How do I water my grow-boxes?
Grow-boxes take the worry out of watering. They are built above the soil surface, thus assuring excellent drainage all along the bottom edges of the frames. This same feature makes it virtually impossible to over-water the crops.
Here is the procedure for watering grow-boxes.
Learn More
- Automating Watering The Mittleider Gardening Course(pp. 57-58)
- Effective Water Systems Grow-Bed Gardening (pp. 103-108)
Step 1: Tie a Rag to the Garden Hose Fan the rag out as shown. This will modify the speed of the water coming out of the hose without affecting the water volume.
Step 2: Turn the Water on Full Volume Every time you water, make sure to leave it on long enough—it’s the roots that need the water.
Step 3: Drag the Hose between the Rows of Plants Slowly drag the hose between the two rows of plants to water. Leaving the end of the hose in one place will create a hole in the custom-made soil.
Step 4: Move the Hose to the Next Bed Lift the hose and rag and move it to the next grow-box.
Step 5: Water Daily Water the beds daily, except when it rains.
Tips
Less water is lost to evaporation if you water in the cool of the early morning. Water at any time of day if plants show a need for it. Don’t wait.
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Tip of the Day
It's Fall and time to prepare your soil for winter! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, October, November, and and early December are the time you need to be cleaning up your garden and preparing it for next spring's planting. You can even plant hardy garlic, which will overvegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.
The freeze/tha-winter and get an early spring start. Before snow covers your garden mae sure all old materials are either removed from the garden, or if they are clean of weed seeds and disease, till them into your soil-beds. Also, when it's not too muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly in the Fall helps keep the weeds from getting a big head start on you before you can get into the garden in the spring, and is very important.
If you grew a Mittleider garden this year, your beds will benefit from tilling or digging. You can apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area now, then till them in, or wait until early spring. Either way after tilling place strings on your stakes, and re-make the beds.
Be sure to re-check the level of each bed accurately, since they may have changed a little. Do not be satisfied with anything more than 1" fall in a 30'-long soil-bed. Good Gardening!
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