Watering Evergreens In Winter

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Watering evergreens in winter. Watering deeply once or twice weekly is better than more frequent shallow irrigation as deep watering will develop long healthy roots. Evergreens and other woody plants will grow in pots over winter assuming the plants are cold hardy and the pots are big enough and weather resistant. Watering plants and near freezing temperatures send many gardeners into fits worrying that the newly wet soil will freeze and injure roots. Water evergreen trees regularly during the first year after planting.

Evergreens transpire slowly over the winter months. Give the tree 1 to 3 inches of water every week unless moisture comes in the form of rainfall. As does watering when its dry and. Trees and shrubs at risk from dry winters include recent transplants evergreens and shallow rooted species such as lindens birches and norway and silver maples.

Narrow leaf evergreens such as juniper transpire water through their needles in winter and watering the plants more in fall gives them a chance to store some water for later use. Large established shrubs more than 6 feet require 18 gallons on a monthly basis. Apply 5 gallons two times per month for a newly planted shrub. A tree that is 6 inches 15 cm in diameter will take some 9 years and need about 9 gallons at each watering.

Where to water apply water directly over the root ball. Usually precipitation would provide them with the water they need. But when the ground begins to thaw on warm winter days they begin to speed up. Be sure to keep the backfill soil in the planting hole moist.

A tree that is about 1 inch 25 cm in diameter will take about 18 months to establish requiring about 15 gallons of water at every watering. In dry winters all shrubs benefit from winter watering from october through march. If this is not available you can help them with a slow trickle from a garden hose. This encourages the roots to expand beyond the root ball.

As long as you water early in the day the water you give your plants can actually be protective against nighttime freezes. Cold dry winds can actually strip water from evergreens faster than their roots can absorb it. Water plants when the leaves start to fall in the autumn to send them into winter with adequate soil moisture. Evergreen trees lose water through their needles in the dry winter air so they need more stored up water going into the winter season to make up for it.