Do you water citrus differently in this level of Phoenix heat? (trees, summer)

[Voebe]

With the extended 110 and more (we may break another record today), how often do you water your citrus trees? I talked to a citrus nursery and they said once a week, but I just asked a gardener, and he said every day or two.

[ringler24]

Our citrus tree nearly died so I have started watering it every day. It's in direct sun all day.

[Voebe]

Every day as opposed to what? How often were you watering it before, and did that include deep water, and are you speaking only of the high summer heat?

[sandy6879]

I think it's dependent on if you're asking if you deep water once or twice a week, or run the water every day. We run it every day. Although, the leaves are absolutely showing signs of either burning or yellowing, I'm not sure what's happening so it may need more water than it's currently getting. Friends of ours said their trees are doing the same thing.

[crystalys]

This may help:

https://cals.arizona.edu/extension/o...irrigation.pdf

[Mouser]

I use bubblers for My Fruit Trees, Tangelo, AZ Sweet, Myers Lemon and Two Kumquats.

I have them on a timer, M-W-F @ 5AM for 20 min. If they look a bit parched I'll manually
run the system on Saturday Night After 10 PM for the same 20min.

My bubbler heads about 1/2 open. I feed them twice a year, Memorial & Labor Day Weekend.

This process have worked rather well for me, some of my neighbors have a tendency to over
water and have rotted out their root.

[locolife]

Originally Posted by Mouser

I use bubblers for My Fruit Trees, Tangelo, AZ Sweet, Myers Lemon and Two Kumquats.

I have them on a timer, M-W-F @ 5AM for 20 min. If they look a bit parched I'll manually
run the system on Saturday Night After 10 PM for the same 20min.

My bubbler heads about 1/2 open. I feed them twice a year, Memorial & Labor Day Weekend.

This process have worked rather well for me, some of my neighbors have a tendency to over
water and have rotted out their root.

That sounds spot on to what I do as well, I don't have citrus trees but do have others that I keep a similar eye on. I see so much over watering here and at terrible times of day, 3-5pm in the windy conditions when most of water ends up just blowing into the street.

[Voebe]

Originally Posted by crystalys

This may help:

https://cals.arizona.edu/extension/o...irrigation.pdf

Thanks, for some things, I'd love that "official" stuff, but in this case I was just hoping for personal experience, not several pages with mathematics.

Originally Posted by locolife

That sounds spot on to what I do as well, I don't have citrus trees but do have others that I keep a similar eye on. I see so much over watering here and at terrible times of day, 3-5pm in the windy conditions when most of water ends up just blowing into the street.

Yes, it drives me crazy when people water in the day, especially with sprinklers spraying the whole sidewalk, pushing me to walk in the street.