If you think of a tree as a giant straw that sucks water out of the soil, you miss a big part of what makes trees tick. The straw analogy will work to get water up about 20 or 30 feet.

How To Water Your Trees During The Fall Months. The mature trees in your yard may not need to be watered as often as a tree that is newly planted or under two years old, ...

Trees need less water in cool weather and they typically only need to be watered once every few weeks in fall. If you’re experiencing a rainy autumn, you may not need to water your trees at all!

Now as I’ve preached before, once we get to this point of the summer/fall season, it’s awfully hard to get water deep enough in the parched, clay soil, to have much of an impact on big old ...

These conditions reduce heat and water stress on trees (but are not an excuse to not mulch and water your new tree). Another good reason to plant in the fall as opposed to Spring is that instead of ...

Iowans who hope to do some tree planting yet this fall still likely have a couple of weeks to get the chore done, but given the long-running drought, those new seedlings will need plenty of water.

Fall is likewise a good time to invest in blueberry bushes, and you should endeavor to acquire varities that fruit early, mid- and late in the season. There is an entire world of fruit trees, from ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Do I need to water my yard when it's this dry in Colorado during the fall and winter? If you want to ensure your trees, shrubs, perennials and grass maintain healthy root systems ...

Fall is the best time to plant container grown and balled-and-burlapped shade trees, conifers, and flowering trees. These include maples, pines, dogwoods, and other landscape favorites.

If you planted new trees this spring or last fall, bring out the garden hose. A little water will keep those trees healthy and happy as Michigan’s dry spring progresses into summer ...

Get ready, leaf-peepers, it’s fall foliage season. As pumpkin flavors permeate coffee shops and the morning air crispens, trees’ leaves have begun transitioning from green to shades of red ...