undug soil retaining moisture

[kate robinson]

I was twisting out 7 months old salad plants in the polytunnel today (getting really quite emotional!) however – I was delighted to see that the soil was dark and nicely damp. I am only watering once a week after picking and wondering if I should increase the watering. I will stay with present watering until it gets warmer. K

[Ros]

we are only watering our polytunnel once a week at the moment – only when we have loads of mature plants like tomatoes, peppers etc do we up it to twice a week during hot weather. We find that if we water well each time then the roots go down to find the water and make better plants than if we watered more frequently and the roots do not go so deep and plants more likely to suffer if the watering ever gets missed. We make sure we water even where things are not planted at the moment and then the moisture builds in the soil.

[kate robinson]

Thanks Ros – that makes good sense. I wonder what part of the country you are in but I think I will do the same. K

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