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Initial Watering and Aftercare

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What happens here

After all the seedlings are planted, the presenter demonstrates the initial watering process. He uses a watering wand attached to a hose to gently deliver water directly into the water rings around each plant. He advises watering heavily, filling each moat for approximately 45 seconds, to ensure the water soaks deep into the soil. This crucial step helps the roots establish and reduces the stress of transplanting. He explains that for the first few weeks, consistent watering will be necessary, unless there is sufficient rainfall. He also briefly shows other plants in his raised beds including watermelon, bell peppers, and yellow squash.

Goal: The final step involves thoroughly watering the newly planted seedlings using a watering wand, filling the created moats to ensure deep water penetration and aid in recovery from transplant shock.

Tools and materials

  • Garden Hose
  • Watering Wand
  • Water

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to get your hands in the soil and do something like this so let's show you the initial water and what i do once i've made my tomato moat around each plant i'll show you exactly what happens and eventually that tomato moat will go away it won't be a hole right there but for the first few weeks you're probably going to have to water them unless you get a bunch of rain so i'll show you what we do so we'll show you in the plant bed first i just take this nozzle right here this is a hose wand and i just take it and i go over each plant i probably only have about 50 plants in the garden right now so it's a manageable bunch of plants and for our got a little air in there for our new tomatoes we're going to do the same thing so i'll show you um want to water them pretty heavily we'll hold this on there probably about 45 seconds or so fill the moat okay so just like this right over the middle of the plant and fill up the moat that's it fill up the moat you see what it left that'll slowly absorb over the next half hour or so and do awesome this applies for pretty much any plant that you put in your garden we're going to go all the way out and do this entire row kitty hey kitty all right that's it we're done man look at that doesn't that look nice little t did a great job pulled that tiller like a champ 25 horsepower and a 5 foot tiller it'll work it'll work it worked the tractor pretty good um this is josh signing off stony ridge farmer signing off thanks a lot guys remember get dirty it feels good man it just feels good pound that like button jump in subscribe to the channel i'd love to have you back i'll post a link to building these beds uh at the end of this video thanks a lot i got dirty good time shower time see y'all that's the later it's supposed to be stony ridge

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