Dry periods, exceptionally long ones, can impact your trees and plants in various ways.
Dry periods, exceptionally long ones, can impact your trees and plants in various ways, and it is important to learn how to help a tree survive during the dry heat of the summer. When the soil is dry, the water available to your plant roots will decline to a point where it is unavailable to shrubs or trees. Read on to learn more!
How to Care for Trees in Dry Conditions
Dry-season weather conditions can seriously wreak havoc on your trees. Looking for symptoms of stress could tell you whether your trees are seriously suffering or not. A few common symptoms of trees in dry conditions include:
- Wilting and curling leaves
- Scorched leaves
- Thinning canopy and leaf drop
- Dying branches
- The appearance of wood-boring insects
- A discoloration of pine tree needles
If you’re tending to trees in dry and hot conditions, there are a few strategies you could follow to ensure that they survive the summer.
How to Help Newly and Young Planted Trees Survive Dry Weather
For freshly planted trees, these specific watering recommendations could help deal with dry summer weather conditions. They include:
- While backfilling around the tree root balls during planting, make sure to soak every six inches of backfill with enough water to get the soil to settle in.
- Once your tree is planted, soak in the root ball to the point of standing surface water every week.
- Also, slowly apply one gallon of water to each square foot of area under the canopy each week, depending on the weather patterns.
How to Help Mature Trees Survive in the Dry Weather
Most established trees are resilient when it comes to dry weather. While growing might slow down during the dry periods, big trees with extensive root systems could extract water from much larger volumes of soil. Summer watering tips for more established trees include delivering water monthly, but bigger trees might require more. Slow and deep watering every five to seven days targets the tree roots and not just the soil surface, which is important for dry conditions. You want the water to reach a depth of about 12 inches. Consider using drip irrigation to help deliver this water in a steady and slow fashion to the roots of the trees. Give us a call today to learn more!
Tree Care and Maintenance from Harford Tree
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