How long can plants live without water?
Plants and Soil Water There are such a vast number of plant varieties, capable of living in such a wide range of environments, that it is not usually possible to pinpoint an exact time frame that all plants can survive without any water at all. The length of time for a cactus, for instance, is too different to compare to that of a fern, and both use water is such different ways that any comparison would fall short. When gardeners refer to plants surviving without water, they are speaking about plants missing the irrigation that they are accustomed to in their particular environment. In reality, this does not mean that the plant goes without water completely. Soil generally remains moist long after it was been watered, and there are residual pockets of water trapped in the earth that plants can access even without rainfall. Most plants can even draw in water vapor from the air to supplement dwindling supplies of moisture. A plant without any sort of access to water dies very quickly, wi
