{"id":4292,"date":"2013-11-13T01:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T08:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2013-11-12T02:38:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T09:38:09","slug":"avoid-too-much-water-and-wet-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/avoid-too-much-water-and-wet-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid  too Much Water and Wet Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can have too much of a good thing in the garden and this also applies to water.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2616\/3720203161_7ff1b40580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\" \/><br \/>\nAfter prolonged rain some rose buds fail to open and the outer petals start to rot, creating a soggy mess (prune them off if it happens).<br \/>\nWaterlogged soil is the bain of badly drained soils &#8211; water displaces air and turns the soil sour. I can drown plant roots and invertebrates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Excess<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is no accident that many if not most plants require soil with good drainage or free draining compost. That is because roots can drown and rot.<\/li>\n<li>Do not stand pots in deep saucers or containers full of water or you may loose the plant.<\/li>\n<li>Even too much rain can cause tender alpines to rot. Some need a glass roof or semi-shelter to keep off the worst excesses of heavy rain.<\/li>\n<li>Flower-heads can fill with rain and droop or bring a plant too its knees. Shake out excess rain of possible.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>Do not water flower heads and blossom. It is the roots and not leaves and flowers you aim to water so direct your hose or watering can accordingly.<\/li>\n<li>Know where your prevailing wind will drop rain and where there is a rain-shadow for plants who like it dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Aids to Good Drainage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On clay soils that tend to get water logged you can add grit and gravel. In extreme cases you can build a land drain or redirect the water into a stream.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>I like to build a mound higher than the surrounding area so water runs off. Use slopes and natural features to help.<\/li>\n<li>Sandy soil is usually free draining but do not put water retaining mulch too near the stems of susceptible plants or they may rot.<\/li>\n<li>Plenty of &#8216;crocks&#8217; in the bottom of pots, stand on feet or Hortag and using clay pots rather than plastic helps with containers.<\/li>\n<li>Spike lawns to avoid puddles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can have too much of a good thing in the garden and this also applies to water. After prolonged rain some rose buds fail to open and the outer petals start to rot, creating a soggy mess (prune them off if it happens). Waterlogged soil is the bain of badly drained soils &#8211; water displaces air and turns the soil sour. I can drown plant roots and invertebrates. Water Excess It is no accident that many if not most&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/avoid-too-much-water-and-wet-gardens\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}