All life, whether in plant form or otherwise, is made up almost entirely of water and relies on it more than anything for survival. We ourselves begin life at our most water condensed version - approximately 75-80% of the stuff - but then develop more dry matter and regulate to 65-70%. Having once been obsessed with Survivorman, Les Stroud, I know that we can survive more than three weeks without food but less than three without water. This makes a few millimetres of moisture condensed overnight on a tarp a more valuable proposition than a mouthful of miniature rock crabs.
Plants however trump us and are made up of around 80-90% water. It’s a statistic that always reminds us that, while we may forget to do any number of things in the garden, the one thing we mustn’t forget is to water. This unfortunately is never the case. The simple truth is that we’re constantly forgetting to give our plants the one thing they are screaming at us for, and for those joking about having black thumbs of death - do you see your plants laughing? No, nor can your hear their piercing shrills and cries for hydration.
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