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Watering plants always in season (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spraying

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'watering plants' is the definition.
'spraying' can be an answer for 'watering' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'plants' bit.

'always in season' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ay' (archaic term for 'always').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'season' becomes 'spring' (spring is a season).
'ay' placed within 'spring' is 'SPRAYING'.

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(Another definition for spraying that I've seen is " Dispersing insecticide on crops, say".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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