Viewing post #946727 by Moiris

Patrick, how often you water depends on where you live and the type of soil you have. As long as you have good drainage watering every day or two is probably fine (for the newly planted irises). You don't want the soil to remain soggy wet, but slightly damp is good for growing tender roots (IMHO).

My soil is sand and we live in a semi-arid (read: semi desert ) area so in the really hot weather my established irises need water once a week and the babies (which I have in pots) need water every day or two. If I had different soil I would not have to water so often.