Hosepipe and watering advice
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We’ve bought a new build house with a load of new, young trees planted. About 30 odd plus a new hedge all spread out over about 6 acres.
How the hell are we meant to water the buggers to stop them dying whilst they’re establishing. You can tell we’re not green fingered.
There are two outside taps centrally located but I estimate it’s still about 400 ft in a direct line from the tap to the furthest tree.
How the hell are we meant to water the buggers to stop them dying whilst they’re establishing. You can tell we’re not green fingered.
There are two outside taps centrally located but I estimate it’s still about 400 ft in a direct line from the tap to the furthest tree.
With 6 acres I'd consider laying MDPE hose out to several locations and then run garden hose out along the hedge line and to the trees and as suggested cap the end and cut holes in the hose. We've done this from 2 outside taps and can sent water out across 16 acres to make life a little easier. We have ours connected to water troughs for the sheep as well.
Consider a simple irrigation system. You can combine the hozelock stuff with generic bits from Amazon.
The expensive bit is the fittings, timer, junctions etc. Not the hose.
So the expensive bit will be how many trees you want to water.
You can get "leaky hose" for hedges, probably best run separately from the trees (could spur of a switchable junction quite simply).
Do you have a plan of the garden we can see?
The expensive bit is the fittings, timer, junctions etc. Not the hose.
So the expensive bit will be how many trees you want to water.
You can get "leaky hose" for hedges, probably best run separately from the trees (could spur of a switchable junction quite simply).
Do you have a plan of the garden we can see?
bigpriest said:
You might not need to do anything but it depends on the water content of the ground and the climate. Trees are quite capable of growing on their own.
True though in nature most seedlings will die for one reason or another. A young sapling just stuffed into unsuitable soil/location is likely to need some help until it gets its roots down.sherman said:
Bowser on a trailer that you can tow with your lawn tractor that you will have bought to cut the grass.
This - and tree hydration bags for the trees... Stop off on your lawn tractor to fill them up https://www.bowhayestrees.co.uk/tree-hydration-bag... with loads of mulch around the bases to hold moisture beneath.
If the hedge is a laurel or conifer job then you will need a perforated watering hose along its length under a mulch but hopefully it will be native and require nothing at all...
AndyTR said:
With 6 acres I'd consider laying MDPE hose out to several locations and then run garden hose out along the hedge line and to the trees and as suggested cap the end and cut holes in the hose. We've done this from 2 outside taps and can sent water out across 16 acres to make life a little easier. We have ours connected to water troughs for the sheep as well.
This is good advice. Don't even think about transporting the water yourself... it takes far too long. Invest in a lot of MDPE or good black irrigation hose, and a couple of timers.https://www.waterirrigation.co.uk is a good place to look at. 200m of black hose is not too expensive.
Thanks everyone.
The “garden” is essentially a massive field at the moment split into a 2-2.5 acre paddock at the southern end and then just grass plus some original and new trees. We will get the place landscaped but in the meantime we’ve still got a load of new hedging and trees to look after.
The hedging is along the eastern and northern boundary and is hawthorn planted as whips about one foot tall double rows offset from each other.
There’s about 10 trees planted along the eastern boundary, 6 either side of the entrance gates/wall and the remainder in the north western corner.
Below is the photo. North is the top of the photo. The photo was taken before the planting.
The “garden” is essentially a massive field at the moment split into a 2-2.5 acre paddock at the southern end and then just grass plus some original and new trees. We will get the place landscaped but in the meantime we’ve still got a load of new hedging and trees to look after.
The hedging is along the eastern and northern boundary and is hawthorn planted as whips about one foot tall double rows offset from each other.
There’s about 10 trees planted along the eastern boundary, 6 either side of the entrance gates/wall and the remainder in the north western corner.
Below is the photo. North is the top of the photo. The photo was taken before the planting.
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