9/11/2012 7:09 AM
Deep yes, but infrequent irrigation is but a "pipedream" in my climate ... re: Rainforest where precipitation is typically Light & Frequent. This is why we have poa annua as our predominate grass and have learned to live (see manage it) with it, and some struggle to grow bent. We don't have the luxury of irrigation control/management. Water management in our case relates more to drainage.
Regards wind .. it also desiccates plants, and in turn encourages water uptake (via root activity, which may also encourage growth/strength) from the soil, which dries the soil (sort of like "drainage", but in reverse as we typically think of it).
I still believe there may be merit in root strengthening from the stress imposed by this direct intense "wind" from the blower as trees respond to strong predominant winds. Plants, as living organisms and like humans, have natural defence mechanisms to stresses (like root growth in drought conditions ... deep infrequent irrigation being a management practice targeted to this response).
Plants, like all living organisms, are subject to & respond to the old doctrine: "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" ... Like inhaling primer? ... ( ;