Watering boy by Jon Hayes Photography.
As promised Monday, today for Tree Week GM will address the “do’s” of caring for our precious street trees. You’ll see pretty quickly that the do’s make up a short list, so you don’t have much of an excuse for not pitching in where you can to ensure the health of our tree canopy.
Do #1 – Water, Water, Water
There is one thing that trees, particularly young ones, need above all else: water. Yes, we’ve had a pretty rainy spring, but our summers can be brutal on trees. We can go weeks without a significant rainfall. And even when we get those typical summer flash storms, most of the water runs straight to the storm drains and fails to reach the trees.
That’s why it’s incumbent on us to keep our trees fully watered. The basic goal you should have is to water young trees two to three times a week Correction: Depending on how wet or dry the weather it, you can get away with just one watering a week, but if you do just water it once, please make sure you really are getting a full 20-25 gallons in. You should start when the trees start leafing in the spring and continue all the way until they lose their leaves in the fall. Continue reading →
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