A gardener waters the plants in a garden using a garden hose during a drought. The gardener observes that most of the water given to the plants is wasted as runoff.

Which procedure would most likely reduce the amount of water lost as runoff?Replant each plant closer to one another.

Compress the soil to decrease the number of pores.

Cover the plants while they grow.

Break up the soil to increase the number of pores.