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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

Im a little lost about keeping plants watered outside.  I put my 
complete collection outside (except for a couple which don't fit thru 
the door anymore), but I put them in the shade of the backyard,  where 
they get at the most 4 hours of direct sunlight.  During the heat of 
the summer they have to be watered everyday but it only takes a couple 
minutes.  Sometimes with my portable fig orchard (75 figs in 5 gallon 
buckets) I'll set the sprinkler up & run that for an hour in the 
morning or evening.

mIEKAL

On Saturday, January 15, 2005, at 07:56 AM, list@ginda.us wrote:

> On Jan 14, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Stephen Sadler wrote:
>
> > My biggest problem with containers was always maintaining adequate 
> > moisture;. . .
>
> me too.  My inside plants do okay, but I don't put pots outside, 
> because the plants die of dehydration.  I grow one pot with a tomato 
> plant each summer.  It is in a giant pot, and the plant visibly wilts 
> before any permanent damage is done, reminding me that it needs water. 
>  I nearly killed my Meyers lemon the year I tried to leave it outside 
> in its pot, because you can't se how thirsty it is from a distance.  I 
> find plants in the ground much more forgiving.  I only water if it's 
> been very dry, or for the berries, during peak fruiting season.
>
> Drip irrigation of potted plants sounds interesting.
>
> Ginda