Tips for Watering and Fertilizing
Watering and Fertilizing Best Practices:
First Watering:
Once the plant or plants, is (are) properly tamped in water with no or very low pressure, a garden hose with no attachment works well. A bucket or pale will also work to flood the root ball with water.
All Other Watering:
When the plant needs water next, use a method of slow watering. A single plant can have a dripping garden hose left on the root ball all day. Treegator and donuts can be filled with the hose. They then take 5 to 6 hours to empty. In the heat of the summer, these should be filled twice in succession to really get the ground around the plant wet.
Best Practices:
Allow to Dry: Once watered correctly, allow the area to dry before watering again. Over-watering can be just as bad as under-watering. The drying also helps the plant root in more quickly.
Checking Moisture:
Find the outer edge of the root ball. Using a flat head screw driver or a small tool, dig down about 4-5 inches. Pull up this soil and squeeze it. If the soil sticks together, there is enough moisture. If it does not, it is time to water.
Frequency:
It will vary with temperature, time of year, weather patterns, etc. The dormant season requires almost no watering, and the heat of growing season during a drought could require a frequency of twice a week.
First Watering:
Once the plant or plants, is (are) properly tamped in water with no or very low pressure, a garden hose with no attachment works well. A bucket or pale will also work to flood the root ball with water.
All Other Watering:
When the plant needs water next, use a method of slow watering. A single plant can have a dripping garden hose left on the root ball all day. Treegator and donuts can be filled with the hose. They then take 5 to 6 hours to empty. In the heat of the summer, these should be filled twice in succession to really get the ground around the plant wet.
Best Practices:
Allow to Dry: Once watered correctly, allow the area to dry before watering again. Over-watering can be just as bad as under-watering. The drying also helps the plant root in more quickly.
Checking Moisture:
Find the outer edge of the root ball. Using a flat head screw driver or a small tool, dig down about 4-5 inches. Pull up this soil and squeeze it. If the soil sticks together, there is enough moisture. If it does not, it is time to water.
Frequency:
It will vary with temperature, time of year, weather patterns, etc. The dormant season requires almost no watering, and the heat of growing season during a drought could require a frequency of twice a week.
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