Planting and maintaininga thriving gardenisnt all knowledge and natural instinctsthere can be an element of luck, too.
Your plants success can be out of control with influences like rain, wind, and other weather.
But fortunately, one elements can be managed to a certain extent: water.
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Theyre all either easily avoidable or easily fixable.
This often comes down to misreading the planting instructions.
If youre manually watering your plants, you’re free to cut back.
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Drought-tolerant plants prefer their soil to be on the drier side, after all.
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Remember, watering deeply to soak your soil is better than frequent shallow watering, she says.
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Mulching can also help prevent soil moisture loss.
This makes for a gluey, sticky, wet soil that can drown plants' roots, Mueller says.
Katie Tamony, the CMO and trendspotter at Monrovia, agrees.
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She suggests aiming directly for the roots for a long soaking every couple of days.
Perennials also start to move into dormancy in the fall.
The best way you check is simply putting your finger in the soil and checking if it’s dry.
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verify plants that need good drainage arent planted in spots that tend to get water-logged, she says.
If youre reading this and envisioning a dug-up lawn, dont panic.
Tamony assures us thatinstalling drip irrigationisnt as intense as it sounds.
It is probably the best investment you could make in your garden.
Foster agrees, pointing out that this system actually saves water.
