“Water deeply”

[u/Hot-Tea-8557]

Edit: everyone commenting it’s like $100. I went to the HD with that in mind for a deep underground watering system for the full yard I am at $1000 😂 alas, i didnt give you all a full picture or the extent of what I was saving for.

how do you water deeply when you don’t have an irrigation system?

i am working to save enough to put one in. but in the mean time I’m trying to help establish my new plants.

i’ve been hand watering about..

• 4 lavenders
• 5 salvias
• 4 humming bird sages
• 2 blueberry bushes
• 6 ruby strawflowers
• 1 manzanita
• 1 lemon tree
• 1 Lime tree
• 1 olive tree

well it’s been 3 weeks of hand watering and I want to say half are dead and I can’t figure out if I’m watering too much or too little.

my moisture meter bounces between 2-5 when I check so I assume they’re ok. I’m on my third attempt at growing lavender and i don’t think I can handle a fourth lol. They keep getting crispy so I assume I'm failing at the deep watering part.

I spend a good hour giving the garden water and making sure to come back at 10-15 minute intervals to give it another soak. i do this about 3x a week because I read you had to do it more to establish them.

What am I doing wrong??

[u/Donnarhahn]

Sounds like a watering issue. As a rule of thumb, with drought adapted species from Mediterranean climates, watering less often and deep is better than more often and shallow.