Not only does it water from below, but it provides a reliable and consistent level of water, not too much and importantly, not too little. So I have been experimenting over the past few weeks with creating a capillary bed for my greenhouse, to make life a little bit easier. This works brilliantly, hence why it is standard practice but it takes time if you have a lot of pots and trays to water, not to mention you need space to do this.
#WATERING SEEDLINGS TV#
The standard practice and one which you will see commonly on gardening shows on tv is to stand the pots and seed trays in a tray of water for long enough to let the moisture soak up from the bottom. So, it may seem obvious but if you shouldn’t water from above, then……. you can just see the crust which has formed giving the soil surface a “crazed” look
#WATERING SEEDLINGS SKIN#
Also, and not a lot of folk seem to know about this, but watering from above, can cause a hard skin or crust to form on the soil which may not be an issue for most plants, but for tiny little seedlings, you can imagine how much harder this makes life for them. This is undesirable for a few reasons, firstly the splashing in the soil is one way to spread soil born infections and fungi around your plants and seedlings. One of the things about watering the normal way, which for most of us is with the garden hose or watering can, is that to water our plants this way, we drop the water from above, hitting the leaves, splashing in the soil and causing a crust to form on the soil. To an extent, I have this covered with my quadgrow units that let me water my tomatoes, peppers and herbs consistently but what about other plants, what about those tender seedlings? Seedlings perhaps are where watering is at it’s most important. An other Eli experiment in the greenhouse, so you don’t have to.Ĭonsistent, hassle-free watering is the absolute holy grail of gardeners, be it a daily thing or if you were planning on going off for a wee holiday (one-day folks, lockdown won’t last forever).
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