Watering large mature trees

[Lollyylll]

We're in the south east and haven't had any rain for weeks. We have three large (20-30ft) trees in our garden - is it worth watering them, or will the water we'll be able to give them be a drop in the ocean compared to what they actually need? We're on a water meter so can't really give them more than a couple of buckets each.

Large mature trees don’t need watering, they can withstand a long time without rain, I’d leave it.

How many 30 foot trees outside of peoples gardens have you seen die through lack of water?

The roots will go very deep, so don't bother watering them.

Very true! To be fair, they look fine.

I have seen a BIG beech tree fall over in a drought from lack of water.

but a bucket won't make a difference to anything. if you are going to water them, you have to place the hose at the base of the tree and leave it running for 1hr+ so the water can really soak in and get down to the roots.

Please don't do this.

We should all be trying to conserve water. Supplies are running low. The trees will be fine.

We've had to water our smaller trees, ones that we only planted in the last 2-3 years, but the very large ones have been fine.

Just lost a western red cedar 6m tall tree. It just went all dry when the temperature hit 40 degrees. The branches break off dry and brittle

Garden next door has a beautiful established lilac that has started to go brown and large parts of it look dead. I'm hoping it recovers.

They have roots!