the thing about those CITY TREES is they have it so easy and they don’t do ANY REAL WORK - one tree says to another in the middle of a field.
the thing about those CITY TREES is they have it so easy and they don’t do ANY REAL WORK - one tree says to another in the middle of a field.
I work in the industry and this doesn’t align with our results at all. I suppose if you paint everything with a broad brush, the shitty urban areas kept swept up in with cities that actually look after and care for their trees.
In my perspective, we aren’t doing enough for both areas but I’m from a bogan area of Australia so maybe the outlier. If it ain’t beef or gas/coal, or a crisp new diesel dual cab ute, fuck looking after it.
My city added those watering sacks to a lot of trees, mainly the younger ones. The dry period was brutal for German summers and the trees planted here aren’t up to those conditions.
They look interesting from a cursory search I did after reading. We still drive laden trucks and manually water because there is no such thing as a fuel crisis. Bags are not something we do here or have seen done.
As the El Nino keeps forming and hitting record temps, mortality will increase and our urban soils, due to sprawl, are heavily modified with negative characteristics not really compatible with tree growth/health which makes that survival harder.
That said, we just had a record bout of rain for a Spring El Nino (usually hot and dry), another first/record broken for climate change.
They still drive around and water them manually, but the bags prevents the water from just evaporating. I think it’s like a remote drip watering.
Yes, drip is the most efficient for defeating hydrophobia and penetration. And it would shorten the dry periods by the time the truck gets back. It’s a good idea.