I am doing a vegetable garden for the first time, how do I make sure I am watering correctly?

Question

I am doing a vegetable garden for the first time. We rented a rotatiler, then added peat moss. I then planted seeds and tomato seedlings. I have been watering every morning, now I feel like it is too much. The cucumbers have not grown anymore since they popped out of the ground. The green beans lower leaves have turned yellow. I do see some tomatoes and yellow flowers. Any words of wisdom??? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

There are so many factors involved in gardening it would be hard to actually determine the exact problem this way/Y!A.
1.Most vegetable gardens require FULL SUN which means 6 to 8 hours of sunlight each day.
2. Lack of water or too much water....my suggestion is buy a/ See Below either one or even both this will help you in determining just exactly what you need these can also be learning tools to help you better understand just by looking and touching the soil.
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PS.............Cucumbers will produce male and female blossoms/the twain will produce cucumbers.
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Answer 2

It does sound like your green beans are getting too much water. You didn't say what your feeding schedule was, or what zone you were in. These factors and the current weather conditions will have a bearing on your watering. One idea might be to maintain the schedule for the tomatoes and experiment with the green beans and cucumbers.

Answer 3

Unless you're growing in pots you shouldn't need to water every day. Once a week you should give them a good long drink of 1-2 inches. Set you sprinkler up and put a dish(a cool whip container works ) in the garden at farthest point the sprinkler reaches in your garden, when that dish has about 1 inch of water you can turn it off. If you get rain you may not have to water at all.

Answer 4

Gardens do need lots of water and sunshine, you may want to try some shakenfeed by Miracle Grow for gardens, it works great.

Answer 5

use bonemeal (works great)as a fertilizer, and make sure you water the ground and not just the plants.