The following are watering instructions for after soft washing services have been completed. Superior SoftWash certified Spray Technicians follow the Authentic 7-step Soft Wash cleaning process. This includes ample hydration, applying a neutralizer (and rinsing it) and applying a solution to the landscape that contains both neutralizers and fertilizer to ensure a healthy, vibrant landscape. The following guide is meant to help you hydrate your landscape sufficiently to keep your landscape healthy. Watering the landscape surrounding your home and other structures and surfaces that have been Soft Washed is essential to your Landscape GUARANTEE.

Landscape Care Guidelines

Plants, grasses, and other landscapes with a primary root structure within 6 feet of the house require about 15-20 minutes of watering 1-2 times within the first 7 days after Soft Washing. The first watering should be done no more than 48 hours after completion of your Soft Washing.

  • Use a sweeping motion, covering all leaves, to ensure all the roots of the plants are watered. This is to provide coverage of the root system, not to rinse the foliage.
  • Once you wet all the leaves you can substitute the use of a soaker hose for twenty minutes.
  • Apply generous amounts of water to the landscape at the discharge of the gutter downspouts. We recommend leaving the end of the hose inside the bottom of the downspout and allowing the water to run for 60 seconds at each downspout.
  • Do not apply fertilizer. One of our products contains nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and gypsum to ensure the best environment for your plants and soil.

Special Plant Care Guidelines

Some plants, i.e. Hydrangeas, Japanese Maples, Boxwoods, and others, require special care. Adhering to the following guidelines may help to ensure the welfare of these plants, and more.

Hydrangeas

Use a soaker hose to thoroughly soak the roots only, during morning hours. Avoid spraying the foliage. Water Hydrangeas every 3-5 days. Do not fertilize hydrangeas. Our landscape neutralizer solution contains nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and gypsum to ensure the best environment for your hydrangeas. Over-fertilizing hydrangeas threatens their survivability.

Japanese Maples

Use a soaker hose to thoroughly soak the roots only, during morning hours. Avoid spraying the foliage. Water Maples the first day after our Soft Washing and then 2 times each week during normal weather and 3-4 times each week during periods of drought. Young or mature, Maples grow best in soil kept consistently moist by regular watering and mulching.

  • www.hyanniscountrygarden.com/hydrangea-problems
  • www.waysidegardens.com/wg-acer-how-to/a/329/

Boxwood (Buxus Sempiverens)

Use a soaker hose to thoroughly soak the roots, during morning hours. Water Boxwoods every 4-5 days. Soils must be well drained, organic, slightly acidic to neutral pH and fertile.

Note: Excessive irrigation is one of the most common causes of decline of boxwoods because it promotes fungal growth, resulting in root rot. Boxwoods have a shallow root system that is intolerant of moisture extremes.

The key point is to water deeply for these special plants. A soaker hose placed along or around these special plants is an excellent way to water deeply and simultaneously conserve water. Standing and watering by hand is not satisfactory because most people do not have the patience or time to thoroughly saturate the ground.

Our experience has proven that plants which have not been properly hydrated, in accordance with the instructions provided by Superior Soft Wash before our Soft Washing process, may become stressed following our Soft Wash cleaning process. To ensure the best care for your plants, please follow these instructions closely. If you suspect that any part of your landscape may be stressed after our Soft Washing process, please contact us immediately per the terms of our agreement. Failure to contact us immediately or using the services of a landscape service may void your landscape guarantee. If you require help in providing sufficient hydration, please contact us. We can provide this service for a nominal fee.

Spring weather can be deadly for some plants. Hydrangeas, Japanese Maples and other can be particularly vulnerable to Spring freezing weather/frosts. If the forecast calls for temperatures near or below freezing, it is imperative that these plants be covered for the duration of that time. Failure to cover the plants may result in the plants dying. Some symptoms of exposure to cold/freezing temperatures include reddish leaves, dark brown or black leaves and emerging buds browning and/or curled leaves. The plant may also drop its leaves.

  • https://www.bartlett.com/resources/Plant-Health-Care-Recommendations-for-Boxwood.pdf