Re: [CH] watering question
Sojourner (sojournr@missouri.org)
Thu, 08 Jun 2000 11:06:03 -0500
Michelle DeWitt wrote:
>
> A friend of mine has a few plants next to her neighbor's garden. She was
> using a sprinkler to water and her neighbor asked her to please turn it
> off, because spraying could damage their plants and that the leaves get
> all the moisture they need from the rain. They only water with pipes
> from the ground level.
>
> I had never heard of such a thing. I have been spraying with a hose to
> water since I planted out. Am I doing something wrong? My plants look healthy.
Watering in the daytime can cause some damage to plant foliage. Each
drop of water acts as a tiny magnifying glass which can concentrate heat
from the sun and burn foliage.
Some diseases are spread more easily by moisture splashing up from the
ground onto plants.
That said, I too have watered via sprinklers for many years and have
never had a problem. Unless the plants were roses I'd venture to think
the neighbor was being a little overly-type A.
It is true though that watering underneath like from emitters or a
soaker hose is much thriftier (saves water, waters only where you want
it).
--
Holly ;-D
Contrary Peasant
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