Water Tanks

This is just what I've been told - never seen it in action............
A friend with an allotment had an IBC to collect water and had a solar powered pump to pump the water into a hose for watering his plot.
I don't know the details and he no longer has his plot but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I could put a hose on my tap and rely on water pressure but I try to only water stuff until plants are established and then 'Grow em ard'  Some plot holders started watering their stuff, bringing the roots to the surface then forgetting to water. Plants died or gave rubbish crops. Bettwr not to water at all rather than a light drenching now and again methinks.

I don't believe in watering everything either...I'm on a water metre so I rarely use the hose so rely on the water butts to water the greenhouses - I have 2. The water is often run dry in the summer. I honestly think Wiltshire has the least rain fall compared to most places?

But growing my dahlias this year to encourage more flowering I did feed - using tomato feed in watering cans. It took ages and used a fair amount of water.