Need help with vegetable garden questions?

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1) What is the best mulch to use around your vegetables...there is pine bark, cypress, cedar, hardwood, and eucalyptus?

2) How many times per day should you water and for how long if using a soaker hose?
 
I never use organic mulch for vegetables. They can contain too many pests and diseases. I always use plastic sheeting and cut holes where the plants emerge.

I water either once or twice a day depending on the temperature, early morning and late afternoon.
 
I usually don't use hardwood mulch around my veggies. Shredded newspaper or composted leaves. But mostly because I'm a tightwad - and those things are free.

I'd change that second question to how many times per WEEK, not per day.

I'll water plants in containers once a week. But plants in the garden - properly mulched - if I get a good rain once a week, they don't need extra water at all. If there's no rain, a nice, deep soak twice a week is fine.

Watering once a day says you're not watering deep enough....The water will mostly stay in the top 4 to 6 inches of soil. That will train your plants to keep their roots near the surface - where the water is - which will make them even MORE susceptible to drought in the future. Infrequently deep watering is much better than frequent shallow watering.
 
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