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PepperDude
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Location: Tishomingo, MS. zone 8 (Map)
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I live in N.E. Mississippi and i water the veggie garden 3 times a week but as far as the flower beds go only when they need it prolly once a week.
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EJ
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Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Location: Essex
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At the moment here in Essex we are having so much rain, rivers are bursting their banks and flooding is becoming a risk in some areas. However, even in the midst of summer I don't water unless I really have to. I only water the pots dotted about on the deck, but the garden has to fend for itself, and I don't have any tapped water on the allotment, so I water young plants when I plant them, or seed drills as I am sowing, but that is it, I don't water again.
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1tallmommy
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Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Location: Heart of Texas
Posts: 6
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I don't have to water most plants in my yard very often due to my septic tank recycles my dish, bath and laundry water, but potted plants generally get watered daily and my garden atleast once a day since there has been no rain! --Tina
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Bluebirdie
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Joined: 29 May 2008
Location: Northwest Louisiana
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I've been watering the flower beds twice a week with a soaker hose; the lawn never. It is getting very bad looking too! I water all my container plants at least once a day. It's hot and dry again this summer!
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glasfryn
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Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: west Wales UK
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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my watering system is called Welsh weather like our friend in Essex we have had our share of water .....in fact my hoses are now covered by greenery and have not been used for years.
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bailey
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Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Location: south east texas
Posts: 94
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: |
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I have sprinklers that are set to automatically water every evening at 7pm until 8pm and I water the containers on the front porch and back patio/pool area with a garden hose every evening.
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cajunbelle
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Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Location: zone 8b Louisiana (Map)
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: |
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Hot, humid, south Louisiana here. I am watering daily, but I rotate which beds I water, too much to do all in one day. I am losing plants left and right with these drought conditions, maybe 2 light rains in the last two months.
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dooley
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Location: Arizona, U.S.A (Map)
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:51 am Post subject: |
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We are getting quite a lot of rain recently as our summer rains have started. Every day there are scattered showers. Some days they scatter elsewhere. I only have to water things in pots if it doesn't rain for two or three days as the heat dries them rather quickly. dooley
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Palm Tree
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Joined: 17 Sep 2007
Location: Cape Town (Map)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: |
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I live in Cape Town and in Winter, Early Spring and Fall I do not water my garden. It is only in summer that I am compelled to water them. It gets pretty hot and I have decided to go waterwise. We often have water restrictions in summer.
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Sherry8
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Joined: 06 Nov 2007
Location: Wisconsin...zone 4 (Map)
Posts: 1043
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I live in Wisconsin and I haven't had to water much at all this season because we have had so much rain...and hail. I do water my pots every other day unless it is a real scorcher (thats 80* for me)..so our water bills would of been lower if they wouldn't have raised the rates...they get you one way or another..
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