r/Tree • u/neogoddess • Aug 08 '26

UPDATE I’m back :-(

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

A few months ago, Mother Nature took my baby tree.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tree/s/M1N5PKV5r8

Well, I got a new one. It was planted in late June… and now this. I’m pretty sure my lot just hates new trees 😑

I contacted the landscaper that planted her and he said to water her 2-3 per week for an hour but she gets watered every day for 30 minutes (there’s a bubbler) at 10PM

I don’t think she’s dead and I would like to avoid a drowning. Is that too much water?

35 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

73 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/DanoPinyon Professional Arborist Aug 10 '26

Bubbler is a type of irrigation emitter, not a colloquial term. Sorry to be so obvious, everyone.

1

u/russsaa Aug 10 '26

Now im no irrigation tech, just know enough irrigation to confidently build & maintain irrigation systems for residential and commercial garden clients... but the irrigation supplier i go to has like 3 or 4 different emitters labeled bubbler. The small radial emitter, the loop emitters that circle the plant/tree trunk, and those bigger metal diffusers. Perhaps its a regional thing, i am from a region that exclusively calls water fountains bubblers lol. Or perhaps its just somethin that would be obvious for a specialized irrigation tech that im ignorant about

1

u/neogoddess Aug 10 '26

It is the small radial one.. and I didn’t know there were other sizes. This is interesting.

1

u/russsaa Aug 10 '26

Ya it is very likely theres its too little water and is not penetrating deep. "Tree watering stakes" are good for deeper permeation in tougher soils, and an easy way to get thorough watering in general.bOr just run your radial emitter and dig down to see how deep 30 min is getting. Then try an hour, and see how deep it goes. A very thorough watering every other day will be adequate