With the lack of rain and heat in the forecast, Don't forget your silent landscape sentinels.
The trees, bushes and evergreens in your yard are also affected by the lack of rain. Evergreen trees don't normally show the signs of stress until the second year of growth after they are stressed. Their needles on the new growth will then be yellowed or redden. Your other hardwood trees may develop leaf droop. Sometimes they can recover thru the evenings with rain and lower overnight temperatures in the 60's. But, if this heat and lack of rain continues, I would recommend watering your landscape giants. For them, Locate the outside span of their leaves on the ground, (this would be the root line), and place a hose with the water on a trickle and let it sit and slowly soak into the ground surrounding your trees and bushes. A soaker hose would also be effective for low and slow watering around the base and root line of your trees.
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I don't think 3 gallons every other day is going to help much. The electricity to product that is probably more than the cost of the 3 gallons of water ;)
C'mon Steve, give it a chance at least. 12000 trips to the dehumidifier and back. Given the current humidity, you could probably fill it up at least once every 2-3 days. It'll only take you between about 65 and 100 years to get your yard watered for the season. If you're extra healthy or have kids who'll have kids of their own, piece of cake.
How did you run the tubing? I assume you remove this in the winter? Guess I could hide it under the gutter since I imagine it is small tubing. Takes us about an hour to water all the annuals right now, so 1/2hr per person. Last week they were getting water 2-3 times per day. Yet it is a huge stress reliever for me, I do enjoy it, well most days that is.
Hint: I use a Miracle Grow Garden feeder with a removable spray nozzle. I put it in line with two short garden hoses before going to the drip tubing- so I fertilize with every watering. I have had it for a few years, everyone stops and asks me where I get my potted plants.
So I tracked my watering last night, this includes the entire lawn and annuals and soaker hose on the new arbs. 1680 gallons! 450 was on the arbs. lol at 3 gallons from the dehumidifier.