How Do You Water Fruit Trees And Orchards?
Whether you are growing a single tree or a whole fruit orchard, your trees will grow and produce best if watered properly. Here are some suggestions on how to do that. A lot depends on the soil and the drainage in your area as to what method you use for watering fruit trees or an orchard. ————————————– Soaker hoses are one good way to water fruit trees. The important thing about watering fruit trees is that you need the water to penetrate really deep — to the bottom of the root system without running off. The top of the soil can dry out a bit if it is moist at the root area. Most fruit trees are pretty forgiving so long as they are deep-watered. So, that means if you live in a dry area and have a soil that is heavy, clayey, rocky or filled with layers of caliche, you may have to leave the soaker hoses on for hours. Another possibility for efficient watering might be by using mushroom-type bubbler heads on a PVC irrigation system (which is what I use in my orch