re: water
AG's require a lot of water. I think a fair number
of growers do not water enough. especially newer
growers - just because they don't know. It's certainly
not a dumb question.
Here are some numbers to give you an idea of how much
water is needed.
It takes 623 gallons to cover a 1000 sq. ft patch with
1 inch of water. (1 gallon = 231 cubic inches)
This is 89 gallons per day,
or 178 gallons every other day.
For 1 1/2 inches of water per week it takes 934.5
gallons per week.
133.5 gallons per day,
or 167 gallons every other day.
the next step is to figure out how much you are
watering and compare the above numbers-
you might need more or less depending on the
weather and your soil.
if you water with a hose - you can see how long
it takes to fill up a 5 gallon bucket. then mulitply
that time till you get the amount of water you want.
ie- that time x 18 to get 90 gallons.
if you use sprinklers you can put out some
water gages and see how long it take to fill them.
the others are right -after a while you can tell by
watching your plants.
gordon
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