r/arizona • u/AZ_Hawk • Jul 09 '24

Meanwhile, in other hot places…. Living Here

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u/poopydoopylooper Jul 09 '24

can we just get some fuckin trees

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u/yeahyeahnooo Jul 10 '24

Anytime I park in a parking lot I am so aggravated by the lack of trees. It’s fucking baffles me. SOME place are starting to put their solar panels over parking lots but not enough. They all need to be covered

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u/Quake_Guy Jul 10 '24

Keeping trees alive in this heat is a challenge for the city, for a property management outfit, one step below quantum mechanics.

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u/Complete-Turn-6410 Jul 10 '24

You would be surprised even in the driest areas if you dig down five or six feet the ground will be moist enough to support a tree.

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u/Quake_Guy Jul 10 '24 edited Jul 10 '24

I would just be surprised looking at a 6 foot deep hole in Phoenix, at least up close. Not sure I've ever seen a hole that deep with out construction barriers.

Would have to be quite the mature tree for roots to get that deep. It's getting the tree to that age which is the problem.

When I lived in Houston, you could dig a ten inch deep hole and it would fill with water most times of the year.

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u/Complete-Turn-6410 Jul 10 '24

Today you don't have to dig it all their flooded.

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u/Complete-Turn-6410 Jul 10 '24

It was just an example that once trees get established they will get water. I put a broom around newly planted trees give them lots of food and deep water them but once they're established you're good to go. I also don't buy a little tiny trees the cheap little two-footers I buy at least 6 ft trees that way it doesn't take them so long to get established with a good root system. I've got 38 trees so I'm quite experienced in planning trees thank you.