WATER WATER NOT A DROP.........

[Elaine]

Hi OH. I'm a real positive person....always got the half full jar!

[poppingjay]

Hi OH. I'm a real positive person....always got the half full jar!

Sometimes the glass is half full, sometimes the glass is half empty and sometimes the glass is twice as big as it needs to be

[Westi]

Poppingjay

Never too big if its got wine in it!

Westi

[alan refail]

Never too big if its got wine in it!

Westi

Fancy a glass of red, Westi?

[Westi]

Any colour at all Alan so long as it is not the
neighbours home brew!!

Westi

[Mike Vogel]

I put out some toms on Wednesday. I think it was Monday night when we got about 8 mm of rain. The ground on Wednesday was dry on the surface, but quite moist about 2 inches down - and this was in well-draining soil.

Meanwhile I saw fellow plot-holders at the water-pump which pumps up mainswater directly from the ground. I really don't know why they are doing this so early in the year. I have six wtaer butts still full of water and I'm just finishing water stored in canisters. I feel srongly about this: we must do everything we can to save water, but these guys have maybe one or two butts collecting run-off from their sheds and then rely on the pump for the rest of the year.

The other thing is mulching. Very few of us do this, but I've found the difference made by a couple of inches of straw quite amazing. Anything will do - newspaper, cardboard.... But please not carpet! Too many harmful chemicals.

[Bren]

Like Mike I have 6 water butts plus a tank sunk in the ground, 3 of them are pretty low at the moment as the soil is very dry and I have to water newly planted cauli's, sweetcorn outdoor tomatoes and seedlings.

On the opposite side of the road/path I have 2 Asain men with 7/8 plots between them growing coreander and Asain vegetable neither of them save any rain water but have hoses with sprays on all morning and most days.
Bren

[WestHamRon]

I put out some toms on Wednesday. I think it was Monday night when we got about 8 mm of rain. The ground on Wednesday was dry on the surface, but quite moist about 2 inches down - and this was in well-draining soil.

Meanwhile I saw fellow plot-holders at the water-pump which pumps up mainswater directly from the ground. I really don't know why they are doing this so early in the year. I have six wtaer butts still full of water and I'm just finishing water stored in canisters. I feel srongly about this: we must do everything we can to save water, but these guys have maybe one or two butts collecting run-off from their sheds and then rely on the pump for the rest of the year.

The other thing is mulching. Very few of us do this, but I've found the difference made by a couple of inches of straw quite amazing. Anything will do - newspaper, cardboard.... But please not carpet! Too many harmful chemicals.

May I ask the idiot question here ?
How do you successfully water your plants roots if they are covered by mulch ?

[peter]

....But please not carpet! Too many harmful chemicals.

Mike, having researched this at length myself I feel compelled to ask:

Proof please.