[RP TownTalk] water your trees before it freezes tonight

[Sarah Wayland]

Great link, Bob. I guess I read it differently than you do because the
trees in my yard have all dropped their leaves (except my white oak tree,
which drops its leaves in the spring). The article says:
When to Water Trees in Fall

   1. 1. Stop watering trees, both evergreen and deciduous, throughout
   early autumn, until the time when the leaves of the deciduous trees fall
   (this remarkable change on the deciduous trees serves as a useful
   indicator, whereas their evergreen counterparts, being relatively
   unchanging, offer little in the way of guidance). This stoppage in watering
   will allow both evergreen and deciduous trees to enter a transitional
   phase, not unlike the hardening off undergone by nursery plants in
   spring. What you are trying to avoid here is causing spurts of new growth
   that will not be winter-hardy. Such non-hardy growth is more likely to be
   damaged if cold weather suddenly sweeps into your region.


   1. 2. In late autumn, after the deciduous trees have dropped their
   leaves, give both evergreen and deciduous trees a deep watering. This
   should be done before the ground freezes. If you were to wait until after
   the ground freezes, the frozen-solid soil would act as a barrier. This
   barrier would prevent water from seeping down properly to the root zones of
   the trees in a timely manner.

So use your good judgment based on your trees!  And for what it's worth,
it's supposed to warm up again on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, so this
isn't really a "hard freeze" coming up tonight.

-Sarah
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