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I have a question about free draining soils, as fall is upon us in the northern hemisphere. There was a discussion about having to water non-organic or free draining soils agressively. I have a tree in a fairly free draining soil, not completely non-organic, as it does retain some water. Now that temperatures are lower here, it takes days to even start to dry out.. so I water maybe every 2 to 3 days, even if there is a lot of sun it still takes that long to even start to show signs of drying out... It seems logically to me, that I don't need to water as much, but I thought I would ask anyway... do you still water trees in non-organic free draining soils every day in fall?

tubaboy wrote: I have a question about free draining soils, as fall is upon us in the northern hemisphere. There was a discussion about having to water non-organic or free draining soils agressively

That's part of the story. With free draining soils and aggressive watering you need a proper fertilizing program.

I have a tree in a fairly free draining soil, not completely non-organic, as it does retain some water. Now that temperatures are lower here, it takes days to even start to dry out.. so I water maybe every 2 to 3 days

Watering depends on several things, like the soil, the tree, the weather.
I have not watered my trees for a long time. My white pines I am actually even going to have to protect from rain, they are getting too much water.

do you still water trees in non-organic free draining soils every day in fall?

No I don't. I water when needed - and when I want to fertilize.

I was over simplifying a bit with the watering every day... maybe I should have written "how often do you water in the fall?" Thanks for confirming what I had suspected... I was getting a bit nervous as some of my trees needed so little water.

How long is a long time? I have mine on a balcony, except for the tropical trees (it gets down to single digit temps at nighr now) so thankfully I don't have to worry about rain, but usually they need to be watered once maybe twice a week. A couple of times it was longer.

tubaboy wrote: How long is a long time?

I hardly dare to say it as I do not want you to follow my example - but it must have been weeks.
Actually, this is not a good practice. If I don't have to water for a longer period, I tend to forget to check. So I checked today. They're OK, but it will not rain until saturday and they could use some water by now

Following your example literally would mean not watering for weeks.... following your example as it should be, would mean watering when the trees need it.
Fall came very quickly this year in North-Rhein Westphalia, so I was tending to overwater a little.... usually there are a few summer like days in September yet, many of the large trees have lost large portions of their leaves.

Auk wrote: but it will not rain until saturday and they could use some water by now

Well, that's what the weather forecast said. It's raining hard... no watering my trees today