Just a reminder: in this hot weather you need to water most plants a lot. Their root systems are probably still not large, and if the foliage hasn't grown in to completely shade the soil, the sun really dries out the soil.
But watering too often is not good either, so be sure to check beneath the surface around your plants. If it's still damp down there, then it's not time to water yet. Plants that have been there for longer will have deeper root systems, too. I planted chicory in early spring, and I know it has a deep tap root by now, so I don't water it as much as other things. On the other hand, my basil is still tiny, and the soil around it is still exposed to the sun, so I make sure to watch it more carefully to see when it needs water.
Also, early morning is a slightly better time to water than the evening, at least if you have slugs, as I do. Evening watering makes things damp at night, which will make the slugs happier. If you do have slugs (usually if there are large areas of lower leaves getting eaten, that's what you have), it's good to rove around in the early morning and try to find slugs on the leaves and kill them. I didn't used to do that, and now I have very large numbers of slugs. Even tiny ones eat a lot and can kill off small seedlings. So now I go out killing them often.
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