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damnyankee36
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Location: Alamogordo, NM

Deep Watering method

I've never seen this before, so could I have everyone's thoughts on this? Is driving water pipes vertically into the ground around a tree an acceptable practice to deep water trees?

I had a non-bearing Mulberry tree in the past and its roots tended to grow along the ground surface. Is this normal for this tree? I though it was because the only watering it got was from the lawn and also that maybe there wasn't enough water deep in the ground.

I am hoping that if I plant another one, this method of watering will keep the roots going in a downward direction.

Thanks!

Larry
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Location: ranches in sierra nevada mountains California & Navada high desert

I understand you wanting to get water into the ground.

At one of place we have clay soil, we bore several holes, with a power auger, filling the holes with soil that is less compact to plant the trees, later as the trees get larger we bore holes around them father out. I think this helps.

Richard


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