Watering Trees in the Summer

[@skylights1365]

I came just to learn how to water my newly planted trees, but i ended up learning so much about root systems and plants in general. Thank you! Amazing video.

[@ericpierce3660]

You're like my favorite professor, I could listen to you all day. I learn so much.

[@janetwm1891]

You, sir, are an excellent teacher! You've answered all the questions we had about our new trees! Thank you!!!

[@scottwebber652]

Water is the most important ingredient for growing anything I’ve found along with the mulch.

[@BudFuddlacker]

That looks like such a nice calm neighborhood

[@cg741graf5]

I loved your video and boy it sure is spot on from what my Great Uncles and Grandma taught me. Nice to know tried and true still holds. 🙌🏻👍🏻⭐️ just planted 32 trees, 154 boxwoods, hundreds of perennials to create a natural habitat pollinators and wildlife can enjoy.

[@toosense]

Sounds awesome!

[@kenebarb5377]

Did you plant any fruit trees?

[@strouty]

Thank you, this was new info for me, no one talks about the amount of water, at least you are the first one I meet. Thank you again!

[@ingridgould3089]

This is a great video! Gardeners beginner or advanced can benefit from it. Watering trees, plants is always a challenge, hence this video is super helpful. Ingrid G

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

Excellent. Particularly liked the explanation of root depth. I live in Phoenix so our watering is very different. Any tree that can survive here has ways to deal with rare rainfall. Mesquite trees, my fav here, will send a tap root down more that 100' looking for ground water (Univ AZ dug down following a tap root and gave up at 140'). Many people here believe in "deep watering". Completely wrong especially here. We get very little rain so plants have to have very shallow roots to get that rain as so as possible. Dig down 4' here and all that soil is bone dry. The Mesquite doesn't rely 100% on a tap root. They also send out surface roots very far ( 50 yards or more) and if one of those roots find water the root becomes very big quickly. I grow trees very fast (5' to 30' in 5-8 years) . I create a much bigger water pan (berm) to get those surface roots spreading. More surface roots the more water and nutrients it can take up. That takes a lot more water...but if fast growth is needed, that's what it takes. The first 2 years I'll water daily in summer (1-2" of water in the water pan). Plants can only take up nutrients via water. No water, no nutrients. For my other landscape plants I'm doing a light watering 2 times a day. That's 2x the nutrients the plants can take up and growth is much faster. That's just Phoenix. I've lived in NY, FL, TX, AK and gardening is very different.

[@davidvillalpando1709]

I live in Surprise and I water everyday in the summer at 5am for half an hour. All plants and trees (mainly ficus).

[@richardmajewski3815]

Very informative and I have followed your lead on watering a new tree in the north country. I need to berm my new plantings though/

[@ThankGoddaily]

Thank you for the great information. Your info is appreciated here in the Metro-Detroit area!

[@phillipblades6784]

I live in southern Oklahoma. I suppose it’s the same soil as northern Texas. I’m about to plant three newly purchased trees on my property. I’ll risk the early summer weather (June 2022). These are all a memorial for my late father. Thanks for the clear information about watering. I’m watching all the KZbin videos I can find about planting and later care for young trees. It’s not so easy as I first thought it would be.

[@Babysgame1]

What a great video. Very informative. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@RichardGilbert2727]

What great guidelines! Clear, accurate, sensible. I have learned the truth of this watering advice in planting many trees and shrubs, but this guide indicates I've been doing the bare minimum for hot weather. Just this week, in our July dry spell, I watered some plants that had been established in winter or spring, and the next morning several had put new growth! They had been waiting for water they needed to grow.

[@rosiegold8562]

Great info! Thank you for your video.

[@yusufalbalooshi2723]

Thank you dear for excellent information

[@rayr4320]

Great lecture.

[@bavila22]

Super helpful video. Thank you!

[@DankUrbanBoss]

Thank you for giving me a solid foundation.

[@rosiegold8562]

Wonderful video! Thank you for the terrific explanations!!

[@eleonorabartoli2225]

Great helpful video!

[@Lawnlady-b3s]

Wow!! I did NOT know that about tree roots. This blew my mind. Thank you so much!

[@ethanvlogs9717]

Big thanks from Houston!

[@sandraburki-ug7sy]

Great video, thank you for some good info on new trees ❤

[@jamesu3346]

good video review for me for my three newly planted trees today.

[@javierjimenez6156]

Excelente explicación sobre cómo aplicar agua a los árboles

[@PoteetStrawberryville]

Poteet Texas Strawberryville Evergreen Forest 👋🏼🍓👍🏼 Thank You! 07/08/23

[@tennesseetexan1957]

I grew up in Pleasanton, not far from Poteet. Both places are dry, dry, dry! Lucky to get 20- 30 inches a year & summer lasts forever. I now live in southeast Tennessee and 65-75 inches is not uncommon. Love those Poteet strawberries grown in that rich red soil! Go Aggies!

[@steveo_o6707]

Much of N. Tx has heavy clay which will become a problem if you water too much. In my area I also have a lot of limestone. I dig a 3 ft square and fill with easy drainage soil, sand, and compost. Since Lime will alkanize the soil humus is important.

[@hycinth5371]

Very informative, thank you.

[@effthegop]

I lost you at 12" deep roots. Im in the desert and our roots tend to be several feet deep. I tred to dig up and transplant a little 12" mesquite tree that popped up and the tap root was longer that the tree :). I have dug out a few stumps and they were 3' deep. We get 7" of rain a year so desert trees are different. :)

[@KC_FlightChief]

Does it look like this guy is standing in a desert? Smh

[@effthegop]

@@KC_FlightChief Good point. My bad. I must have just felt like rambling that day :)

[@jlaw8882]

What would be interesting to know is how the roots grow in relation to the above ground tree growth and drip line.

[@kregchapman6981]

thank you for the video!

[@rmcfadde1]

Very helpful, enjoyed the video/info.

[@ranchoelbamboo4068]

Thank you. Best video I seen.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

The secret to growing trees fast is to put them in a pot with a mixture that drains rapidly. You should be able to pour as much water as you want through that pot without it getting oversaturated. This will allow you to water the tree every single day and get rapid growth. You also need to use a high-quality water soluble fertilizer and use it every single time you water the tree. If you are worried about the fertilizer burning the plants you could give them plain water once per week but it's really not necessary if you know what you are doing and do not mix the fertilizer in too high of a dosage. My plants grow 2 to 4 times as fast as another person who just puts their plants in the ground and water them regularly.

[@JoseVazquez-bv2hf]

very educative, thank you!

[@bobtolf]

Great talk. Thanks!

[@adi5224]

Great video 👍🏼 thank you!!

[@doraw7766]

Thank you.

[@Pepeekeo808]

I use an 18 inch piece of re bar to measure soil moisture depth. If I can't push it 12 inches down, I water.

[@BigDaddy-eu4yy]

i wud love to know about planting an apple tree in upstate new york ... we get alot of snow and i just planted a smatt tree a week ago today is aug 28, 2023

[@christineribone9351]

Thx. I live in ABQ. NM it very hot and dry. I bought a small Emerald Green Arborvitae in a quart size pot. Then transplanted to gallon pot, watered, and left in full sun. Next day lower leaves wilted dead dry (but not brown), upper leaves are dry but not dead.. Gave it 1/8 tsp "Thrive" for shock and moved it to shade. Will it survive?? Did I kill it? Should I return it to small pot? Do trees need hardening??

[@markhoffman]

He should explain the root system will depend on tree type and the available water system

[@SouthallTN]

Does a weed barrier go under the berm? Is is okay to use a mulch ring with the berm watering method?

[@aishataviator]

Hello is it ok to use 25 gallon ooze tube for slow drip watering for newly planted 3-4ft height thuja green giant trees? I just planted 13 today and due to the green giant pyramidal shape, its fit kinda snug from the bottom. My landscaper thinks this should be fine. But I wanted an expert opinion.

[@M.Born007]

Ouch i planted RED Maple now in June, in Dallas -its already DRY, i wonder if its gonna survive

[@fit4ya1975]

I planted 23 total Red maples, 1/2 of em are Autumn blaze Maples. I don't think i'm watering them enough from what i have been watching on here. Leaves are brown but the tree is still alive. Im going to keep watering every 2-3 days 5 gallons per tree. By hand too!

[@guidedbygreen1480]

@@fit4ya1975 buy home Depot buckets and drill a small hole in the bottom, placed on top of the root ball and fill it up every few days

[@kbkesq]

Taking a big mass of sod off the drip line.

[@juliebear5351]

Can this be applied to palm trees as well? (Flamethrower Palm)

[@chivas_gold]

Amarillo winter mild ?

[@sharonloomis5264]

Sorry, but, I disagree with you about the 1". Let me explain. My landlords agree with you. So, I am only allowed to water 1/2 hour each day. When hot weather comes my plants and grass (my yard is small around 25 feet by 20 feet). One half inch of water doesn't even go through the mulch. The ground is totally dry underneath it and one hour later, still dry. However, the mulch is damp.

[@williamjordan5004]

Research the work of Carl Whitcomb PhD on the establishment of trees and shrubs in the landscape.

[@kimfroman2023]

I am trying to dig up a 5 year old plum tree and it definitely does not have a pancake root structure lol.

[@MariaRodriguez-gc9jk]

I wish you were standing in better light, cuz its too dark to see your pot!

[@michaelcolbert7547]

😊😅😅😮

[@wiktorpoliszczuk1372]

😂🤣😅😆😁

[@Expert50]

For a tree expert you don’t have a clue what your talking about . Tree roots can go down as far as 15 feet or more depending on the tree species ! Maybe the trees grow that way in Texas but not in my state ! The roots follow the water, and it will go as deep as it has to to retrieve water !

[@lostpony4885]

First have some soil.porosity. mines zero so i struggle to get my oldest young fruit tree at 5 yrs to keep its fruit on. I added a lot of charcoal chunks and pruned constantly to get my first ripe fruit from it this summer and it was all worth it. Porosity improvement plan on its way.