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When it's hot and dry, your gardens need constant watering. There are efficient ways to give your plants the moisture (水分) they need and still conserve water.
Most gardeners try to conserve water by using soaker hoses (渗水管) and timed watering. The best method is a slow and steady rain, but it doesn't always rain as often as we like in mid - summer, so Horticulture Agent Dennis Patton at Kansas State University says the best way to conserve moisture is to put down a layer of mulch (覆盖料).
“What a mulch layer does is to cover up the soil so it keeps the sun rays from drying out the soil and it just holds that moisture into the soil, and it also keeps the soil cooler for the roots to grow,” Patton says. “A properly applied mulch for a flower and vegetable garden should be somewhere about three inches thick.”
The ideal time to water is early in the morning. Temperatures are cooler, and there's usually less wind, which reduces evaporation (蒸发).
“You can put that right at the base of the plants, so all your water is efficiently used,” says Patton. “And then the rules as far as air temperature, wind speed, watering night versus day, are all thrown out the window because the water's going directly into the soil, not into the air, not onto the leaves, and it benefits the plants.”
In general, plants need about an inch of water per week. It's best delivered deeply. If you water lightly every day, it will evaporate before it gets down to the plants' roots.
1. What do most gardeners do to conserve water in the garden? (no more than 10 words)They use soaker hoses and timed watering.
2. According to Patton, what is the function of a mulch layer? (no more than 30 words)It keeps the sun rays from drying out the soil, holds the moisture into the soil and also keeps the soil cooler for the roots to grow.
3. When is the ideal time to water? (no more than 5 words)Early in the morning.
4. How much water is needed for plants per week? (no more than 5 words)An inch of water.
5. What is this passage mainly about? (no more than 15 words)Some ways to give plants in the garden the moisture and still conserve water.

答案： 1. They use soaker hoses and timed watering.
2. It keeps the sun rays from drying out the soil, holds the moisture into the soil and also keeps the soil cooler for the roots to grow.
3. Early in the morning.
4. An inch of water.
5. Some ways to give plants in the garden the moisture and still conserve water.