The day that the rains came down ..

[gradus]

What an extraordinary effect from relatively little rain last night and today, plants- sweet peas especially - have visibly responded to rainfall after nearly a month with none at all. Watering just doesn't work as well but has been needed to keep things alive.

[oddoneout]

Even after many decades of gardening it's still a source of wonder - and puzzlement - to me. The rain has penetrated at most 3mm into the soil but the plants have perked up as if the moisture had gone way deeper. Do they take in water through the leaves( I assume so as foliar feeding is useful) and if so more effectively when it comes as rain rather than tap water?

[LMcD]

I was wondering whether the title of this thread refers to that great 1958 one-hit wonder by Jane Morgan?

[Count Boso]

I'd been watering early morning and late evening, and the rain came the day after I'd filled all my watering cans and bucketa with 'grey water' (mainly washing-up water) because the news had had an item about us all using a great deal more water than usual (I was expecting the govt briefing to announce Regulation DMC 199: From tomorrow, stop washing your goddam hands so much).

I think that sunshine and warmer temperatures dry out the surface pretty quickly, so shallow-rooted plants quickly need attention.

[Old Grumpy]

On my lockdown exercise (and civic surveillance) walks hereabouts I see a number of people sprinkling their lawns in bright sunlight.

No wonder water consumption has increased. Sprinklers should be outlawed IMV!

[MrGongGong]

On my lockdown exercise (and civic surveillance) walks hereabouts I see a number of people sprinkling their lawns in bright sunlight.

No wonder water consumption has increased. Sprinklers should be outlawed IMV!

Is there a water shortage ?

The ground is certainly very dry but what's the problem if there isn't a shortage of water ?

[Old Grumpy]

Is there a water shortage ?

The ground is certainly very dry but what's the problem if there isn't a shortage of water ?

There may not be now, but there may well be later, depending on rainfall. And a) lawns survive perfectly well without watering, b) why water in the middle of a hot sunny day rather than the (relative) cool of the evening?

[MrGongGong]

There may not be now, but there may well be later, depending on rainfall. And a) lawns survive perfectly well without watering, b) why water in the middle of a hot sunny day rather than the (relative) cool of the evening?

Indeed
But you seem to want to make something illegal