before the hosepipe ban

[Paulottie]

Snadger is right. An old fella told me. 'don't tease them.' i.e when the dry weather bites if the roots are near the surface they will die. If you are going to water then flood the place. He also pointed out that by spraying the stuff around you get loads of weeds everywhere.

It is best to sink an upturned bottomless bottle by your plants anyway. Water into that each night.

Allotments are classed as agricultural land and therefore exempt from the hosepipe ban. I checked this with Southern water last year. While I could not water with one at home, including the ultra efficient irrigation system I had set up(was pants when fed from the butts); I could use a hose at the allotment- I didn't for above reasons, although I flooded the spud trenches once or twice.

[Geordie]

Ok maybe a bit early but I got to thinking yesterday what will happen if we have a hosepipe ban
we are suposed to be haveing the hotest summer on record again

and should we start a pertition to let people that grow veg use a hosepipe on the veg
if we all get togeter and word it right we might get it

Don't know what the fuss is about, never had a hosepipe ban in Newcastle since I can remember!

[Paulottie]

It hasn't stop raining there as long as anyone can remember

[dexterdoglancashire]

Its raining here again in Preston, just when I wanted to get down to the lottie (and take OH with me!) for a good weeding session. Ah well, he can stay here and watch his golf and I'll get down to it on my own with my waterproofs! LOL! Bernie Can't really complain about the rain.

[Flummery]

I find it useful when planting reasonably sized plants (courgettes etc) to fill the hole with water, let it sink down, then plant. Instead of rooting around the surface the roots go down for the water. I also use the sunken bottle technique. It prevents losses through surface evaporation.

[mrs potato head]

Hose Pipe Bans!

[QUOTE=Tigerella;98495]Hi

[should we start a pertition to let people that grow veg use a hosepipe on the veg/QUOTE]

I havnt got any hose pipes on my lottie, its going ok so far.

Tigerella

No Hosepipes, No taps. All we have are Waterbutts to rely on, Thank God for the recent rainfall.
We do have the River Dart 200m way,long lenghts of rope, big buckets and i am sure by the end of the summer Big Muscles. All good fun!!!

[TonyF]

According to another gardening magazine's editorial bits for this month, the government - DEFRA - are actually consulting the public and other interested parties currently on how to deal with this and apparently that somebody has previously been rather circumspect about the fact that you can use a hose within certain times, if the water companies in the UK decide that you can.