The plants look good"
you go boyfriend.

last year I had the kids water each day that we didnt have rain. I couldn't stand the moaning so I invested in a battery operated timer. For 20 min ea morning the garden gets a good soak..so far every thing looks great a little water ea day shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks!! for the input, maybe now I won't worry so much :)Thank you so much!! Happy gardening :)

If you have a heavy soil and moist climate you might have problems with root rot. With a sandy soil in a hot dry climate more frequent watering is needed. Daily watering also tends to create shallow roots.

I agree that with sandy soil a daily watering is best. Of course, splashing tomato leaves daily will lead to their demise, and squash will be weakened too. For 2000 sqft of garden (my case), clay soil, I need two hours of watering a week (with no rain). In a similar case at my previous sandy location, I would need four (I had drip of course). Four hours a week is 40 minutes a day.

I think it all depends on what zone you live in and the type of soil you have. If you live in a pretty hot climate, like the deep south, a little watering each day is a good thing! Maybe you'll eventually need to do more than a little watering each day! I keep track of when it rains each day by marking it on the calendar (if I remember to, lol!) And if it rains once a week, I water a couple of days each week, if it rains abour twice a week, I water once, etc. If it gets terribly hot and we get major heat waves going on unending, I will water every day. I live in zone 6, btw!

Thanks all.....knew I could count on all of you, The soil is well drained :)

We water every other day and I think we put down 1 inch of water with a sprinkler. Buy a water gauge for rainfall with a watering gauge for free and see how much water he puts down each day. If you weaken the plants you will make tham more sucesptible to bugs. It is better to have them on the dry side than the wet side. I know this is hard to do! It is our yearly dilema. I think an inch a week is what the Agricultural agent recommended for veggies.

I'm in a hot zone 9 and water 20mins with drip irrigation every evening. My garden looks like the garden of eden. If the plants love it do it, if the plants hate it don't. You may want to consider drip irrigation on a timer. You will use a lot less water and your plants will still be happy.