miswater

verb

1. To water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.

   “As a further guide, however, the principal effects of miswatering are summarised below:”

   “Sometimes you may miswater a plant, but one mistake is never fatal.”

   “Those plants are planted in Jardinier subirrigated containers, where they live longer because plants are less likely to be miswatered.”

   “Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can mis'''water, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it.”