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Watering
Water. It's such a simple
thing. H20. Two atoms of hydrogen coupled with one atom of oxygen.
That's all...hydrogen and oxygen, which just also happen to be two
essential ingredients used in rocket science.
Alright, so watering
plants isn't exactly rocket science, however, it does rely on several
simple rules that, if ignored, will doom you to "ugly-stick-poking-out-of-pot
syndrome" every time. Water too little, you can injure or kill
your plant. Water too much, ditto. Water cactus and ferns in the
same manner: Don black. Water a plant in the winter the same you
did in the summer: Pick out a headstone.
Plants don't really have
one foot in the grave... it just feels that way. Learning how much
to water and when to do it, how to tell if your plant is in distress,
and some of the tricks that more experienced gardeners use will
get you well on the way to a healthy plant (and a happy human).
Then you can start laying irrigation hose and constructing self-watering
systems that will make your neighbor the same color as your patio:
Green.
Check out the Watering
section for useful watering tools.
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