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Personally, my advice is not to water....
New plants need careful attention, but anything that's been in a while is fine. Don't forget that the ground water is still at a high level, and anything with roots down in to it are loving the moisture combined with the heat.
Watering little and often is what most clients will do, however you advise them, and this is counter-productive as the plants send their roots to the surface.
If it's a new lawn or planting scheme (why would you lay a lawn or plant things now, though?), bodding plants, or fruit and veg then soaking last thing at night is the only thing to do.
Many thanks for that Paul, as you say it does seem that many people think a short sprinkle every day is the best option, but they could be doing more harm than good.
(why would you lay a lawn or plant things now, though?)
To pay the mortgage
I have laid 4 lawns this last couple of weeks
Instruct the client to water with sprinkler in the evening they are looking good.
Why would you not lay a new lawn just because we are having a summer?
had to water a old well established bed for the first time today every thing was drooping including me
sold a pop up lawn irrigation system to a customer i laid 200m of lawn for a week ago, my main gripe is that the turf (fresh cut the afternoon before and delivered to me by early afternoon the next day) was cooking inside the stacked pallet within a few hours (even though it was out of the sun) won't be laying anymore turf till it cools down a bit, it's just too chancy - add to that the damage the client can do by not getting the watering right. that being said, i have plenty of other jobs on the go, so i can afford to say no to turfing, i appreciate not everyone may be in that position.
some of the later turf i laid look like they've been bleached, and i figure this it the ends of the roll in the middle of the pallet that got hot, i'm hoping the grass recovers or i will be relaying 25 odd metres in the autumn