"al" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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Water it well, let it drain well etc. But don't just give it a quick
squirt from the hose - really saturate it and then do the same again next
morning or evening, until nature starts to do it for you.
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Well .. not wanting to wash away the soil or anything ... but I did water it
pretty much directly for a good 5 minutes yesterday (and kept coming back
over it briefly during about the next 20 mins while I watered the rest of
the front). That may not sound like much, but it's a lot of direct water
from a hose (nozzle of course or I'd have just jet-washed it out of the
bed!). The soil, if I managed to stop it from ponding too much, is quite
happy to drink what seems like an infinite amount of water!

I used to build 'dykes' around mine so that I could fill up the space and let it
soak in........

Am I better off doing this on Saturday and Sunday so it's thoroughly
drenched and then leaving it for the week to dry out a bit before repeating
the cycle?

That's what I do mostly. Try to get some ground cover plants around and under
the rodos. This will stop the soil drying out.
Jenny