Soil and irrigationChapter 7 of 7
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What it means for your budget
Water is the cheapest lever you have.
Measuring the water protects every dollar spent on nutrition and root work, because none of it works on a dry root.
20 to 30years
In a typical treatment program, it takes roughly 20 to 30 years of care before the cost equals replacing a single tree.
Phased into the budget
Most care up front. Less as the ground matures.
A young community needs the most care up front. It steps down as the soil and the roots mature, so the plan can be phased into the budget year by year.
- Adaption communities carry the heaviest early care: water verification, new planting assessments, soil reads.
- Strengthening communities get the best long-term return from a health program and planned replacements.
- Mature communities hold steady, with replacements planned in advance instead of found in an emergency.
You have read all seven chaptersFind out whether the water is reaching the roots.
We check delivery, depth and soil, and write it into the free master plan: one written plan, 10 years.