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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald
I haven't touched my sprinkler system timing at all. But it seems like it is still not quite enough.
How long do people generally have the sprinkler system run and what time of day ?
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A simple answer. It is not a matter of run time but how much is delivered. Different heads deliver different quantities of water. For that matter different plants need different amounts of water.
Most people, are asking about a lawn. The first question is evenness of water distribution. Do all your heads work? Have bushes, trees etc begun to block the water from the heads? Easy to check by putting out shallow pans to check and measure.
Washed tuna, pet food cans are perfect. If you use something like jars, you will get a false reading. Some of the water will bounce off the side.
Some of us, including me, think we can force nature to do what we want. You will lose.
First you need to know the type of grass you have and the type of soil you have.
For most of us our soil is sandy clay. It can be, it should be improved.
If, you have empire zoysia, as I do, it shuts down for the winter and does not grow much until the end of march. I simply shut off my watering system during,"the winter," our bushes are well rooted in. No need to water and promote weeds.
It is all a balance. If it says so much fertilizer per 1,000 sq feet. So many think, me included -sometimes, if it says so much per 1,000 my lawn deserves more than that.
The result is you need to apply more water, you have fat lazy grass that insects and disease love