Which Watering Technique is Best

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The answer to which watering technique is best really depends on the context in which a garden grows. The types of plants and the stage of their life cycle matters too. Regardless of which method you choose, understanding the act of watering is essential to understanding the garden as a whole. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3Q20MeW Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3FsBphr Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/491UvbV EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/405uEvq Learn More: Ollas: Irrigate Your Garden With Ancient Tech Connect With Josh McWilliams: Josh McWilliams is the co-founder of GrowOya. He’s a certified chef with a passion for the farm-to-table movement. Learning about food systems while on the Sustainability Council at the University of British Columbia, led him to want to find the most efficient, sustainable way to grow his own food, while living in a state of "time poverty" (too many things to do and not enough time to do them) that so many of us seem to be experiencing. From this, Growoya was born! Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Pinterest YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yourgation and watering your plants, absolutely one of the most important things you can do
0:16.6	to have a healthy garden, but it's actually quite confusing.
0:19.5	When you talk to someone about setting up drip irrigation or how much to water, the
0:23.4	answer always comes back to it depends, and I have to say sorry in advance because we're
0:27.9	probably not going to answer anything more than depends here on this show as well, but hopefully
0:32.8	with a little more context.
0:33.8	We have Josh McWilliams back in the show, co-founder of Gruooya, who obviously is in the watering
0:40.1	game, Josh.
0:41.1	So maybe you're a little biased here, but that's okay.
0:45.3	Maybe we could run through, like watering techniques.
0:48.4	There's a million and one ways to do it, but they all kind of collapse into a few different
0:51.4	methods.
0:52.8	Yeah, absolutely.
0:56.2	Things to consider, where are you growing?
0:59.1	What does that look like?
1:01.2	Are you irrigating a balcony, very urban?
1:06.4	You might not have a water tap.
1:07.8	You might not have something to plug into out on the balcony.
1:12.0	Same with a laneway or a rooftop garden.
1:15.5	Maybe it's your community garden.
1:17.8	So your water access or your water options could first be limited.
1:21.8	I don't think everybody has the luxury of having all the options all the time.
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