Re: Deep, infrequent watering

Hey Ben, it might be interesting to take a trip out to Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden in Claremont (that's about 70 miles east of where Ben lives for those folks outside the region).  The heat is almost as intense there as in Simi.  The garden is strictly natives.  

It would be interesting to see how their plants look at this point in the year, especially the plantings way towards the rear of the garden where watering is minimal.   

You'll get a good idea of what can survive with little to no summer water as opposed to what looks good with little to no summer water.  There can be a huge discrepancy between the two.

I don't know exactly how much the plants there are watered in summer at Rancho Santa Ana, but I would be surprised if it were more than once a month in that rear section where few people wander.  And I wouldn't be surprised if they were watered more in the front, more populated section of the garden.

But it would be good to ask.

And if you go, please share your observations with the rest of us!

Best

Nan


On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Ben Wiswall wrote:

Thanks for the feedback Joe (and Sylvia and Nan),

I'm going to continue watering most areas of the garden once a week; in time as the garden matures I might be able to reduce that to once a fortnight.  I doubt I could grow the garden I have with no irrigation at all, except for my small native plant garden which I now water by hand when I think it needs it.

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