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How to Prevent Wastage of Water in Home Garden

Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
The main objective is to prevent wastage of water in home garden. Here, you must try certain innovative tactics for watering:
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Research on plant variety.
Cacti, succulents, etc. are drought-tolerant plants. Put these plants in a separate section of garden and water them less frequently.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Know right frequency of watering.
Whereas, full-grown plants may need water once or twice a week.
Seedlings need frequent watering - daily or alternate days.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Early morning is the right time for irrigation. Plants get chance to utilize maximum amount of water.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Never water garden when the sun is at its peak as scorching heat evaporates water faster. Plants do not get enough time to absorb water.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Target the root zone of plants.
Soaking leaves and stems is  a wrong technique and leads to wastage of water.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Soak the soil thoroughly till water reaches 5-6 inches deep. It helps you to bring down the frequency of watering.
Excess water is bad for plants.
If there is a long gap between two watering sessions, do not try to compensate by overwatering plants.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Use sprinklers for landscape irrigation.
Adjust range of sprinkling towards water thirsty plants to achieve best watering effects.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Pick right nozzle.
Fit a water-efficient emitter on can for spot watering potted plants. It controls run off around pots.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Stop water loss due to weed growth.
Clean up garden as weeds cut down water availability of cultivated garden plants.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Compost the soil.
Adding high quality compost saves water as soil can retain maximum amount of moisture.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
An important step to prevent waste of water in gallons because of dripping.
Seal up leaky pipe and faucet.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Check out this Garden hose
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Get this pressure nozzle.