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Keywords: Winter gardening, Irrigation
PAL Question:
Can you tell me, what's the deal with watering in winter? I've heard that foundation plants which don't catch the rain under the eaves must be watered even in wintertime. Someone else says that watering anything in winter subjects it to freezing. Now I'm in a quandary. I don't want my plants to freeze to death, nor do I want them to die of dehydration. So what's the answer?
Keywords: Irrigation, Container gardening
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Research shows that watering container plants in the afternoon leads to healthier, stronger growing plants compared to containerized plants watered early in the morning. Warren and Bilderback, Journal of Environmental Horticulture, September 2002, Vol. 20(3), Pages 184-188. However, watering the rest of the garden in the morning reduces the amount of water lost to evaporation, which is better for the utility bill!
Season: Summer
Date: 2007-05-16
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