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using a soaker hose to water newly planted tree

11 years ago

OK, say you have a new tree with a 36" rootball that was planted as a balled-and-burlapped specimen.

Could you water it sufficiently by coiling up a 50' soaker hose around the tree?

If you did so, where should it lie, and how far apart should each pass of the soaker hose be? If you coiled it in a spiral around the tree, I presume that, initially, the goal would be wetting the rootball, and maybe just the first few inches of planting hole soil, then moving it slowly outward as it establishes, is that right?

Does anyone have guidelines for this? How would you arrange it so that it doesn't get the trunk area too wet and promote rot, but at the same time, it moistens the whole root ball without having dry gaps through it (due to the soaker hose passes being too far apart?

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lehua49
11 years ago
hm,

I assume your rootball is 36" in diameter. That gives around a 10 ft circumference. I would use a 25 ft soaker, two time around with about a foot apart for the rings. Soil type makes big difference in your watering duration. Use the finger probe method to determine if you are applying enough water. If not enough water, lengthen the time watering, too wet cut back the time. You can always add more length of hose. Also, I would cover the inner most hose with mulch to cut down the spray near the trunk. Newly planted trees just need to be kept moist not wet. Long deep soakings versus short shallow ones. GL JMHO Aloha
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