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"peak" hours
I just noticed on a pamphlet sent out that it suggested we avoid the peak watering hours of 6 AM to 9 PM.
Umm...so you mean, waking hours??
Sorry, but I'm not going to be able to vigilantly comply with that. Its a rare day I want to be out watering at 5:30 am, and its not good to water at night.
Re: "peak" hours
Why isn't it good to water at night? I think our sprinklers go off at 11 pm.
Leaves being wet overnight can cause some diseases in plants, and its pretty wet here anyway. I'm talking like tomato plants - we don't water lawns here.
I always kind of figure that people are talking about using sprinkler systems to water flower beds or lawns when they say not to water during peak hours.
I water my veggie plants and window boxes whenever I get the chance, but if I had a sprinkler system for a flower bed or something I'd probably set it to water like the previous poster and have it go late in the evening.
The only sprinklers I've seen here have been for kids to play in!
I water in the morning or before it gets warm (if it ever does!) so that water doesn't evaporate, and I try to use mostly drought-tolerant plants, I compost a lot, etc, but I'm just not watering in the middle of the night.
Even with a sprinkler Em, up here I was told watering at night means leaf diseases and more slugs! Ugh slugs!
This is what I've been told by our county's "master gardener's association" too. They say not to water at night, they say watering early in the morning is best. DH is the veggie garden waterer and he usually does it in the morning before work, or at like 6 pm when he gets home.
That's funny though Alisha! "Stay up to water at 1 a.m.! Don't water when you're awake!" That's insane.
Ew, slugs! I had one in my container of peas last week and had to make Jeff come get it out. It was cute, but caught me by surprise which made it unacceptable.
Cute?? CUTE?? A slug? OMG Em, no, there are no cute slugs! Ick, they really freak me out, all smooshy and slimy, with their waggly antennae. *shudder*
Keep in mind people, we're talking Seattle here. Its rained I think almost EVERY day in June, and even if it doesn't rain, it gets quite wet overnight. Dampness, not dryness, is something we actually combat here. I've only watered my plants a couple times so far, mostly to encourage deeper rooting.
Seattle's water comes almost 100% from the current year's snow melt. Bad snowpack=water shortages.
http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Snow-Pack-definitly-down--promises-impacts-on-water-electricity-and-agriculture-89722707.html
Awww, I like their waggly antennae!
I think I'm going to need to start watering my plants more. Now that summer is finally here my lobelia are looking a little sad. I think I'll have to Jeff force my butt out of bed in the mornings. *sigh*
UGH! In theory the waggly antennae are cute, like maybe if it was a cartoon slug, but in reality, they are sooo icky! Such a strange creature!
You must've written this yesterday, when we had summer... cold and rainy again. Sheesh.
All my watering water comes from a leaky faucet so it really doesn't matter when I water, I just store it up in buckets.
Pfffft, yeah, tell me about it! It was yucky before my parents came, wonderful while they were here, and now that they left it's yucky again.
I guess that is the advantage to having a leaky faucet! I think I'll convince Jeff to let me put a bucket in the shower to collect the cold water in the mornings while the water warms up to make things more eco friendly.
Yeah, its about the only 'advantage' to a leaky faucet. And yes, I've tried to have it fixed. Its stumping everybody.
Maybe your parents should come back?? It looks like by Saturday it should be decent again.
I tried to get them to stay longer, but nooooooo. Something about work, and a garden to get home to.
That's weird that your faucet is stumping people. Sometimes it's nice to not be a home owner.
OH! Apparently we have an automated drip system in our back "yard"'s landscaping. It seems it reset itself during a power outage and was watering for an hour each day with tons of water. Our landlord reset it today to run for 10 minutes on a super slow drip in the morning while he was waiting for the plumber to fix the broken pipe to the water fountain. I'm interested to see how much that changes our water bill. We had no idea there was even one set up; it must have been running in the middle of the night or something.
Oh my gosh an hour!! Yikes!!!
Well my faucet handle won't come off. Next shot is sawing that off, but I'm scared because I only have one shower! The whole shower system plumbing might have to go, like getting into the wall...ugh. I don't have the money or patience for this! At least I have good neighbor friends a few blocks away...I could at least shower there if mine ends up out of commission. UGH.