Irrigation Checks For Summer

COMMENTARY

• Check and monitor irrigation for lawns and plants to avoid excessive watering
• Deep slow watering to the roots promotes plant health and longer intervals between watering
• Controlling irrigation with technology to adjust for changing weather patterns especially after rain
• The Tuna Can Test

RESOURCE

• AMWUA’s How To Conserve Watering & Watering By The Numbers

Lawns & Fertilization

COMMENTARY

• Noted cactus blooms and other flora in spite of the lack of wildflower season
• The switch to summer bermuda lawns starting with mowing lower and attention to watering
• The option not to plant summer lawns
• Grandular fertilizers are slow release for a longer more spread out feeding
• Liquid fertilizers are quickly effective but must be applied more frequently
• Organic fertilizers are a growing trend towards environmentally-friendly gardening practices

RESOURCE

• True Organics Fertilizers

Listener Questions

TEXTS

• Jane noted about getting rid of summer lawns, is it worth keeping for dogs to do their business on?
• Is there any reason to put pre-emergent down for weed control while you’re fertilizing as well?
  • Pre-emergent must be watered in to be effective
• What specific varieties of Palo Verde trees to you suggest for color blooms?
  • Hybrid thornless like palobreas and sonoran palo verdes