Watering plants

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Watering Plants in the Summer

Spraying with the hose toward evening always freshens plants in summer. But real watering has to be done only when digging into the ground a little shows plainly that the soil is abnormally dry; do not wait to find this out by the appearance of the plants themselves. Watering having to be done, do it thoroughly rather than frequently. Set the hose where the spray will fall like so much rain, and leave it there until the ground is well soaked; then water the next tract. A still better way to fight drought is to dig a circular trench around a plant, or a straight one between rows, fill this with water two or three times and then put the soil back in place. A day or two afterward cultivate to keep the soil from baking.