Don’t over-water!

Don’t over-water!

Avoid over-watering your plants as it encourages fungus, root rot, rusts, mildew and black-spot.
Deep soak your plants

Deep soak your plants

Deep soak your plants to encourage feeder roots to grow deeply in search of water instead of sprinkling, which encourages shallow roots.
Deep soak your plants

Water low and slow

Water your garden low and slow – plants take up moisture through their feeder roots and low, slow watering by hand is the best way to get it there. Moveable sprinklers are the least water effective.
Protect plants

Protect plants

Don’t let the sun and wind strip your plants off their moisture. Water your garden on calm days during the cool hours – early morning or evening – to avoid rapid evaporation.
Test soil moisture

Test soil moisture

Test soil moisture every 4-7 days during dry weather conditions, and only water if...