10 Ways to Water Your Garden Better

0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Best Time to Water
1:47 - How Long to Run Drip Irrigation
3:19 - Deep Infrequent Watering Tip
4:44 - Check How Much You Water
5:08 - Watering Shallow Rooted Plants
6:00 - Understanding Watering Frequency
6:57 - Analyzing Plant Leaves
7:50 - Underwatering Example
8:20 - Watering Tools
9:55 - Hoselink Retractable Hose Reel
13:26 - Using City Tap Water
14:16 - Over or Under Watering
15:16 - Watering in the Heat

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[Jennifer]

Prepping for hurricane here in Houston. Glad I did a container garden like yours. I moved a lot of plants into my indoor grow room to protect them. 🙂 Thanks for the great videos!

[abyssal_phoenix]

Water, nutrients, sunlight and air.
Long ago the 4 nations lived together in Harmony. Then everything changed when the sunlight nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all 4 elements could stop them. But when the world needed him the most, he vanished. One hundred years have passed, and my brother and I found the new avatar an water bender named Kevin, although all his bening skills are great, he has to practice a lot to prevent the world to die from hunger.

(Avatar is Kevin, sunlight attack = climate change)

[garyvee]

I installed a hoselink on by back tap about 10 years ago..., I was that happy with it I have now installed them on all of my taps on my own hose and our rental property. Just easy to keep everything tidy and as an added bonus extends the life of the hose by not being run over or left in the elements.

[emmacollosi]

Best gardening decision I ever made was putting my drip irrigation on an automatic timer. It’s really adjustable for the season and plants’ needs, and it waters for me, without me needing to thinking about it or even needing to be home. It’s let me travel, sleep in, forget, and recover from gardening fatigue without sacrificing my plants. Without a doubt, best $30 I’ve ever spent.

[GardeningInCanada]

Love this! As a soil scientist on my channel I stress the power of water! From nutrient uptake to turgor pressure in plants vacuoles water is king

[sharonfowler]

Thank you! New be; and our soil had a freak accident from a company that makes chemicals; something in and around company blew up and now 10 years later starting to get better. We have put horses on manue on it; flerizer over the years and so on. But we also deal with flooded area from standing or clogged drains from rail road down the road. Always something.

[ndrunningriver]

Listen. This is my first time gardening. Started a little late—planted mid July and it’s been a learning experience. But now I’m that person. I’ve fallen in love with my plants. They’re like my children. And now, this man and his knowledge/ love for his plants is sexy lol. Now I follow him on Instagram, and am subscribed here. Every video I see makes me like him more. 😆 Aaaattractive.

[atomicblue]

For a future watering video-effects of reclaimed water on the vegetable garden. Thanks. Randy in Tampa Bay. Zone 9B with massive humidity.

[rosepainter]

I live in Australia, I am trying to grow vegetables in fabric pots, but I have a hard time with the lack of sun because of the house shading the backyard so I am always chasing the sun by moving my pots from the back to the front, if I move my plants I think they are getting around 5 hours of sun if I'm lucky. I am worried that the plants are not going to get enough sunshine to grow properly. This is in winter, so it will change more in Summer I hope. I am always learning from your show and I have purchased your book. I am also growing seeds inside with heat pads and plant light as well they are growing well.

[moonbladem]

Was that a durian and dragon fruit shirt you had on? Awesome! :)

Thanks for the watering tips. I'm new to gardening and sad to say that I need to consciously get on top of watering my plants. Watering early in the day works for me. I check the soil by sticking my finger in it and water my container plants if they need it. I also employ your "water, wait and water" technique.

[bunniesbunniesbunnie]

I don't need a hose link. Those metal-coated hoses are the best thing I've ever come across. We've run over them with tractors, trucks, had the livestock smash them into the ground; they're still kicking ass and taking names. 0 kinks, 0 issues. We've had them about 3 years now. Never had to replace. I love'em.

[puppy]

Last year I felt bad to water the garden because I didn’t want to make a huge water bill, I just remembered I live next to a river and tap water is cheap and available, I can’t wait for this summer because I’m gonna show my plants true loooove.

[NavyCopMA]

My garden sign just arrived in the mail! ROMAST Farms is slowly (oh so slowly) coming to life. (ROMAST is what my dad always called his gardens - RObert, MAry, STeve - and is my small way of honoring him as I develop my own garden and vision). Thanks to the person that gifted yours or I probably would never have seen it!

[juliehall]

Hi Kevin I'm from the United Kingdom and a new subscriber you have a great channel and I like how well you explain everything what you're doing i find it really easy to follow can't wait to look at the rest of your channel

[mayamarieell]

lol i dont think i ever run out of videos of yours to watch! been binge watching the last few days and was binge watching when this came out xD endless gardening videos gives me sooo much serotonin

[jimmydean]

Oh my goodness, the productivity of those Thai giant hot chilis. Another one to add to my "grow in the future" list!

[deniseb]

Hi Kevin. When you move from the old place, will you be showing us how you will be transporting your outdoor and indoor plants? Btw, nice shirt 😉

[DianeHicks]

I've been debating the Hoselink investment for a while, so thanks for sharing (and this Aussie proud to see another Aussie invention, I believe!). Got to you via Self Sufficient Me, and bought Birdies beds x 2, so now it's time to get a proper garden hose. We've had 2 years of drought here, so water efficiency has been a high priority, and I've nearly lost a few plants because I wasn't on the ball. Definitely going to get a drip system installed, to see if I can prevent that next drought. So thanks for a fantastic episode :-)

[stevenlehmann]

Love the video and content, another tip for container gardens is to judge based upon the weight of the container. You can feel when its lite and thirsty or when its heavy and can go a lil longer prior to watering

[homermtz]

that Hoselink Retractable Hose Reel is a great addition to your garden, will definately come in handy