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slow-motion CPR for things that can't say thank you
means The act of supplying water to plants, animals, or soil to keep them alive and thriving.
from From Old English 'wæter,' the same root that runs through German 'Wasser' and Dutch 'water,' all descending from a Proto-Germanic source and, further back, the Proto-Indo-European root 'wed-' meaning 'water, wet' — a word so ancient and essential that its cousins surface everywhere from Greek 'hydor' to Russian 'voda' (the same 'voda' hiding inside 'vodka,' literally 'little water'). 'Watering,' the act, simply adds the verb-making to the noun: to put water to something.
- timing matters
- morning beats noon, dodging evaporation losses
- deep wins
- infrequent soaks grow deeper, tougher roots
- overdoing it
- drowning kills more houseplants than drought
- plant talk
- droopy leaves can mean too much or too little
- ancient tech
- clay pot irrigation predates pipes by millennia
hoover dam — irrigates 3.5 million acres across nevada, arizona, and california via the colorado river
indus waters treaty — 1960 agreement between india and pakistan governing irrigation of 45 million acres in punjab
nile irrigation system — aswan high dam created lake nasser to water egyptian agriculture since 1970