Hollingdean Park Needs You! Bring a bottle?!
The weather has been gorgeous recently but also incredibly dry. This means that all the edible plants we put it on the Community Days over the last couple of months are very, very thirsty. So how about bringing up a bottle of water if you’re passing-it could be an old milk carton or similar – and giving one or two plants a really good drink. The edible planting is along the fence towards the Hollingdean Community Orchard and in the orchard itself.
How best to water the plants
It’s best to give one or two plants plenty of water, rather than lots of plants a little bit as it encourages the plants to keep sending their roots deep which helps them thrive. Also, even if we have some rain over the next week, the ground is still very dry so we still need to water if at all possible. We are working on accessing water regularly from the Family Hub but in the meantime, every bit of water really does help.
Don’t forget to enjoy all the beautiful blossom in the orchard.
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Hello and good morning. Am wondering whether you’ve tried the idea of large (2 litre) bottles inserted into the ground a couple of inches right next to the plant, with a tiny pin-hole just above the base of the bottle? What occurs here is constant feeding/watering direct to the roots, and the plant shall take only what it requires from tue supply as & when. Each plant could have one & then whomever comes by to water need only top-up whichever bottles clearly seen to be the emptier. We’ve grown food for decades now using this system, and we have a few ollas (unglazed terracotta) in next to the plants with 1 & a half litre bottles on top, which keeps the need to water far less frequently yet still producing an abundance; genuinely hope this actually helps! Work better not harder.
Kind regards.
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Thank you for those tips- have heard of the ola system with terracotta pots, which sounds very effective.
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