Does watering for a recently installed landscape require a different protocol than established landscapes/garden areas?
With proper care these new plants will grow into a beautiful landscape that will improve year after year. Proper watering is the first and most important requirement your plantings need now. The best way to tell if you have properly watered is to dig your fingers into the root ball and if it feels dry a few inches down, then it is time to water! The plants installed in your yard were grown in a plant nursery where they either started from a seed, division, tissue culture, or a cutting. The plants have been carefully nurtured from this small size to its present size. If at any time during its life at the nursery, it did not get enough water, it would either have died or been damaged enough that it would have to be discarded. Until your newly planted plants become established and rooted into the soil, they will need basically the same care and watering requirements they received in the nursery. Your soil has been prepared and the plants have been properly planted by yourself or a landsca
