| Show F y c CLE lAMS lAM'S AMS AM'S A AIDS I OS I i k kIf Q g SR If Watered Right One Good Soaking of t tl th Garden Should Last a Week i This is the t tenth nth of a series of at ar ar- tides on flower gardening written especially es es- for NEA Service and The Telegram B By DR WM A A. A TAYLOR I Chief Bureau Dureau of Plant Industry U. U S. S Department of Agriculture I In many flower gardens a n good I share hare of the water applied Is wasted I It If f the soil is well prepared flowering tints with only a l afew few cw exceptions do doot doot sot ot ot r require hilly daily soaking A flower bed bedS S h ii o 0 u 1 d h have a v e enough nough of the the qualities of or a a sponge so when itis it its is s well vell soaked it will vill remain moist for or from Crom two or three days to a t Z I week or more I Even if it the soil is n not properly conditioned con con- and bakes Dr Ta I Taylor or nd cakes after atter each ach watering a daily sprinkling is not the best mana management ement In this case ease it t is better to concentrate the days day's sprinkling on a n single sincle bed or part of at ofa ata a bed and wet it thoroughly For most garden watering it Ismore is ismore ismore more effective to arrange thin things s so sot it t is possible to let the hose run a stream and devote the time otherwise used in holding the nozzle to tion ion of the surface and the creation of a soil mulch that will check evaporation ration and let a air r into the soil RAI RAIN NOT ALWAYS AMPLE Gentle rain falling from the heavens heavens ens is not always alwa's the ideal moisture supply The flower gardener as well iel as the farmer fIrmer has reason to i approvingly ly of a good goed so rain The gardener isn't a. a as a trying to follow tollow nature In flowers He I trying to improve gr and anel get finer blooms MoonS and c of them than would natural naturally It 1 in his grounds He can turn profit to the methods method developed Ti farmers in irrigated districts J i have demonstrated that in the j regions intelligent ent control of the ihY thea turc ture supply will produce crops crons nor to those in the region ri v red in rainfall Intelligent control of moisture not necessarily mean construct ditches and dams and the plots though modifications of M methods may prove helpful in S instances In a thoroughly garden plot in in which the the sub nr prep prepa l full of or absorptive humus it H rn may mar Ibe be necessary to apply much Y-jv Y ale except In fn a few spots where it I soak in and permeate all the soil In such a bed it may prove fe feas Ito to by by th the simple n j of inserting a drain dram tile lIle verti vertical reach from the surface of the b- b subsoil Then if Sf the b bed d hu ha b 11 cultivated recently and has a factor factory dust mulch and few w. w the watering of oC the garden S may mal e only in permitting a small mall st of water to run into the tile Jn w UJ ti rapid absorption ceases A zoa oa in this style may suffice sulfice for and it will wm not even disturb the H Id I'd mulch j ROOTS GO DEEP DEP FOR 1 When the principal supply of n mo i J turc ture is is well vell below the surface pia r nh-r tend to send their roots deep r Th they are arc well anchored and have x ter connection with a more l mr ro food supply With the exception a few plants that do better in in scan soil and do not require much moi ma ture lure this system of watering by sing joi inS ing is 15 more satisfactory than kling and also saves time ener and water Conserving in the water supply S helps Breaking the crust and mule nui ing with fine tine soil checks e Mulching l with granulated ted i c with clippings from irom the thc lawns lawn ht to conserve moisture and to pre the formation of a 3 crust and al helps to keep the ground cooler i t hot days j I i I If It the ground has not been 1 tho prepared it is even more i t that watering should be bt in ti tt form of or thorough soakings as all often ell I required and not daily sprinklings sprinkling i 0 crusted earth that reach only the iper i s sper per inch or two of soil I Wednesday Wednesday Specialty Specially Garden Garde ls |
