Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Let's Chat, "Mid At" ! Whatever, whoever, yak away, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Holly---

I see you are getting "your feet wet" in your new job. Better buy a good pait of "Sloggers"
or some other waterproof boot! Wet feet are no fun! SO! Tennis shoes are out!
I keep a pair of extra, dry socks and I change back to regular shoes after watering..

Too much water on the floor???? You are talking about outside garden? Yes?
That is par for the course! You cannot help it! You just go ahead and never mind what some
of the "trainers" say. I bet you know more than they do!
Proper watering waters the SOIL--NOT the leaves--as that can start fungus.
You need to bury the watering wand's head into the plant to get to the soil.

When I have to water tightly packed plants-I just go row-by-row looking for tops of the plants
and hoping I hit the pots.
On the average--I keep my wand over the pot to about a count of 4 or 5.
Depending on size. A 10" pot--maybe longer. Trees and shrubs--much longer.

I have seen the people here water at he Lowes. They have much stronger watering hoses
and they seem to water from above. Like a monster shower.
However--out Lowes here has 4 times the space and plants than we do. Doing it
one pot at a time would not be possible.
I water EACH pot as our hoses all have a watering wand on them and it is best to do
the watering as individual-pot as possible. That is why it takes so long...

YES! When plants come in on a truck they are in need of an immediate drink.
Then they are good for a few days. Start with the top shelf and work down.
If you can turn the cart around--watering from both sides is the best way to go.

Will you be watering the tropicals (House plants) as well?
Then you need to know which like wet--and which do not....I am sure you know that.
Snake plants, Yuccas, Corn Plants, Pony Tail palms, some Dracenas etc can go dry.

Keep chatting here about how things are going.....
It takes a few weeks to get used to the constant walking and doing....
You can do it! You have gardened all your life....

I mowed my lawn yesterday for the first time. In places, my lawn was so thick and tall that
my mower stalled.
A while back, I fertilized it with a bag of Milorganite....Must have worked.....
Tomorrow, Sunday, I start up with my Sunday table in Outside garden.
Not expecting more than a few people to actually stop over and chat. Never happens!
The topics I chose were Pruning Roses (a bit late already)--and pruning Shrubs--
either Spring flowering or late summer flowering--and the difference between the two.

Next week they also have me doing the 2 "Do it Herself" Clinics....
The bummer is that they are on Thursday and Saturday. My days off--but I have to come in for
about 3 hours to do these Clinics...Oh, well!

Gita
This is from a previous year......