Watering Vegetables Correctly

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

It always seemed that there was nothing difficult in watering orchard crops. The earth dried up, took a bucket, a watering can, a hose, and poured it. However, in reality, everything is not as simple as it seems. Each culture has its own secrets

In this article, we will look at when and how to water various plants correctly so as not to harm them and get the highest yield possible.

Let's start watering with tomatoes, without which no vegetable garden and summer table is unthinkable. This crop loves moist soil due to its roots close to the surface. But despite the love for water, moisture content should also be different at different periods of development.

The maximum amount of water is required after the planting period, when the plant is just taking root in a new place. A large amount of moisture will allow the tomato bush to quickly adapt to new conditions, put new roots. After the adaptation period, soil moisture should be moderate, since excessive watering will not lead to fruiting, but to an increase in the green deciduous mass of the plant. During the period when the ovary appears, we slightly increase the intensity of watering, since a lack of moisture during this period can lead to a significant loss of future harvest due to shedding of flowers and ovary.

During the ripening of the fruits, the soil moisture is again reduced to moderate, since the tomatoes may begin to rot and burst.

On average, one watering every 7 days is enough for tomato bushes. In a dry summer, the frequency of watering is increased to 1 time in 2-3 days.

Pepper

Pepper is a moisture-loving culture, even a very moisture-loving one. The soil of this plant must be constantly moistened, since its root system is distributed in the area of the soil surface. Lack of watering leads to shedding of the flower and ovary. In addition, peppers grow slowly, the fruits become small and are affected by various diseases.

The pepper is watered with the same frequency throughout the entire period of growth and fruiting. Unlike tomatoes, the amount of moisture required for peppers does not vary so much: this plant needs a little more moisture during the period of flowering, ovary and ripening of fruits. But this difference is not very noticeable. It is necessary to water the pepper every 2-3 days, preventing the soil from completely drying out.

Eggplant

This culture does not require separate consideration, since watering it is absolutely identical to watering pepper, that is, the soil must be constantly moistened. During the adaptation period, eggplant bushes can be watered slightly less intensively than during the flowering and fruiting period.

Water this crop every 2-3 days, making sure that the soil is constantly moistened in order to avoid loss of yield.

Cucumbers

Perhaps this is the most moisture-loving culture. This is due to the fact that the roots of the plant are very close to the soil surface, that is, the slightest drying out leads to the death of the plant. In addition, cucumber lashes have very large leaves, through which a fairly large amount of moisture evaporates. Therefore, in any summer, cucumbers need additional watering. You need to water the cucumbers every 3-7 days (depending on the air temperature and humidity). Lack of watering causes cucumbers to become bitter and unusable.

On hot days, it is necessary to water not only the soil, but also the plants themselves, it is advisable for these purposes to have a special sprinkler nozzle on the hose. We put a nozzle on the hose and water in such a way that the moisture moistens the cucumber leaves well.

Important! Never do cooling watering in the morning, as the hot sun after watering will "burn" or "bake" the leaves. Cooling watering is best done in the late afternoon, when the plants are no longer exposed to direct sunlight.