Water Restrictions and Plants

[sorcerormickey]

How are everyone's gardens doing with the water restrictions out there? Our city just updated our water restrictions from watering on odd/even days like your address to additionally no watering from 6am-9am and 6pm-9pm on any days!

I have been watering almost constantly on the days I can. I let the sprinkler go on the grass for about 1.5 hours in each area and then water the plants/flowers by hand - which takes about 2 hours. On the days I cannot water, I have 2 watering cans that I fill up in the house and use those for my container plants and for my hydrangeas. (My poor hydrangeas are suffering horribly! )

What restrictions do you have on water? And how are you dealing with getting your plants watered in this heat?

 

[December99]

So far no restrictions in our town but I've been only watering about once a week (yes, it's been very hard to limit myself). I have a sprinkler that does a pretty wide range so it not only gets my plants but my lawn too in spots - it's an oval shape and sprays quite a ways. I do the backyard one night and the front yard the next with a half hour in each spot (probably a width of about 30 feet and depth of about 20 feet). I have been watering my newer plants like my rose bush that I just planted and my bleeding heart bush that I just planted with the watering can from the house water so they get a little extra water and of course my hanging plant gets watered every other day but that's about it.

 

[olena]

The odd-even system hasn't been lifted in three years here. They've hinted that these restrictions may be permanent..... I've just gotten used to early morning watering. I don't water the grass though. Just watering my flowers can take an hour. Nothing seems to be suffering too much though.

 

[Mamu]

We are in a stage IV of a stage V watering program. We have been in stage IV since last spring. We are having a serious drought.

We can water only gardens on odd-even days up till 9 in the morning and after 5 in the evening. We cannot use sprinklers when watering gardens it has to be a hand held hose or watering can.

I haven't any grass left, lots of weeds and crabgrass make up the lawn. As far as flower and vegetable gardens this is a chore. I have mulched everything very heavy, but everthing is showing signs of stress.

 

[gina2000]

I'm watering as we speak. Odd/even and before 9am.

My garden looks like hell.

I'm just praying some of the new stuff survives.....

 

[Snowwark]

It's Raining!!

Finally!! We really need this, I hope it keeps raining all night!

 

[Mamu]

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It's raining!