Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaybee
Not quite sure what the soil map looks like in Boulder, but down here in the Golden/Wheat Ridge/Lakewood area, it's so clayey and drains so poorly that my challenge is not overwatering new plantings.
|
Correct. To the OP (OP), it all depends on your local soil conditions. High Available Water Holding Capacity (e.g., high clay soil) does not necessarily equate to high Moisture Supplying Capacity (clay does not release moisture easily). Shallow to shale as one poster indicated would also not benefit from deep watering. See if you can get someone to check out your local soil type/conditions and make a recommendation....or bore/dig a small hole and see what you're working with. You may well be better off with a shallow drip system. It just depends....