Watering your new landscape plantings is the most important thing you will do to aid their establishment and development. Keep in mind there is also no clean cut rule to watering due to both soil factors and environmental changes. Your new plants and the surroundings soil are your best gauges to deciding how much to water. Landscape Watering Guide
KEYS FOR WATERING YOUR PLANTS
If possible don't use a sprinkler. Use either an open-ended hose (remove spray nozzle), at a low pressure, or a soaker hose and water at the base of the plant, not the foliage. Always pay attention to the soil condition of the plant. Dry soil and drooping leaves mean the plant needs water; Wet soil and drooping leaves means the soil needs to dry before watering again.
HOW OFTEN? Frequency is weather dependent . (See note below.)
During the growing season , new installations should be watered every other day for the first two weeks. Weeks three and four, water one to two times per week Continue watering one time per week for the remainder of the growing season (until the leaves drop for deciduous plants and until December 31st for evergreen plants.) Observation is key : Monitor plants by checking soil moisture or looking for signs of wilting. Beware, plants may need more watering during hot, dry spells. Winter Watering: A thorough watering to a depth of six to eight inches at least once a month should be sufficient but do keep in mind the current environmental conditions. Water plants when the temperatures are above freezing and the soil is not frozen.
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