by Greg Alder | Oct 30, 2020 | Watering |
Some years back, I wanted to plant fruit trees in a new part of my yard, but there was only a faucet over there. I handwatered the trees at first, but when that work became too much I set up the easiest form of automatic irrigation. It consists of only five parts....
by Greg Alder | Aug 28, 2020 | Watering |
Late summer is usually when we need to water our vegetables and fruit trees most in Southern California. And we should water them amply, as much as they need in order to provide us the food we desire. But are there ways to be more efficient? Always. Listed here are...
by Greg Alder | Jul 31, 2020 | Watering |
(This post was written by Dave Feinglass, who grows dozens of fruit trees on his property in Fallbrook, San Diego County. Thank you, Dave!) There is just something relaxing about watering the plants in your garden or your backyard fruit tree with a trusty old watering...
by Greg Alder | May 29, 2020 | Watering |
Every year in spring I get amnesia about watering my vegetables and fruit trees, as if I have to figure out anew how much and how often to water them, as if I have no record of my irrigation schedules that have worked in the past. Relax, Greg. Use those records to...
by Greg Alder | May 8, 2020 | Watering |
What’s hydrozoning? It’s grouping plants with similar water needs. You put those plants next to each other, or you put them on the same irrigation line. And I haven’t always done it — to my great irritation, and to my plants’ hardship. Here are three examples of...
by Greg Alder | Oct 11, 2019 | Vegetables, Watering |
I wish that I could water all of my vegetables by hand all the time, but as my family has grown so necessarily has my vegetable garden, and I’ve decided to accept the costs and wastes of watering with sprinklers and driplines in order to save time. During a Southern...
by Greg Alder | Sep 6, 2019 | Watering |
How often do you adjust your irrigation timer? How do you estimate how much to water your fruit trees or vegetables? The local evapotranspiration rate is a great guide in answering both of these questions. What is the evapotranspiration rate? Evapo-transpiration is a...
by Greg Alder | Aug 16, 2019 | Fruit, Vegetables, Watering |
I haven’t watered this lime tree for three years now and yet it still gives us more limes than we can handle — and limes of high quality. I don’t know for certain why it no longer needs my irrigation, but I have a suspicion. Step back and take a look at the...
by Greg Alder | Jun 14, 2019 | Fruit, Watering |
These are the rules of thumb that I try to keep in mind for watering fruit trees during late spring, summer, and early fall (think May or June into October): If the fruit tree is two feet wide (about as wide as your body), then give it two gallons each week. If the...
by Greg Alder | Apr 26, 2019 | Fruit, Watering |
Here in late April, it’s about time to water my deciduous fruit trees for the first time since winter. I water most of my fruit trees — both deciduous and citrus and avocado — using micro-sprinklers. Micro-sprinklers are small emitters that work on...
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