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03-08-2003, 07:42 PM

(Lee Hall) wrote in message What is your definition of watering? This sounds way too often unless
you are just dampening the top layer of soil (few inches).
steve

I don't have my own definition of watering, just my own method. I
water with a garden hose and use Auto-Maters. I normally fill them
about 3 times, less if they are showing signs of saturation. I would
estimate that it works out to about a gallon per plant. I have used
this same watering method, with and without the Auto-Maters for 35
years or so. It seems to work fine as I never see choriosis or plants
about to keel over in the heat.

Oh, ok, thats fine, some people have different ideas about watering, I
water maybe once or twice a season, but its an all night event. I also
have 6 inches of mulch and good drainage so it all works for me. But
you can imagine that a once a day watering system seems pretty foreign
to me.