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Watering a flower bed with mulch?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:05 pm
How are you supposed to deeply water a flower bed if it is covered with mulch?
Punch deep holes at different spot before watering?
Punch deep holes at different spot before watering?
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Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:07 pm to urinetrouble
Slow watering. If you dump water, it just runs off
Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:10 pm to PvilleP
So just leave the hose running in different spots for a while?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:27 pm to urinetrouble
Sprinkler or soaker hose under the mulch
Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:36 pm to PvilleP
How do I get under the mulch?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 4:49 pm to urinetrouble
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How do I get under the mulch?
Good lord dude........do you need someone to show you how to operate a shovel.....sharpshooter........rake........your hands?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:03 pm to urinetrouble
Saturate the mulch and water will flow right through it...gotta do it slowly, though...
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:03 pm to CBLSU316
What would I do with a shovel? Remove the mulch? I have to remove the mulch every time I water the flower bed?
No need to be an arse.
No need to be an arse.
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:07 pm to urinetrouble
Use your hands or a rake and make a trench 4 inches wide running the length of flower bed. Lay a soaker hose in that trench and use rake or hands to cover soaker hose with the mulch. When digging the trench there is no need to dig dirt up. Just remove enough mulch to hide the soaker hose.
Are you familiar with what a soaker hose is?
Are you familiar with what a soaker hose is?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:11 pm to urinetrouble
I would just lay a soaker hose or sprinkle slowly over the top of it all...try it, it will work fine...
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:11 pm to Choirboy
No, I'm not. Googling now.
Is that something you leave in place?
Is that something you leave in place?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:17 pm to urinetrouble
Soaker hose looks like a regular hose, but is made of ground rubber that is pressed together, so it is porous....I leave them stretched around my house all summer and just hook up the appropriate one for the beds that I want to water...
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:17 pm to urinetrouble
Ah okay. Got the gist of it.
I was referring to watering by hand. I guess I should just get one of these things. I have a faucet nearby that would be convenient.
Thanks!
I was referring to watering by hand. I guess I should just get one of these things. I have a faucet nearby that would be convenient.
Thanks!
This post was edited on 7/5/13 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:18 pm to urinetrouble
The question asked never cease to amaze me.
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:20 pm to bpinson
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Posted by bpinson The question asked never cease to amaze me.
Sorry dude. Young adult just getting into gardening and such. My parents never had flower beds or used soaker hoses.
When else in a typical person's life experiences would you come across them?
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:25 pm to urinetrouble
Don't sweat it man. Some people have different experiences growing up. I know what a soaker hose is because my uncle would whip me with one if I didn't hug him just right.
Posted on 7/5/13 at 5:37 pm to Choirboy
Posted on 7/5/13 at 6:00 pm to urinetrouble
just remove the mulch and set up a soaker hose. I dont have any mulch on my raised beds and im not having any issues. I just water more frequently i guess.
for next year...
put your plants in the soil, set up the soaker hose (little black rubber hose with tiny perforations in it), top with mulch.
for next year...
put your plants in the soil, set up the soaker hose (little black rubber hose with tiny perforations in it), top with mulch.
Posted on 7/5/13 at 6:58 pm to Geaux2Hell
Soaker hoses just water exactly where they lay. Set up a micro-irrigation system. Put it on a timer. Do nothing else.
Posted on 7/5/13 at 7:51 pm to Spankum
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Saturate the mulch and water will flow right through it...gotta do it slowly, though...
THAT
And be patient...it'll work (just don't forget about it and run up your water bill
)
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