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When do you stop watering the newly planted shrubs/perennials?

11 years ago

I read that in our climate (zone 3, Calgary), we should stop watering the plants and trees in early fall to allow them to go dormant so that they will be ready for the frigid winter.

I wonder if this applies to newly planted trees/shrubs/perennials too? If they have only been planted over the last month or two, they don't have an established root system yet. Should I still stop watering them now?

Thanks for all your patience with my questions. After a year or two, I will be much more familiar with all this zone 3 stuff for sure! :-) Thanks again!

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northspruce
11 years ago
Well around here September is our driest month on average, so if you've got new plantings it's a good idea to keep watering them. I'm not sure of the rationale on drying them to let them go dormant, because the shorter days and night time frosts will do that for you. I know it's not good to let shrubs and perennials freeze in saturated ground but in my experience I lose more (I'm thinking of roses here) if the ground is too dry.
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