Efficiency in Watering Plants - 5 Ways to Converse Water While Taking Care of Your Plant Babies

Posted by Prince's Landscape Pte Ltd on January 30th, 2023

National Parks Board of Singapore says you should water your plants when the first few centimetres of the soil are dry. But as any seasoned gardener would know, the laws of watering plants can differ depending on the type of plant, soil, weather, and so on.

But, nowadays you also have to think about water conservation while gardening and taking care of your landscape. Singapore industry of landscape has started to employ multiple ways to conserve water while maintaining its title as the Garden City.

5 Ways to Conserve Water While Gardening or Landscaping

Prevent Pooling - Keeping the water moving is the best way to ensure water conservation. Use your landscape architect to develop a state-of-the-art drainage system that can drain the water for reuse. Or you can also develop a system to harvest rainwater, and create a rain garden, or a pool.

Adjustable Sprinklers - Rather than run-of-the-mill sprinklers, for watering plants use one with an adjustable setting. Target the plants in your landscape that require water. This avoids waste and protects plant health for the ones that don't require regular watering.

Mulching - Singapore has hot and humid weather. Create a layer of living mulch i.e., ground clover to protect the soil and retain the moisture. Living mulch can increase the aesthetic quotient of your landscape infinitely. But artificial mulch like sugar cane leaves, coir chips, coir fibre, and so on requires less maintenance.

Creek Bed - For landscaping in public places like offices or residential complexes adding a creek bed can hide the hose and the drainage system. A creek bed also retains excess water for later use. Add small decorative plants along the edge of the creek bed to make it look more attractive.

Drip Irrigation - Installing drip irrigation is a common practice in the Singapore industry of landscape. The benefits of this irrigation system are three-fold. It delivers water directly to the roots. It avoids water run-off and thereby, wastage. And finally, it also prevents the loss of water through evaporation. If you have a rooftop garden and require assistance with watering plants. Have your professional landscape team install a drip irrigation system.

To Summarise

Watering plants is no easy task. You have to take care of several things such as the health of the soil, the type of soil, the plant, the weather conditions, and so on. Using innovative and sustainable watering and drainage system, can not only protect plant health but also conserve water.

Innovations such as adjustable sprinklers, and adding ABC or active, beautiful, and clean watering landscape to your gardens are some of the recent best practices adopted by the Singapore Industry of landscape. Drip irrigation is a popular drainage system that has been around for decades. You can take this DIY irrigation system to new heights by adding the same to your landscape setup.

Create a garden and landscape that conserves water. A wise garden is the need of the hour in Garden City, Singapore. Are you ready to revolutionise the ways of watering plants? Get in touch with Landscape professionals today.