Levy Tree Care

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We all know how dry it is, which feels crazy after the incredibly wet spring we had this year.

Your trees will benefit tremendously from regular, slow watering from now until the ground freezes. Roots are physiologically active until the ground freezes even after leaves are gone. Conifers keep there leaves throughout the winter and really, really need to be well hydrated going into the dormant season.

Use a soaker hose (~ $19 at Menards) if you can. Ironically dry soil is hydrophobic until it wets up, so you don’t want to have the water running off the surface of the ground instead of soaking in around the tree’s base.

Here are some photos showing just how dry the ground is. The dirt has shrunk away from the bases of these trees so much that I can get my fingers in the crack between the trunk and the ground.

Duluth Area Gardeners