Watering your plants in the sweltering summer heat can often times be a challenge! Many gardeners resort to watering for a shorter period of time and find they have to give their plants and lawn a refill more often. If you want to see your landscape flourish with beautiful grass and gorgeous flowers, now is the time to teach yourself, and your plants, good watering practices!
When watering your plants and lawn, the ideal result is for them to be as self-sufficient as possible. The aim of a savvy gardener is to water deeper and less often. This method will help roots grow deeper and thus access even more water farther down where it’s less likely to dry out. Watering deeper sends the roots where you want them to go, and when you water less frequently, it makes the roots go searching for this “buried treasure.” In comparison, if you tend to water shallow and more often, you will end up with a shallow root system.
If you’ve been watering more frequently and for a shorter period of time, try retraining your plants and lawn by beginning to water half as often, but twice as long when you do water. It may take some time, but eventually you’ll find yourself watering less and less often with a picturesque landscape to show off your hard work!
