Re: Newbie question

Hello Amy,
    I'm a gardener in Portland OR.  I had a little input as to watering for
you.  Around here you can go every other day or so in 70-80 degree weather.
Much hotter than that you'll want to go every day and twice a day if the weather
stays in the 90s+ for any length of time.  To test, stick your finger in the
soil around the plants, if its dry for the top 2-3 inches, it needs to be
watered.  Also, if the soil just looks really dry, time to water.  We've had a
mild summer so far and have had intermittant rain, so I've been able to relax a
bit with my watering.  I recently installed an automatic watering system, but
have had to turn it off a few nights because we've had enough rain.  The risk of
over watering is much less if your soil drains well also.  Hope this helps.
Happy gardening
Jen

Amy Burzynski wrote:

> Hello, I'm new to the list and new to gardening.  I live in the Seattle
> area.  This summer I started pole beans and peas (both planted early June).
> I know that's late for peas, but I'm so new to gardening that I don't really
> mind if they never produce.  I had the space and I like watching the vines
> grow.  I did use an enation resistant variety.  Both beans and peas seem to
> be doing well, though the leaves on the bean plants have been chewed a
> little bit, especially when they were seedlings.  Not so much now that
> they're growing faster and climbing the trellis.
>
> Anyway, my question is about watering.  Basically I've been watering every
> day (on hot, sunny days).  I've also experimented a little bit with watering
> every other day, and so far the plants seem to do fine with that as well.  I
> know overwatering is bad, but underwatering must be worse.  Are there any
> other Pacific Northwest gardeners on the list?  How often should I be
> watering?
>
>     Amy
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