My watering schedule is typically Sun, Wed, Fri. Though, I'll give them a drink as needed if the soil is dry when I stick my finger in it. While it is very humid here in central Florida, the sun is relentless. Lately we've been getting a day or two of drenching rain before a week to 10 days of sun and heat. If that's the case, I cut back on watering. They sure love the rain. We get a lot of rain in the summer months, with brief, intense, and reliable thunderstorms in the afternoons.
The figs will love the summer, but I'm not sure how my experiments with growing lavender in central Florida will hold up. I originally picked up around five Lowes lavender no-name cultivars (angustifolia) to see if I could have success. I do have success, but the rain has been intermittent this spring. I already have a small harvest of lavender flowers. I ordered some proper cultivars, x4 Grosso and x4 Hidcote Blue starters. They're potted, so I'll keep an eye on them as they're the only ones I've been worried about!
The figs are growing so quickly. My green ischia, after a period of apparent dormancy after being repotted, has begun to shoot new leaves and growth at an impressive rate. Everyday I see new leaves, and measure them against my thumb for a day or two before they're too big.
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