Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1883 — Watering Plants. [ARTICLE]

Watering Plants.

No one having a knowledge of plants will direct that they should be watered so many times a day or so many times a week. Such instructions are not only worthless, but absolutely harmful as far as followed, and can only result "in spoiled plants, and consequent disappointment. It is like following the medical advice of an ignoramns; there is as much quackery offered to the public on horticultural as on medical subjects. When a plant should have water depends on the dryness of the soil, and this is contingent upon other conditions, such as the moisture, the heat and the movement of the atmosphere. Judgment must determine when a soil lacks water, and by practice one can deterjnine this point with great accuracy.—Ex.