tiny tiny tiny wrote:are you sure dont need to water tree ?
Here is my evidence for saying so.
I planted some tree seeds (orange, specifically) and watered them for a few days. At this point I did a 2-month fast forward and noticed the trees had developed and made fruit after 2 months of neglect.
I did a similar experiment with tea bushes; I planted some seeds and watered them for 2 days. I stopped watering one set but gave the other set water 2x a day until they matured. Both sets reached maturity on EXACTLY the same day.
So I never attempted to give any trees NO WATER, but some of them got very very little water, and that was only when they were first planted, and still developed fine.
EDIT: 100% positive you don't need to water any tree at any time.
I am going to stop watering all my trees from now on. Since they can't be part of irrigation it's quite a stamina drain to water them.