How much water do fruit trees need? 🌳 And when to stop watering?
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- How much water do fruit trees need? And when do you stop watering fruit trees? In this interview, Horticulture Professor Dr Kevin Folta of the University of Florida discusses the science involved with Susan Poizner of the fruit tree education website OrchardPeople.com.
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When Kevin's video about how to automate irrigation is ready, we will add the link to the show notes below!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 How often to water a newly planted fruit tree
01:59 When to stop watering a young fruit tree in the fall
03:28 The importance of letting the soil dry out in between irrigation sessions
05:36 How much water do newly planted trees need in the fall?
06:59 How soil texture affects fruit tree irrigation needs
07:26 How to know how much water your soil needs
08:45 Watering mature fruit trees in the fall in a cooler climate
09:21 How often to water a mature tree in the fall
10:30 The best way to water fruit trees
12:04 Difference between drip irrigation and microjet
13:46 Irrigating permaculture plantings
14:54 Automating fruit tree irrigation
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Another one of your very informative talks with experienced authorities of the subject. Keep them coming. Appreciate your efforts and intentions.
Sending my regards and blessings from the Mediterranean (Israel)🙏
Thank you! That’s so wonderful that you enjoying my work in your part of the world!
Mulching solves so many issues - watering included. The soil medium remains moist for much longer and insect activity makes the medium much more porous - great for receiving air as well as water.
Very true!
Great video. Very informative. Ty for sharing!!!
Thank you for the wonderful feedback!
So Southern Minnesota is getting pounded with rain. Like, well over a foot in my yard, so far, just in the last 4 weeks... My Peach trees were just put in in late April early May. Can they be temporarily removed from the swampy ground? The water is over the top of my feet everywhere in the yard. The leaves are turning a pale purple ish color. No more glossy green. Is it too late for them?
Oh goodness. That's terrible! I would not dig them up and move them though. It will damage the roots and the damage will be worse. But while removing the trees isn’t practical, but you can improve the situation by adding a thick layer of mulch around the base of the trees to help absorb some of the excess water and improve drainage. Avoid piling the mulch directly against the tree trunks to prevent rot. If possible, create channels or trenches to divert water away from the trees. While this situation is challenging, taking these steps can help alleviate some of the stress on your peach trees. I am often surprised at how well fruit trees can recover with the right care.
Macropores drain freely by gravity and allow easy movement of water and air. They provide habitat for soil organisms and plant roots can grow into them. With diameters less than 0.08 mm, micropores are small soil pores usually found within structural aggregates. Suction is required to remove water from micropores
Thanks for sharing that detailed info! Macropores and micropores are crucial for soil health and plant growth. 🌱
Very informative ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful, and the information on paw paws maybe explain why I lost one of my transplants
Glad it helps and sorry about the pawpaws!
Diligent management is in the offing
Diligence is good!
Very informative!! I have one doubt, this winter we didn't had a snow fall, only few rainfall spells. My question is that, does irrigation is recommended in this situation( wjnter)? As of now , Some of Trees are stressed. Is it water stress due to lack of winter precipitation ?
Sorry for the delay. It's so hard to know! The trees could be stressed by extreme cold weather too. And trees don't take in much new moisture during the winter months. I hope that they have recovered by now!
Thank you sir,I ask I dig a fruit tree roots & found it dry
Hopefully the video helped you!
Did Dr. Kevin ever create an irrigation system video?
Good question! I’ll reach out to ask him and put a link here if he has!
@@Orchardpeople Please do!
01:51 is why this is unclear to us. "...a couple of days...weeks..." Keep it saturated for days? How many days. Oh, weeks? How many weeks? Keep it saturated but let it dry out. Huh??
I wish I could be more specific on that. The problem is that it all depends on your soil. Ultimately, we really have to learn how to feel the soil to understand if it’s saturated or not. Sandy soil will dry out really quickly. Clay soil holds onto moisture. It’s complicated so I do understand your frustration!
@@Orchardpeople Yeah. I know. My trees are doing alright. But a mystery animal dug up one of my Dawn Redwood saplings a couple days ago and only left a hole.😓😓😓
@@rotcod2886 Drats! That's frustrating! Those critters are always up to something!