<<< providing an ideal watering schedule for leafy greens will easily drown pepper plants and dilute any tomato flavor. For deep rooted plants to get enough water any nearby shallow rooted plants will develop root rot and die. >>>

I never really considered that when laying out the garden and the soaker hoses, but now that I know about it, I'm not sure how to procede.

All my tomatoes are on the same 2 lines and all my onions and leeks are on the same line, so I'm not concerened about them.

My peppers and eggplant are on the same line with basil, parsley, and some zuchinni too. Is that ok?

What about broccoli? I usually have it planted on the same lines as other things that get planted while it's still producing in the spring.

Also, my peas usually share a line with lettuce (or broccoli or zuchinni).

Maybe an easier question is what plants can be grouped together on one soaker hose and what plants can't share a hose?

Thanks!!!

A rough comparison of volumes needed for various vegetables below but keep in mind the type and tilth of your soil will affect frequency and amounts will increase during periods of hot weather. Also most crops will require some extra water at critical development periods such as when tomatoes when setting fruit, broccoli and lettuce when developing heads, filling pods for peas, etc.

So check out the link below (scroll down) for some classification of heavy water needers like beans and onions and the lesser water needers like herbs. It also cover the ones that need consistently moist soil vs. those that prefer to dry out between watering.

Dave

PS: Farmer's Almanac has a basic chart too you might want to check out.