Can rain overwater your plants?

[RKatzin]

I'm always somewhat amazed by how dry my containers are after three days of heavy rainfall. Especially if the canopy overhangs the pot. Very little rain actually gets in the pots. I do not, therefore, consider the rain to be a significant watering. I can't see watering while it's raining, but as soon as the clouds part and the sun is back on duty I'm watering everything good. My medium is loose being primarily pumice and it's hard to get most pots to fill and overflow even full on shower with the garden hose.
Believe me, up here on top of this mountain we get some hellacious storms in winter. Heavy with a capital H. Torrential downpour till water is just gushing out of everywhere and every gully and ravine is rushing torrents. Big trees come uprooted and fall over. What we call a real gully washer. Lol Never a problem with overwatering or soil flushing away. Only when I go at it with the shower wand I can push the pumice.

 

[Schmikah]

I’ve read, reread, and slowly tried to parse this sentence out to try to determine exactly what it is you are trying to say.

I know what your soil is... the exact opposite of yours.

Parsing this out: recipes (soil mix)(noun)... delivering(verb) ... benefit(Object)... medium(object? In a prepositional phrase).

Nope. Doesn’t help.

I'm glad I'm not the only language nerd in this forum. While the above mentioned post could have used a few commas and restructuring, it does actually make sense. English is a very... odd language that relies very heavily on word order to impart grammatical context, so if you directly break down the sentence, it technically provides the meaning.

I believe what @Forsoothe! said was something along these lines:

"I am enjoying the certainty of the post's assertions about soil recipes. Theses recipes, as reported, provide maximal benefits to the plants. The benefits are, as reported, due to the composition of the soil medium."

Obviously that seems clunky, but its more of a "literal" translation.

I have the same tendency to produce widely long run-on sentences, so I (possibly) have developed the skills to break them down.

 

[Adair M]

I'm glad I'm not the only language nerd in this forum. While the above mentioned post could have used a few commas and restructuring, it does actually make sense. English is a very... odd language that relies very heavily on word order to impart grammatical context, so if you directly break down the sentence, it technically provides the meaning.

I believe what @Forsoothe! said was something along these lines:

"I am enjoying the certainty of the post's assertions about soil recipes. Theses recipes, as reported, provide maximal benefits to the plants. The benefits are, as reported, due to the composition of the soil medium."

Obviously that seems clunky, but its more of a "literal" translation.

I have the same tendency to produce widely long run-on sentences, so I (possibly) have developed the skills to break them down.

Well, I seem to think he was being sarcastic, so now I’m totally confused.

Doesn’t matter, I suspect he has me on ignore.

 

[leatherback]

Well, I seem to think he was being sarcastic, so now I’m totally confused.

That was my take too

Doesn’t matter, I suspect he has me on ignore.

I am pretty sure that I am there too, feels like a compliment hearing you are on there too.

 

[Schmikah]

Well, I seem to think he was being sarcastic, so now I’m totally confused.

Doesn’t matter, I suspect he has me on ignore.

I'm sure he was being sarcastic. I just wanted to share my joy of trying to translate odd-ball sentences.

 

[Paradox]

Depends on the soil and the amount of rain.

I also use all inorganic soil. I have had 2 inches of rain in 24 hours and rain 7-8 out of 10 days without any issues whatsoever.
I never have to worry about over watering ever.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Depends on the soil and the amount of sun.

I also use all organic soil. I have had no rain in 7-8 out of 10 days without any issues whatsoever. I water every day it doesn't rain.
I never have to worry about over watering ever.

The only problem with anecdotal testimonials is that they are pick-and-choose examples of conditions that they want to highlight regardless of how that reflects on the whole world of possible conditions. Hot areas worry about extended hot spells. Dry areas worry about droughts. Wet areas worry about extended rain and high humidity. Deep cold areas worry about long winters. Temperate zones wonder what all the fuss is about. Etcetera. Weather is pretty variable from year-to-year everywhere, anyway. Welcome to the tower of babble!

 

[leatherback]

Depends on the soil and the amount of sun.

I think not.

If you use the soil you have in my climate, your trees will die unless you provide a rain shelter. Since October it has not rained on maybe 10 days here. And we have had several spells of continuous rain for a week or more. Nothing dries. Even the used substrate in my shed does not dry up. Moss climbing up your shoes if you stop moving for more than a few seconds type of weather.

Rain is a bigger factor than sun (Up to the point that direct sun burns foliage).