My limited experience outdoors has shown me that watering in the ground is different than a container.
In a container we want the whole medium to be hydrated for the wet/dry cycles. In the ground, as long as there is moisture to be found those roots keep stretching. It’s still a wet/dry cycle as long as we keep wetting it
In a container we want the whole medium to be hydrated for the wet/dry cycles. In the ground, as long as there is moisture to be found those roots keep stretching. It’s still a wet/dry cycle as long as we keep wetting it