How much do you need to water Plants in the Ground - if there's no Sun ?

[St. Phatty]

These 2 girls are planted in the local soil, a decent mix of de-composed leaves etc. at the bottom of a pit that someone dug out while chasing Gold, about 100 years ago.

They don't have a spring fed situation. But the soil level at the bottom of the pit is about 5 feet higher than some blackberries about 50 feet over. The blackberries are growing in a seam of sand/ clay/ gravel/ rock that oozes water most summers.

So the bottom of their roots might be getting a little water from that seam of water/sand/gravel etc.

Like an Artesian well maybe ?

Anyway, with the smoke, the sun condition is pretty close to "Cloudy".


I know us growers, in the process of trying to give TLC to our plants, sometimes over do it.

Is it better not to water these 2 plants while the sun is hiding ?

 

[Great outdoors]

Plant looks like it is fine water wise. If it hits the water table it doesn't need any water. Just maybe some light surface feeds.

 

[Creeperpark]

The only way to know if and when the plant needs water is to stick your finger in the soil and feel down about 3 inches. I never water a plant without feeling the soil with my finger and that's goes for indoor and outdoor plants.