Of late gardeners have increasingly
started to worry about drought and the subject of drought has been the center
of discussion. Many of them ponder if there is any room for vegetable gardens
in the near future.
On one hand, few people have decided
water conservation would benefit, whereas, on the other hand, people are being
flexible to adapt vegetables which have a tendency to grow in dry and humid
conditions.
Water conservation plays a large role in
conserving the nature. To achieve this, efficient water gardening is the need
of the hour. Some of the suggestions are as follows
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An effective gardening starts with the quality of soil
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Smarter way of gardening to reduce evaporation of water
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Water harvesting
Quality plays a very important role be
it any field, whether a professional offering service or a gardener trying to
improve the quality of his produce.
This highlights the importance is
preparing the garden before the commencement of tasks.
This could be done by adding organic
compost to the soil which will help in retaining the moisture and also help the
plants getting deep rooted into the soil.
This process is helpful in further
aiding fertility of the soil as well as it helps in better retaining of water
in the longer term.
Another way of having a water efficient
garden is to plant smartly. For instance planting of saplings in a row looks
attractive, however, this is not a smarter way for they are not efficient and
doesn’t help much in retaining water.
However, planting of the saplings in
blocks has been found in aiding water retention. Hence grouping vegetables
together with identical water needs to be focused as it has found to affect the
plant growth in a positive way.
Timing also plays a major role when it
comes to effective gardening. Research shows that an afternoon irrigation tends
to be more beneficial when compared with early morning irrigation.
So by timely planning and watering of
plants ends up in healthy produce. This highlights the growing importance of
smarter decisions which ends up in having a prettier garden.
Due to lesser rains being the order of
the day, water harvesting is gaining higher priority. Many ways could be
utilized for harvesting water such as.
Cooking water – Water that is used in
cooking purpose is full of nutrients, though unfit for human consumption, it is
bound to benefit gardening purposes in bountiful ways.
If you have fish at home, it also helps
in benefitting using the leftover water from tank cleaning. This water is full
of nutrients and also said to phosphor-rich which helps in aiding the plant
growth.
Choosing of containers that will be used
for storing plants needs to be done with a careful analysis of materials made
with low-quality results in loss of water due to evaporation and vaporization.
Quality materials help in a containment
of water resources, which will tend to benefit gardeners in a long way.
Another way for water efficient
gardening is the use of large leafed saplings which help smaller plants with
shades.
Nevertheless, there are many ways to
conserve water. A most economical way it the use of a garden hose reel along with a moisture measuring tool.
The tool is designed in such a way that
it helps in accurate measurements of the moisture content present in the soil
in a matter of few seconds.
