Hello and welcome back to our blog post. I know in this heat gardening isn’t something that we are all to keen to get into but its vital we care for our gardens during times of stress. I wanted to give a few tips on how we can help reduce the stress to our landscapes during challenging times regardless if you are fortunate to live in Point Loma and are enjoying the slightly cooler temps or in Del Cerro where the temperature is much warmer.

For larger areas of the garden look to replace your older irrigation heads with ones that rotate such as Mp Rotators as the can reduce your water usage by up to 20 percent while improving coverage.

Adjust your irrigation, often longer but less frequent cycles help plants grow deeper roots which helps during drought stress.

If your lawn is beyond repair consider replacing it with low water use ground covers or if you must have a lawn take a look at UC Verde buffalo grass. This winter dormant fairly low growing grass will only use a quarter of the water a standard lawn would.

Trees need deep monthly waters during times of excessive heat. Water the trees from the trunk out to the drip line and let them dry out between. Adding mulch helps to hold in moisture while adding nutrients to the soil and suppressing weeds.

If you have a landscape design project please feel free to call Cleator Landscape Design at 619-917-3644 for to speak with our staff about transforming your landscape into something more drought tolerant.