When is the BEST Time to Water the Garden and Why?

What if it rains on your garden at night? How do I prevent that????

Excellent. Makes sense. Thank you

I got my tomatoes and peppers at 10am and Leattuce carrots etc at 10:15am and 3:30pm so they'll dry, not sure if that's ideal but seems fine so far

My brother had always been watering at night. He has been gardening much longer than I have and is usually more successful than I am. One evening I was at his house and he asked me to come talk to him while he watered. I had seen a similar video to this and told him about it. He grinned politely because he has always been better at practical things than I and always had more "common sense" than I have. But I could tell he couldn't dismiss our watering conversation.
Later he called me and told me he had checked into when to water and that I was right. He waters in the mornings now.

Well said but the creator (God) sends rain when he wills it and sometimes that is at various times of day so are we to think He has it wrong? Just asking.

Great video

Ha! You just found the culprit to the light gray spots showing up on my zucchini plant! It's me!!!! 😑🤣

Great info you are putting out. I think you were spot on with everything, watering in the morning solves many issue. You should touch on feeding I'm very specific. I only feed at night old legends. Also I'm only growing in pots, so I could see how feeding at night could be completely different for a garden.

I just watered my garden and tomatoes at 9:30 pm, 🤦🏼‍♀️ wish I would have seen this sooner…oh well, now I know, thank you!!!

I've got my watering down despite my approach changing several times in 30+ years of gardening. But sometimes the judgement calls baffle me, particularly when it comes to rain in the forecast. For example, we're in a heatwave (Mass) and I know I need to water this morning BUT it's supposed to rain this afternoon. I mulch my garden and have soaker hoses so my plants are consistently moist. But sometimes before or after rainfall I'm not sure if I should water or not as I'm very cautious about over watering. Thanks Luke, great channel!

I water late evenings when outside starts to cool. After baking in the Sun a whole day, by morning the plants look upset.

It's so bright and hot here in texas and I have noticed sunburning on my younger plants so I definitely try to keep the water off the leaves. I should probably wake up early to beat the heat.

My question is if you water first thing in morning your bed is still soaking wet by the time 2 o'clock comes by, doesn't it boil then?

Thank You Sir 👍

I always water in the morning while my wife is a sleep. So she doesn't have to do so much

thanks!!!!!!!!

Great video..grow BIG

When can you spray on liquid fertilizer, like miracle grow or other liquid fertilizer

What about watering in the evening around 5 or 6?

So you only have to water once in the morning at that’s it??

10am is golden time to water

Rain hits plants anytime..anytime is good to water garden, check with finger if no soul come on your finger time to water and water pellets don't hurt the plant as long as the plants aren't close together there will be no mildew air will go through.Roots won't bake they are in the ground the heat is dispersed through the ground.

This was so informative! I've been watering my garden in the evening and my plants have really been struggling, so this was really helpful!

I don't agree with everything said. I live in zone 9 where the climate is dry and hot. Watering twice a day saves the plants here. I think considering your climate matters

I bet colloidal sliver in a sprayer would do wonders for preventing mold at night

Most of this is hyperbolic. You will not burn or boil your plants. And it rains at night many times throughout the season. It won't kill your plants. Simply water when the top one inch of soil is dry. That being said, morning is an excellent time to water. Relax and enjoy your garden.

Sometimes we can’t water our plants in the morning, so watering at night is our only option. Never had a problem

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What if it rains at night...

my mom bought me 2 plants to take care of im not sure what to do to take care of

I use straw mulch in containers that retain moisture makes life easier so can water in morning and later afternoon in summer. I usually water later afternoon if plant are dry from morning watering since does not get dark until 9pm.

If the soil is so hot it creates steam, your plants are boiling internally already. The soil never gets that hot so this steam theory is a load of.... compost. The sun droplets theory has been debunked also. Much of the other info in this video is accurate though.

I take two buses to get to work so I do a lot of walking. I’m very tired when I get home. I take two buses back home so I take a nap during the evening and I’m Muslim so I pray 5 times a day so in this summer I have to wake up at 4:00am to pray. I take the bus to work at 7:00am. I’ll start watering at 5:30am half an hour after morning prayer. That way I have at least 1 hour to water the plants and eat breakfast and catch the bus 💜💜💜💜💜
Thx!

Thanks for the great advice!!

Very good video. Thank you.

Very good video. Thank you.

I'll save you 6.75 minutes ... In the early morning . There

2am-7am best watering to avoid bitter cucumbers. 5 am creates perfect cucumbers

I started watering my plants anywhere 10am-11sm or later in the afternoon, like 4:00pm and my plants survived and thrived. I dont water them when its super hott because like you said, one year I did that with my flower pots and the leaves burn to crisp, they died , or became spotted. I also attempted at watering my zucchini plants in the hot days and watered the leaves versus just the roots and the meldew was a huge issue right after, I stopped doing that too.
I over watered my chili pots and the leaves began to curl so stop over watering too. Just look at your plants and get a feel if the leaves are asking for water...then water them, with love and care.

What about water in the evening only the soil. Thank you in advance

Why bother

You have been my favorite and most informative person. And you speak very well and thank you for your researching.

It rains in the night too don't it??? Plus it could shower when it's hot at mid day? So what's the point when to water them?

I learn some ting new thank you very much

Thank you for making this video tutorial! It was helpful! God bless you!

For those who don't think water can burn leaves - Read this: Egri, A.; Horvath, A.; Kriska, G.; Horvath, G. Optics of sunlit water drops on leaves: conditions under which sunburn is possible. New Phytologist, 2010;