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Old 05-03-2012, 08:55 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Veggie watering: the various options...

On Mar 4, 8:52*pm, Jim xzy wrote:
I wonder if anyone has an opinion about the following...

I need to choose between four methods of watering my garden vegetables
rainfall becomes infrequent:

1) Use mains water via a garden hose (easiest option),

2) Use saved rainwater via a watering can

3) Maintain a large tub of mains water into which shredded seaweed has been
added (and perhaps a few comfrey leaves. I would water my plants with this
using a watering can.

4) As (3), except use rainwater instead of mains water.

Which is best. I expect that some will say (2), (3), or (4).. But is the
benefit (in therms of vegetable production) worth the extra time and
effort? (And, in my case, the cost of buying a watering can and extra butt
to brew the liquid fertlizer in...)

Jim


If you have no water meter option 1.
If you have a water meter option 2.
Any form of crap you put in the water will just block the nozzles in
your watering can.
If you have weeds or sea weed, put on compost heap.