How do I judge whether my vegtetable garden is getting enough water?

[Charles C]

Old gardeners rule. Stick your finger or dig 2" in the soil. If it is slightly moist at 1" don't need to water.

 

[sky blue]

There has been no rain all week and I water, but its hard to tell if I am over-doing it or not, how can I tell?

 

[James]

it realy depends on what type of plant you have planted corn and onoins dont reqire a lot of watter so wattering them may actauly hurt them. tomatoes and jolepenoes and squash require a lot of watter. i give my plants about 2-3 cups of watter a day in the evening. i dont know why but it seems to have a negative affect if you watter your plants in the morning. were i live there it is about 90 degrees but all my tomatoes and squash are doing fine. also i havnt wattered my pumpkins, wattermelons, cantelops, garlic, or sunflowers once and they are doing fine and it hasnt rained in at least a month