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Watering of Perennials. Watering must be attended to, es-pecially during dry spells. One good soaking a week is much morevaluable to plants than many light sprinklings which do not wet thesoil to any appreciable depth. On sandy and very light soils it will benecessary to water thoroughly every day or every second day during thedryest part of the season. Where it is not possible to water all theplants thoroughly at one time, divide the beds into sections and waterthe various sections in rotation. Watering in the later afternoon orevening hours has a more lasting effect than during the hotter portionof the day. Watering can be overdone as it can be carried to thepoint where the soil becomes water-logged and will consequentlysour. Too much superficial watering of open-ground plants inducessurface rooting which is not satisfactory, as such plants do nothave access to large stores of food, and consequently cannot with-stand drought successfully. Transplanted perennials should be wat-ered thoroughly and left alone a few days till they become somewhatestablished. |
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