Stop guessing how to water
your desert trees.
Most desert trees in the Phoenix metro die from overwatering, not drought. Answer 8 quick questions and get a month-aware watering plan tuned to your tree, soil, sun, and recent rain — built on Sonoran-specific guidelines, not generic landscape advice.
Free · No account required · Surprise · West Valley · Phoenix metro
- Built by Treelation · Arizona since 2012
- Sonoran-specific watering logic
- Field-informed & arborist-reviewed
Sample result
Water every 14–30 days
Mesquite · Established · Spring · Full sun · Typical desert soil
- • Soak to 24–36″ at the drip line
- • Skip the next cycle if heavy rain
- • Don't water against the trunk
Why generic advice fails desert trees
A mesquite and a citrus tree have nothing in common when it comes to water. Same goes for July versus February. Our recommendation engine encodes both.
Month-aware, not 'seasonal'
Five Sonoran month-groups (winter, spring, dry heat, monsoon, fall) — because May and August aren't the same thing.
Stage-aware
Newly planted, establishing, young, and established trees each get a different schedule.
Symptom-aware
Yellow leaves on wet soil don't mean "water more." We catch overwatering, drainage, and compaction signals before they kill the tree.
Field-informed, Sonoran-specific, honestly built.
Built by Treelation, an Arizona tree-care practice serving the Phoenix metro since 2012. The recommendation engine is grounded in nearly three decades of hands-on experience with trees, irrigation, and soil — and is being continually refined through field use, ongoing arborist study, and review against real desert-tree conditions.
Educational guidance for homeowners. Site-specific issues may still require an on-site assessment.
Read the full story- Sonoran-specific: built for desert conditions, not generic landscape rules.
- Month-aware: May, July, and October are not the same watering month.
- Symptom-aware: catches overwatering and drainage problems, not just thirst.
- Always learning: currently studying for the ISA Certified Arborist exam and additional summer coursework in desert watering and rainwater harvesting.
- Reviewed: the engine is being reviewed by working arborists ahead of and after launch.
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