With statewide water restrictions and scorching temperatures, you may be worried about your lawn. But what you should focus on, some experts say, is your trees. Here's how to keep them healthy in the heat.
Experts with USU’s Forestry Extension say your lawn will come back next year, but under-watered trees could die without proper care.
“A brown lawn will come back easily if water is available next year,” they wrote in a news release, “but an under-watered tree may die and it will take decades for another tree to replace it.”• Trees and shrubs have deeper, more extensive root systems than grass, and should be watered slowly and for longer periods of time. To save water — and still have healthy trees — water every few weeks — but make sure you get to it before leaf wilting, scorching and other stress occurs.
• Are the automatic sprinklers providing enough water? Test the system by catching water in cans scattered around the irrigated area for a set amount of time. Small sprinkler heads that send a mist out can put out more water than you would expect, but if you don’t irrigate long enough, you may not provide enough water to get past the grass roots.
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