Hi all,
About a week ago I planted 7 skip laurels and 5 spruces. All are in well-drained areas. I was advised by the landscaping company to water them frequently this entire season - the example being a 4-hour drip for the spruces once every 2-3 days. Now, I don't have 4 hour windows where I can lay a drip hose under a spruce and move it around to the other 5 in a 3 day cycle - I don't have that time.
My question is this: Can I simply give them a nice long drink i.e. full hose volume (60gph) for about 5 minutes each spruce (about 5 gallons of water worth) once every 1-2 days during the evening, and about 2-3 minutes per laurel of the same?
I ask this because we're getting 90-100 degree weather and very little/very sporadic rain, and I do not want these things dying. I want them vibrant.
Everything looks good so far except one spruce's tip (last 6" of the top) turned solid brown over aperiod of about 1-2 days.
As background: the spruces are 5-6' tall (2 are 7-8') and the laurels are all about 3.5-4' tall. So these are pretty sizable plants.
Thanks,
Joe
P.s. All spruces were planted with peat moss and compost then mulch around top. Laurels were planted with compost and miracle-gro soil mix.
About a week ago I planted 7 skip laurels and 5 spruces. All are in well-drained areas. I was advised by the landscaping company to water them frequently this entire season - the example being a 4-hour drip for the spruces once every 2-3 days. Now, I don't have 4 hour windows where I can lay a drip hose under a spruce and move it around to the other 5 in a 3 day cycle - I don't have that time.
My question is this: Can I simply give them a nice long drink i.e. full hose volume (60gph) for about 5 minutes each spruce (about 5 gallons of water worth) once every 1-2 days during the evening, and about 2-3 minutes per laurel of the same?
I ask this because we're getting 90-100 degree weather and very little/very sporadic rain, and I do not want these things dying. I want them vibrant.
Everything looks good so far except one spruce's tip (last 6" of the top) turned solid brown over aperiod of about 1-2 days.
As background: the spruces are 5-6' tall (2 are 7-8') and the laurels are all about 3.5-4' tall. So these are pretty sizable plants.
Thanks,
Joe
P.s. All spruces were planted with peat moss and compost then mulch around top. Laurels were planted with compost and miracle-gro soil mix.