How much should I water? We answer the question.
YouTube: How Much Should I Water My Plant?
In our latest YouTube video, Christy explores the different factors involved in learning each plant's watering needs.
Ask Gardenerd: Citrus Overwatered – What to Do?
A question came into Ask Gardenerd this week from Marilyn Boone when her citrus was overwatered. We answered.
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Ask Gardenerd: Water Crisis – How to Conserve Water for Garden Plants
I've been hearing from clients about new water restrictions cities are implementing to deal with California's water crisis. In some cases, cities plan to cut homeowner's water supply by 50%.
Ask Gardenerd: When to Water?
A question came in from Karen at Ask Gardenerd this week: "During these very hot summer days, what's the best time of day to water my vegetable garden?" Irrigation is key during hot weather in climates where rain is scarce. Here in Los Angeles, where days are topping 108° in the Valley and other inland areas, and rain is non-existent, it's important to water regularly to keep plants happy. But when? It's a good question. Ideal watering times Watering is…
Shower essentials: A bucket and timer
New Drought, or New Normal?
Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency as California has yet another year of lower than average rainfall. In the case of 2013-2014, almost none. Not only is rainfall at an all-time low, temperatures have been at an all-time high. (Excuse me, 80° in January?) Is this just a new drought, or is it the new normal? There's no way to know for sure, but we all need to prepare for having less access to water. What can we do…
A small fountain pump is a great garden helper
Fountain Pump for Rainbarrels
Our rainy season appears to be coming to a close here in Los Angeles, but before we turn on the irrigation, there's still a little bit of water in our rain barrels. It's hard to get every last drop out from the bottom, so we've employed a little ingenuity to help us along. Fountain pumps come in handy to extract the last bit of water out from your rain barrels. They can also help pump water uphill to your plants.…
Trial and Error with Irrigation
Every gardener has moments of trial and error, simply because there are some things you just don't know until you try. Irrigation is one of those things for me.
Now that the seedlings (that were started under grow lights) have been planted out into the garden, it's time to figure out how to integrate them into our new irrigation system. The irrigation is relatively simple, in that each bed has its own spigot with a hose attachment on the end. (You can read more about it in this blog entry). It is complicated, however, in that each bed has different watering ...