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By: thesoybean

thesoybean — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:03:11 +0000

Thanks, Bailey. We didn’t research watering needs when making our planting plans. Right now the main problem stems around the definition of “water deeply”… I’ve heard 2 inches of water per week on average, but also that raised beds need considerably more water. To further confuse things, it has still been raining here in Portland!

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Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:10:28 +0000

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By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:10:15 +0000

While the plants are young you should continue to water several times per week. Once the plants become more established, you should begin watering very deeply once per week. This will help encourage your plants to grow deep roots. Depending on how deeply you dug down when forming your beds (which tends to dictate how much water the soil can “hold”) you maybe be able to even water less often than that in some beds.

Next season, I would suggest that you examine water needs of the individual plants and help use that to plan your beds. Lettuces tend to require consistently moist soil (not swamped!) whereas too much water can make tomatoes tasteless. As a general rule of thumb, use your thumb! Dig down into the soil a few inches. If things are still damp down there, then give it another day.

Hope this helps!