How much or often do I water sod, seed, trees, shrubs, or flowers?
• Sod needs to be kept wet and watered continually for about two weeks when new. After that, a daily or every other day watering schedule should be followed, depending on the weather. • Seed needs to be kept wet until it germinates. Again, after germination a rigorous watering schedule should be followed. • Trees can be watered every other day BY HAND with a hose. You can let the hose trickle for about 15 minutes near the base of the tree. A sprinkler system does not provide an adequate amount of water for a tree’s entire root system. • Shrubs also need to be watered about every other day by sprinkler system, by hand or with a soaking hose. However, a sprinkler system is not enough to keep shrubs properly watered if it is hot and dry. Give them the same watering as trees during those stressful times. • Flowers need to be watered at least every day because of their small, shallow root structure. A sprinkler system will water small flowers adequately, but it might be a good idea to give
