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How much water do my veggies need? Normally I would answer that question with, “well, a rule of thumb is veggies need an inch of water a week.”
So far this year that figure is just not relevant. This is one of the wettest spring seasons on record, just look out the window at the rampant growth of weeds, overgrown lawns and overflowing rain barrels and we know how wet it has been. Here in Viewtown my rain gauge registers 2.9 inches —just in the past four days!
The amount of moisture in the ground at the moment is not going to be good news for the development of many young seedlings and the germination of seeds. This amount of moisture in the soil will slow if not stop the development of seedlings and cause seeds to rot if the ground temperatures do not get back to normal soon.
I suspect with the wet and cold March followed bv the searing heat of a week or so ago and now with another wet cool period we might well see fungal and developmental problems with some of the plants already in the ground if we get a sudden warm up.
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