watering

It appears that the mowing company that was maintining the common area had set the sprinkler system to come on only once a week for only 10 minutes a section (there are 10 sections). This setting was not discovered due to all the rain we had in July and with the somewhat mild summer upto that point. The company has since been fired and the sprinkler system has been set for 4 times a week for 1 hour per section. We have had a landscapping company look into the trees and will continue to monitor the situation, but they feel that the trees will be okay. We have also hired a new landscapping company to handle the common area. It would appear the old company was cutting back on the watering so they didn't have to mow so much (this would be my guess) and with the mild summer it wasn't that noticeable until the real hot weather showed up.

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Thanks for your message. Why doesn't the landscape committee look into GETTING budgetary authority to get a professional opinion. We can't just sit around and watch the trees die. Also, I'm not sure that the cotton root rot affects oaks (but I don't know).

By Katherine

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Thanks, I bet you hit the nail on the head with the watering problem. Hopefully the new landscape company will do a great job and bring those our trees back, without losing any! I'm glad that they are optimistic about it.

By Katherine