It seems that cold water directly from the tap can stop plants from growing for a time from the temperature shock.) After a day or two I have heard that the clorine from tap water may dissapate/evaporate to a great degree which is good news. Some gardeners simply fill up their watering cans the day before and let them sit over night.
 
What do you think?
bill missen.
zone 3b
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I should know but could someone please tell me how to start a new thread
please?If I knew how I would ask..........How is everyone going to water
this year? Thank you -Teri
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From: Ellen DiNardo <e*@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:45 AM
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> I can't agree with you, Lisa, more!
> I've been using the APS for several years and will never go back. The only
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> They're prices are cheaper sometimes if you purchase 2 of an item.
> Try them out, they're great! And for the square foot garden which is so
> specific as to number of plants, it's easy to plant only what you want. I
> don't find I waste seeds or seedlings at all as much as with flats or
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