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Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1649
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 12:52 am: | 
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What's the difference between early morning and late at night?
J.B. |
Psychomom
Citizen
Username: Psychomom
Post Number: 570
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 2:39 am: |
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Don't know for sure, but I would guess that late at night gives time for the water to settle in without the hot sun burning the plants. |
Oldstone
Citizen
Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 879
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 8:10 am: |
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be a little more specific...when you say late at night do you mean 11:30 pm and when you say early morning do you mean 1:00 am?
my sprinkler system goes on at 3:45 am and quits at 5:15 am. that gives enough time for the water to sink in before the sun starts shining on everything in my yard around 7:00 am. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 3486
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:56 am: |
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As the old farmer said: "Ya wouldn't wanna go to bed with your feet wet, would ya?"
Water them in the morning. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1651
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 10:43 am: |
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The books say early morning. I always took that to mean, when you wake up. But I prefer to water at 10 pm till 1 am when I'm sitting outside anyway, then to sleep in.
I know you get more bang for the squirt watering when the sun's not up evaporating half of it before it hits the roots, but I was wondering if night watering was a bug maker.
J.B. |
L
Citizen
Username: Madison3701
Post Number: 33
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 12:51 pm: |
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less chance of mould and mildew developing in cooler night temps when you water in the morning. |
Bklyngirl
Citizen
Username: Bklyngirl
Post Number: 189
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 4:14 pm: |
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I've heard the exact same thing, Jersey. Night watering is a bug maker.
bklyngirl |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 171
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 11:39 pm: |
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Depends on what you're watering. If you're watering plants that are prone to fungal diseases (roses instantly come to mind) if you water at night, the water becomes a breeding ground for disease. Think about leaving a cup of water in say your dark garage for the night. YOu come back and see things floating on the top that weren't there when you left the water. Other plants can be perfectly happy regardless of when you water them.
Then again, I don't recall rain only coming during the daytime and the plants seem to do ok then too.
You could avoid the whole watering thing together and just install a drip irrigation system and put it on a timer. Then voila! You get to sleep in, AND have that drink in your lovely garden from 10 PM - 1 AM. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1670
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 8:29 am: |
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I'm not ready for the timer/drip irrigation system. It's too impersonal.
J.B. |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 172
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 2:19 pm: |
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Rats - I was hoping you'd install one then be able to give me advice as to how to do it!
C'mon! Change your mind! Go the impersonal route!
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