It is almost impossible to overestimate the importance of water for your garden, after all, water makes up 85 to 95 percent of the weight of living plants. In fact, plants use more water than anything else. Water carries nutrients from the soil to the plant cells, so plants that are kept at their desired hydration level will be stronger and healthier. • It’s important to state that there is no way to teach anyone exactly how to water every garden, every plant, in every climate or region in one post. Instead, we can suggest tools that will help you understand what to look for when determining watering needs. • There’s a fine balance between too much and too little water. Too much water can result in soggy roots and plants may become oxygen starved. Clearly, for bog or aquatic plants, this isn’t an issue. But for our perennial and shrub borders, this can be deadly. Too little water and plants can just stop growing, wilt, and eventually die. For plants that have developed to live in more hot/dry/arid conditions, there is clearly a higher tolerance for dry conditions. • Luckily Blumat Tropf Systems are adjustable watering sensors that water when the plant demands water. Making it difficult to overwater or underwater any plant. • Image credit: @laurimus “ #blumat in action”