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Landscape and Lawn Care

Landscapes are no doubt an important and satisfying part of any residential property. For a higher property value and also for aesthetic purposes, it is vital to have your very own. There may be times that water supply becomes scarce, thus it is necessary to create watering priorities. Try altering your previous routine and water your plants more competently. However, a drought might also be good as it can give you a chance to reexamine the current design of your landscape. Reevaluate your plants’ location or the types of plants that cannot adapt well to the summer heat or even the ones that seem to present some disease or unable to grow satisfactorily. Without a doubt, these kinds of plants will die when a severe drought hits. Take the chance to change them with better suiting plants once they wither.

Watering Priorities

When drought strikes, you must plan how to water your plants more systematically. It is better to choose the smaller but more important spots in your landscape to water on a regular basis. It is acceptable to let the plants located on your landscape’s boundaries hibernate by watering them less as they are not really the focal point of the landscape.

Trees

Note that a tree’s worth increases as it grows in size. Every time you water your lawn and the shrubs in it, grown trees eventually get watered as well. But if you decide to allow your lawn to go dormant and control the watering schedule of your shrubs when water supply is hard, it is advisable to water your trees thoroughly about twice a month. Remember that one sign of drought stress is when your trees begin to shed leaves, so this means you must increase the watering frequency of your trees when you see their leaves start to drop.

Shrubs

It is a well-known fact that healthy and beautifully maintained shrubs greatly add to the overall appearance of your landscape. That is why you should put them in second priority when doing the watering. One way to conserve water is to take out those shrubs that have become diseased, overgrown or might not be in the best possible location in the landscape.

Perennial plants

Long-lasting plants and areas and expensive plants should be of second priority. Perennial plants can survive on lesser amounts of water as compared to trees or shrubs. Consider mulching the bed soil to lessen the evaporation of moisture.

Annual bedding plants

As opposed to perennial plants, annual plants have considerable higher water needs. It is best to disregard yearly plantings when the drought is severe and consider putting mulch of about 3 to 5 inch thick on the annual soil beds. You can then plant on that same area the following year when the drought has gone.

Containers

Potted plants evaporate moisture more quickly than plants that are in the ground. Therefore, you might want to consider lessening the amount of container plants in your landscape. But if you really want to plant in containers, try introducing hydrophilic polymers with your potting mixture. These are easily found in most garden shops. These crystals easily absorb moisture and slowly distribute it to your plants over a certain period of days, which now enables you to water your plants on a lesser frequency.

Lawns

A lot of turfgrass variants are found to be resistant to drought. They usually turn brown if not watered in dry weather, but they almost certainly will live through. Prior to a drought and even after it, make sure to let you lawn receive the best possible care.

Watering your landscape

Some essential questions to consider when trying to make the most out of the water you have are the what, where and how in watering your landscape.

Where to water

It is important to know that most of tree roots and shrub feeder roots lie in the first few feet of the ground and may stretch up to one to two times past the circular length of the canopy. Watering this area ensures effectiveness. A drip system complete with emitters can be used. Garden hoses, soaker hoses that give off water slowly and buried cans are also effective.

When to water

The best time to water your plants is late at night or dawn. Only a minimum amount of water is evaporated from the soil during these times because there is higher humidity, cooler temperature and more peaceful breeze. Western Oregon usually has a clay-type earth thus it is necessary to water your plants prior to the drying of the soil. As soon as clay soil has dried out, it will be hard to maintain its moisture again.

How to water

In times of drought, plants must be irrigated deeply well but not regularly. Doing so will help plants to extend their roots well into the ground. Try watering the spot up to a depth of 8 to 10 inches till it gets saturated. The kind of soil used certainly has an effect on how fast water can get into the soil. Remember that it may take you some hours when watering larger shrubs and trees. Trying to lengthen the time gap from one irrigation session to the next will help your plants grow their roots more deeply into the soil. A trickle system can be utilized for shrub beds as this system helps in applying water straight to the ground. This drip system prevents too much loss of moisture caused by evaporation and wind. Application of water just under the surface of the ground is another alternative. Take some used cans, punch some small holes on the bottom and insert them about half foot or up to one foot into the ground. Put some water into them and the water will now start leaking out from the holes wetting the soil and the roots of plants around it. This action will significantly help lessen the amount of moisture evaporation. The sprinkler system may not be considered the most effective way of watering plants, but with lawns they seem to be the only choice.

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