Watering fruit trees

[hunts_with_stick]

Not sure if I will need to water any of my fruit trees this summer. If I do, has anyone tried water them using blocks of ice? What if I froze a few gallons of water and placed that near the trunk of the tree, any thoughts?

 

[yoderjac]

If you are talking about a few trees Ooze Tubes seemed to work well for me.

 

[trampledbyturtles]

Like where your head is at. Got my wheels spinning. Just dont think it would be practical, not sure where I could freeze 30 5gal pails of water at a time.

 

[hunts_with_stick]

Right, but if I can freeze a few, then I less to water!

 

[trampledbyturtles]

Technically still watering, just more time invested. Was thinking about the potential of the slow drip feed.

 

[homerj1]

I'm lost. How is freezing and placing jugs of frozen water a time saver?

 

[PoorSand]

I've used ice for watering apple trees planted on a steep slope. Freezing the water inside plastic bags worked for me.

 

[buckdeer1]

drill a small hole in side of 5 gal bucket and fill bucket

 

[b116757]

I load up a 325gallon poly tank in my truck and it takes two people to water efficiency one drives one walks behind truck hitting each tree with maybe 5 seconds of water this is a 1 1/2” hose being used. We can water about 150 in a hour with this setup. Thank god we only had to water about 3 times last summer. I was lucky and the rain cooperated with me for the most part. I doubt I water that planting at all next summer unless we run into an extended dry spell then it’s better to water than loose trees. I have used the 5 gallon pail and drill a small hole trick before it was fine for a few trees or maybe ones on a steep slope in need of a slower watering to prevent runoff.