Don’t let drought deter you from tending to your vegetable garden.
Do you have vegetable garden in your landscape? Under Stage 3 watering rules, you can water it with drip irrigation three days a week!
This means in addition to the designated Monday and Friday drip irrigation days, vegetable gardens can also be watered by drip on Wednesdays. And you don’t need to apply for a variance.
Just make sure your veggie beds meet these requirements.
- The beds being irrigated must be exclusively dedicated to vegetables. Beds that include other landscape plants are not included. Note: beds of edible florals are not considered vegetable beds.
- Vegetables grown are used for home consumption and not sold commercially.
- Any other type of irrigation in a vegetable garden, or in a landscape with vegetable gardens, is subject to the Stage 3 watering rules.
Drip irrigation in other parts of the landscape (other than vegetable garden beds) may only be operated on Monday and Friday, per Stage 3 watering rules. Hand-watering with a hand-held hose is allowed any time on any day.
For additional information about the optimal way to use drip irrigation in a residential vegetable garden, visit Bexar County Master Gardeners and Texas AgriLife.
