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Originally Posted by TreeSpecialist  Species?
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A lot of water is a relative term. Most oaks like the occasional "drink" but don't tolerate wet feet.
A few oaks ( "swamp oaks") tolerate wet or poorly drained soils, but these trees are typically short lived, weak wooded or both.
Good drainage and high quality of soil combined with deep watering with drying between waterings and regular, slow release (organic) fertilizer can make any oak tree grow much faster than a tree in the forest.
But as a rule, too much water causes all kinds of problems for oaks. |
When they get the water can be of importance. Ring porous (OAK, elm, chestnut, etc.) trees take a "big drink" (as Shigo would say) early on and have large diameter vessels in the beginning of the growth increment as opposed to diffuse porous (maple, birch, poplar, etc) have equal vessels through the growth increment.
Diffuse porous do well here as we have heavy rains early that quickly subside as the season progresses.