Watering must be done correctly to grow a beautiful healthy lawn. Proper watering is very important. Improper watering will cause more damage than good.
Follow these recommendations for optimum results. Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions or concerns.
- Water for 45 minutes per zone, customize as needed.
- Give sunny and dry areas 15 minutes more and shady/wet areas 15 minutes less. Shrub zones 15-30 minutes per zone.
- Start your system one day per week around mid to late May. Then increase to two or three days per week based on weather conditions. Generally three times per week during the hot, dry summer.
- During the summer a total of 1 ½” of water per week is best. You can place a coffee can in your lawn to determine the amount of water your system is putting out.
- Never water your lawn at only 15-20 minutes per zone. This will create surface rooting, disease and an unhealthy lawn. Water deep and infrequent to develop a deep root system and stronger lawn.
- Cut back watering days going into September and stop watering around October 1st.
- Seeding will require different watering techniques or it will fail. Generally daily watering at only 20 minutes per zone. After 10 days, water ½ hour per zone, reduce days as lawn starts to fill in.