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Waterwise and Waterless Gardens
... use of supplementary watering and a waterless garden as one that relies wholly or mainly on natural rainfall, except for initial watering to ... a thorough watering after backfilling so as to ensure good contact between the backfill and the rootball. Follow-up watering, decreasing ... so that over-watering is prevented. Two or three drippers are best for each plant to give even watering around the plant ...
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Effective Watering in the Garden
... Watering in the Garden Keith Townsend Water is probably the most essential factor of all for successful plant growth and survival. Very few gardens can grow successfully without some supplementary watering ... ability to cope with stress. Frequent light watering produces large losses by evaporation from the soil and shallow roots. Infrequent deep watering produces small losses by evaporation, deeper ...
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What Happens to Roses in Winter Care of Roses
... of abscisic acid, reducing expiration and increasing root development. (That’s why we recommend stopping supplementary watering in the fall; it helps trigger the production of abscisic acid. And since abscisic acid ...
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Denver Botanic Gardens
... portray the concept of using drought-tolerant native plants in landscaping. This garden requires no supplementary watering except during extreme drought. The structure of its plants illustrates nature’s ingenuity. Most have ...
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Denver Botanic Gardens
... the concept of using drought-tolerant native plants in landscaping. This garden requires no supplementary watering except during extreme drought. The structure of its plants illustrates nature's ingenuity. Most ... characterizes the West. This garden is truly "water-smart" in that plants with similar watering requirements are grouped together. The lower zone is slated for plants requiring the most ...
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Floridata: Butia capitata
... an overall height of 15 ft (4.6 m) in that time with only minimal supplementary watering and an annual dose of fertilizer. Location All members of the Butia species are native ... sun). Moisture: Prefers sandy, well drained soil but is adaptable and very drought tolerant. Regular watering and feeding will produce a faster growing, more attractive palm. Hardiness: USDA Zone 8-9 ...
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Orchid Safari: Conservation Part 20:"CONTAINERS FOR ORCHIDS - THE WHICH AND THE WHY OF IT!", 10 Feb 99, Marilyn Light
... . Plant selection and matching a plant with an appropriate container, choice of potting medium, watering and application of fertilizer at appropriate intervals will all have an impact on the ... some overhead shade from the midday sun. They are drought- tolerant but thrive with supplementary watering during the driest times. Cattleya skinneri 'Hettie Jacobs' This tetraploid cultivar is superior in ...
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hibiscus.org
... Handreck (see references). Plants grown in well-mulched beds require minimal, if any, supplementary watering once established. When plants are being established, they are watered well at planting, ... When established in this way, they should only need supplementary watering under extremely dry conditions. Plants will however take regular watering provided that they are in a well-drained position. ...
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Physiology Of Drought In Stressed Plants
... only grow where soil is moist. They will not extend into dry soil. Frequent shallow watering confines roots to the upper regions of the soil, leaving plants shallow-rooted and prone ... -tolerant landscape is proper plant selection. Correct plant choice can greatly reduce the demand for supplementary water, fertilizer and other garden inputs. In general, the better suited a plant is to ...
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Citrus in the garden
... s base, and form a basin around the tree to make watering easier. Pour about 10 L of water slowly into the ... on the weather. Regular watering is essential during hot, dry, windy periods. When the tree is well established, watering may be limited to a ... year applied in the later winter. Give high-producing trees a supplementary application of nitrogen (700 g ammonium sulfate) in November. *These ratios ...
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