Automatic sprinkler systems are built to keep lawns green, not to keep trees healthy, and in the middle of Treasure Valley summer heat that difference really shows. A quick daily cycle wets the top few inches of soil and encourages roots to stay shallow, right where the ground dries out fastest.
Trees actually do better with deep, infrequent watering, soaking the soil down 12 to 18 inches once or twice a week rather than a light daily sprinkle. That pattern trains roots to grow deeper, where moisture and temperature stay more stable through the hottest part of the day.
Newer plantings and trees near turf on automatic irrigation are usually the ones showing the most stress right now, even though they're technically getting watered every day. More water isn't always the fix. The right pattern is.
Is your sprinkler system running on the same schedule for your lawn and the trees near it?
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A real photo of a soil moisture check at the base of a tree, or a soaker hose or deep-root watering setup on an actual property.
Canva text suggestion: "Your Lawn and Your Trees Need Different Watering" or "Deep Watering Beats Daily Sprinklers"