- 1). Dig a hole six inches wide and one foot deep using a shovel or a post-hole digger.
- 2). Fill the hole with water and let it drain.
- 3). Fill the hole with water one more time after the water has drained completely.
- 4). Keep track of how long it takes for the water to drain completely from the hole after the second filling. If the water drains completely within three hours or less, you have a drainage problem, probably due to sandy soil. If water is still standing in the hole after eight hours, you have a drainage problem due to too much clay in the soil, and if the water drains within four to six hours, you don't have any drainage problem.
- 5). Increase the amount of water you apply to your garden if the soil drains in less than three hours.
- 6). Decrease the amount of water if the soil takes longer than eight hours to drain.
- 7). Keep up your same watering schedule if the soil drains in four to six hours.
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