Gardening tip for living in the desert during extreme heat

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It's getting warm here in Arizona with the temps already hitting 110+ in some locations. It's a different world out here in the desert and there are a few things to be aware of, most importantly the sun of course. You will want to water in the early morning hours before sunrise and/or just before sunset if you need to. The blazing heat will tempt you to water a lot, but remember that deep and infrequent watering is key to having a happy and healthy yard and garden in the desert. Potted plants are totally different though and need to be watered daily in most cases depending on the direction they face when the temps go above 95 or so. Filmed in 1080p HD - May 2012 Please DONATE if you can: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QL3NU78SH5DNG

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My only reasoning for the conduit was the fear that the PVC would be so light it would really be prone to taking flight. I sink 1/2" rebar 2' in the ground and leave 2' sticking up (4' length bars) and just slide the 1/2" conduit over it. You could get some Krylon and spray paint the conduit white, but if you have the PVC anchored, I bet it would work. Just a little bit of shade though, through the hottest part of the day might make a BIG difference ;-)

I hear ya bout the hot water in the hose, so when I use the hose, I just wet the porch, or settle the dirt before I water anything! Thanks for the reminder! Peace Out~¤~

Good vid! I don't know that I wouldn't construct some cheap frames over my plants out there and attach shade cloth, just to the top, to give the plants a little breather from the mid-day sun. They would still get light and it might help on watering too. I might sink 4 1/2" rebar sticks around a bed and slide metal electrical conduit over them, 90 deg. elbows off to the other pipes and ziptie the shade cloth to 'em. Then again, maybe it's too windy there, but it might help a bit. ;)

Thanks for the tip.

Actually, no. We use impulse sprinklers and because of that we try to water as you do ... in the mornings or late afternoons so that the sun doesn't "fry" the leaves of the grass or any of our surrounding shrubbery, too. We have bluegrass, 4 Colorado Blue Spruce trees, about 250-ft of Russian Olive trees, Bridal Bushes, Queen Maple trees, and honeysuckle vines covering 20-ft of 6-ft chain link adjacent to the patio. Typical Midwestern yard. Too much work when it's 90+deg out all the time, ha!

Good points! We don't have underground sprinklers, consequently I must remember to either pickup our hoses everyday or else move them because the sun will heat the water in the hoses lying on top of the grass browning the grass, eventually killing the grass below the length of hose.

in memphios thats how I heated up the water in my pool. I had a 150ft of black hose and had it around the concrete pool deck. then when the water inside was hot I would turn the hose on at a trickle and it would run hot all day. no pool heater needed...

I'll take a little of the heat here in Boston 53 degrees and rainning. I'll send you the rain and cool weather

The hose is solar hot water