On 12 May 2013 15:54:07 GMT, KenK > wrote:

>Jim Elbrecht > wrote in
:
>
>> Don't let it dry out---- but don't over water, either.
>>
>
>A book I have on container gardening says intert your finger two joints
>deep in the soil near the plant. If it comes out dry, water. That's what
>I've been doing.
that's after they are established. A new plant has virtually no roots
spread throughout the soil yet.
Janet US