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BBC "Christine's garden"
Friday's new series called Christine's garden is certainly something
different, but I reserve judgement. However the lady has no lack of knowledge and experience, so I was delighted to hear her say that you should not water plants in bright sunlight, because it may scorch the leaves. So I am not the only one who has spent a lifetime believing that!! Pam in Bristol |
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BBC "Christine's garden"
"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Friday's new series called Christine's garden is certainly something different, but I reserve judgement. However the lady has no lack of knowledge and experience, so I was delighted to hear her say that you should not water plants in bright sunlight, because it may scorch the leaves. So I am not the only one who has spent a lifetime believing that!! Pam in Bristol Quite a refreshing programme. I believe she and you have so far spent a lifetime believing watering (in sunshine) scorches leaves. It's a fib,a myth and an attempt by the Water Companies to save water :-) |
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"Rupert" wrote in message ... "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Friday's new series called Christine's garden is certainly something different, but I reserve judgement. However the lady has no lack of knowledge and experience, so I was delighted to hear her say that you should not water plants in bright sunlight, because it may scorch the leaves. So I am not the only one who has spent a lifetime believing that!! Pam in Bristol Quite a refreshing programme. I believe she and you have so far spent a lifetime believing watering (in sunshine) scorches leaves. It's a fib,a myth and an attempt by the Water Companies to save water :-) You're right, and it winds me up to keep hearing that. Does anybody ever post a pic of the damage caused by sunshine after a shower? No, I didn't think so. The simple truth is a droplet of water on a leaf has nowhere near the sphericality which would give it the optical capability to scorch a leaf Rant ends. (But I can't blame the water companies for wanting us to water less) Steve |
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"shazzbat" wrote in message ... "Rupert" wrote in message ... "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Friday's new series called Christine's garden is certainly something different, but I reserve judgement. However the lady has no lack of knowledge and experience, so I was delighted to hear her say that you should not water plants in bright sunlight, because it may scorch the leaves. So I am not the only one who has spent a lifetime believing that!! Pam in Bristol Quite a refreshing programme. I believe she and you have so far spent a lifetime believing watering (in sunshine) scorches leaves. It's a fib,a myth and an attempt by the Water Companies to save water :-) You're right, and it winds me up to keep hearing that. Does anybody ever post a pic of the damage caused by sunshine after a shower? No, I didn't think so. The simple truth is a droplet of water on a leaf has nowhere near the sphericality which would give it the optical capability to scorch a leaf Rant ends. (But I can't blame the water companies for wanting us to water less) Steve We could both be wrong -it never ever rains anywhere when the sun is shinning and if it does all the plants get scorched and die instantly. |
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BBC "Christine's garden"
"Rupert" wrote in message ... "shazzbat" wrote in message ... "Rupert" wrote in message ... "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Friday's new series called Christine's garden is certainly something different, but I reserve judgement. However the lady has no lack of knowledge and experience, so I was delighted to hear her say that you should not water plants in bright sunlight, because it may scorch the leaves. So I am not the only one who has spent a lifetime believing that!! Pam in Bristol Quite a refreshing programme. I believe she and you have so far spent a lifetime believing watering (in sunshine) scorches leaves. It's a fib,a myth and an attempt by the Water Companies to save water :-) You're right, and it winds me up to keep hearing that. Does anybody ever post a pic of the damage caused by sunshine after a shower? No, I didn't think so. The simple truth is a droplet of water on a leaf has nowhere near the sphericality which would give it the optical capability to scorch a leaf Rant ends. (But I can't blame the water companies for wanting us to water less) Steve We could both be wrong -it never ever rains anywhere when the sun is shinning and if it does all the plants get scorched and die instantly. The other one that winds me up is " the easy way to water your hanging baskets - just pop a couple of ice cubes in, they water it as they melt". Quite apart from the effects of putting freezing cold water on your plants on a hot day, have you seen how much water you get from a couple of ice cubes? Rant ends. Again. Steve |
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The Mouse wrote: This thing about watering......remember the old chestnut being hauled out by the gardening expert in the DT some years ago - to be thoroughly trounced by a market gardener in Singapore, for the reasons Steve has written above. He pointed out that Singapore is 1 deg. north of the equator and that it invariably rains daily at mid-day for an hour, rain which is then quickly burnt off...... (snip) The thing is if I see a plant in great need of water, it means it needs water now, and that usually means NOW as I see the plant needing water and not when I've checked the sun's exact trajectory nor counted the number of magpies, nor if the moon's full. And another thing, when I water, I usually water the soil, not the bleeding whole plant. I come from the south west of France, and if I'd waited the sun to come down to water my plots, we'd have starved. Centuries ago at that. |
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