Make Every Drop Count ; Grow Your Own with Fiona Sanderson Give Your Garden a Good Occasional Soaking Instead of a Regular Sprinkle for Strong, Healthy Plants

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Most gardeners know that watering a plant really well once in a while is better than giving it a little sprinkle more regularly.

This is to encourage the roots to do a proper job of finding their way down deep into moister, more nutrient-rich soil. Otherwise, superficial sprinkling promotes root growth near the surface only, turning plants into shallow creatures that will depend on 'artificial' watering to thrive.

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Make Every Drop Count ; Grow Your Own with Fiona Sanderson Give Your Garden a Good Occasional Soaking Instead of a Regular Sprinkle for Strong, Healthy Plants

But beyond this, what can we do to make sure that our veg plants benefit from every drop of water we give them? A we...

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