"Mister Sensitive" wrote in
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| We built raised beds for veggies this year. First try with
raised beds. We
| got soil from B&B topsoil mine, with which we've had great
success in the
| past. We tilled the soil into furrows and planted veggies along
the furrow
| ridge. I water every day it doesn't rain, but the plants are
growing very
| slowly, if at all. We left a couple of plants in the valleys in
their
| nursery containers, to backfill failing plants. The valley
plants are
| growing much better. I also noticed after prodigious watering
that the soil
| is pretty dry just under the surface if I scratch the wet soil.
The only
| time the plants seem to grow is after these recent long
drenching rains.
|
| Have we created too much drainage for water and are depriving
our plants of
| water?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Hungry in Hillsborough
|
I would try mulching with newspaper to help the soil retain some
of the water.