It’s not unusual in warmer climates for container-grown trees to be irrigated several times a day in the nursery. When ...

One technique is to go around the perimeter of the tree, about 4 to 5 feet away from the trunk, and sever the root system so that it regrows closer to the trunk where drip irrigation can be applied.

With modern irrigation systems, it can pretty much automate the entire watering process. As for rainwater, it’s hard to dispute the benefits of extra nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide for ...

Evening watering can also promote disease. Drip Systems for Trees and Shrubs Drip systems can be operated any time because they avoid water loss due to evaporation and runoff.

For more than 40 years, the California Nursery Conference has assembled UC researchers to catch horticultural business owners ...

At planting, remove circling roots and as much as two inches of the rootball with shears, a sharp shovel or machete. The goal is to plant so that the tree's top roots end up level with the ground ...

Her watering satisfied them each night, but when the 100-degree heat came all her plants were dead because there had been no system for their roots to grow deeper.

Town of Tonawanda receives $20,000 for tree nursery The Town of Tonawanda Highway Department nursery will hold 200 trees from different species with an on-site reservoir and irrigation system.

COST savings and efficient water use will abound for the Forestry Department following the commissioning of a rainwater harvesting system at the agency's Constant Spring Road Nursery and ...