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Originally Posted by DianeM
There is no reason to water all winter when grass is dormant. Mine is not brown and dead but normal for spring grass. We've had more than enough rain to provide moisture. It's just grass and doesn't need to babied.
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Let me preface this by saying we have Augustine grass. If you have one of the varieties of grass that turn brown in the winter (ie: Zoysia) then you are correct.
With Augustine, it is the opposite. Here in Florida, the winter is the dry season and, according to my landscaper, the lawn needs to be watered with at least 1 and preferably 2 inches of water per week. In the summer, it needs at least 2 inches of water per week but it rains almost everyday. We turn our irrigation system off for most of the summer unless we are going away for a week. We do live here year round and monitor how much rain we are getting weekly. You might say it is just grass but you should get an estimate to see how much it would cost to resod your lawn. Not cheap if you have a good size lawn.