As mentioned last week, San Antonio is already in Stage 2 water restrictions and it is forecasted that we will go to Stage 3 this summer. The biggest change with stage 3 is that customers are only allowed to use spray irrigation every other week. This will make it extremely difficult to keep your landscape healthy this summer. So what can you do? Besides the drip irrigation we have been discussing, here are some simple things you can do to give your landscape a fighting chance this summer.
There are several things you can do to get your yard ready for the drought:
1. Mulch your planting beds
2. Protect new trees and plants from wildlife
3. Already weakened trees need pruning to remove dead limbs as we reenter a drought season
4. Trees stressed by the drought are susceptible to many different diseases including Oak Wilt and Hypoxylon Cankor. Be sure to supplement water your trees once a week using drip irrigation in the root zone.
5. When replacing turf areas and plants, ensure 6" enriched topsoil is installed and use plants native to our area.
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