So how does this sound for more realistic Zone settings:
- Soil: Sandy Loam (cuz of the use of garden soil in the holes dug)
- Area: 90 sq ft (25 for the Cherry Blossom Tree + 10 for each of the other plants)
- Available Water: 0.12 in/in
- Root Depth: 12 in
- Allowed Depletion: 40%
- Efficiency: 100%
- Crop Coefficient: 85%
- Nozzle In/hr: 0.439 in with current setup (3x 4gph on Cherry, 1x 2gph per each of the others, total 26 gph, though 0.12 seemed to give more realistic water times)
Banana tree: We planted it last summer, unlike the rest of the stuff that was planted a month ago. Reading online, can’t find any articles that actually agree with each other about how much to water them, but the most realistic (as far as I can tell), says 6-8 inches per week at first and then just “every 2 weeks” once it’s established and more start popping up around the first.
Roses: I read online that they also do good with once a week watering to promote deep roots (How to Properly Water Roses: 14 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow), though may be more often in hot enviroments. With more reasonable numbers in the Advanced Settings for this zone, Rachio is wanting to water closer to every 2-4 days depending on the in/hr setting I put in.
So if they all can handle weekly/twice weekly watering to encourage hardier deep roots, then it’s a matter of balancing out the number of emitters and the gph to use per plant, so they can all be watered about the same total time.
Does this seem like more reasonable amounts:
- Cherry Tree: 3x 4gph
- Rose Bush (2): 2x 2gph
- Banana Tree: 2x 4gph
- Crepe Myrtle (2): 1x 2gph
- Shrimp Tree: 1x 2gph
- Rose of Sharon: 2x 2gph
And then tweak the in/hr so that it runs around 4-5hrs per session, for twice a week?