> Asked what measures the city will take to ensure the survival of Paris’s newly planted trees, Paris officials pointed to a longstanding protocol to water them

> Asked what measures the city will take to ensure the survival of Paris’s newly planted trees, Paris officials pointed to a longstanding protocol to water them every two weeks for the first three years. I think a very newly planted tree must be watered more often than every two weeks if there is no rain and it's hot. From experience, trees that have not rooted yet and have a small root ball can dry out and suffer very quickly. I've seen advice to soak them twice a week if it's warm and dry...