GardenTried-and-true tip
Balcony box watering rule of thumb: about three litres per metre
A rule of thumb for window boxes: about three litres of water per metre of box length.
- Time
- ⏱ 2 min pro Gießen
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
What you need
- Watering can
- Tape measure
How to do it
- Measure the length of the box in metres.
- Water about three litres per metre.
- Check small boxes sooner, because they dry out faster.
Sources
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- oekotest.de (opens in a new tab)
Als Faustregel empfiehlt Einzelhandelsgärtner Reiner Höpken pro Meter Blumenkasten eine Gießmenge von rund drei Litern.“; „Je kleiner der Kasten oder Topf ist, desto schneller trocknet er aus
