What to do with young lavender?
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Comments (1)Planting lavender in clay soil is usually not recommended. For drip irrigation, I recommend watering the planting area not individual plants. You end up with larger more extensive root systems that way. Watering only around the crown of the plant is a good way to kill drought tolerant and native plants especially. For a clay slope, your emitters should be around .2gph not 4gph. 4gph is much too fast for even a sandy slope. For a clay slope you are probably need to pulse water in order to prevent runoff. That means watering for like 30 minutes then waiting an hour or two and then watering for another 30 minutes and so on until you lay down however much water you need. Then you'd wait a week or two and repeat the process. I recommend Netifin drip tube over all those spaghetti tube drip kits you get at Home Depot. Also, mulch mulch mulch....See MoreDrip irrigation scheduling for young lavender/low water plants
Comments (1)Water will soak into clay if you use successive on-off cycles. Water until it begins to run off and then stop. Wait an hour or so before you turn on the water again. Continue as needed....See Moreloweride
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