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Irrigation

If the soils are reasonably moist, you should not need to water your plants. In fact, over-watering can cause excessive soft growth, and reduce a plant’s hardiness.

As a general rule, water plants on dry sites during dry seasons until they are established. If plantings are close to a stream, bucketing in water is a simple option.

Checklist

• Clear plants from competing weeds at least 3 times in the first year.
• Hire a contractor if you have no time for weeding.
• Take care when spraying around native plants
• Water plants on dry banks during dry seasons until established
• Control problem pests.