Watering and rain

[wzazdzez]

I'm growing muscadines, the nusery that I bought them from recommends 6 to 8 galons a week per plant for the first 2 years. I googled and found that 1 gallon covers roughly 2 square feet 1 inch deep. I water about 4 square feet of ground when I water a vine. So I figure that 1 inch of rain is the same as giving my vines 2 gallons of water. Am I figuring right, or am I of base. Any advice would be welcome, thanks. Or should I water as they recommend and when it rains feel the soil and use my own instincts?

 

[davewaz]

Well, I'm no expert, but I've had good luck, just watering mine lightly whenever we go more that 3 days without rain. I learned with other crops that overwatering is just as dangerous as underwatering. Good luck