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Old 04-24-2024, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GizmoWhiskers View Post
Any nay sayers on donuts can be who you call upon to come out and find your sprinkler heads in about 2 months this summer. ST Augustine smothers them. Donuts get covered in time if you don't trim them but at least you increase the size of the head for location. Your lawn service will most likely NOT trim them. Mine get trimed every week. Why? I do them.

Your neighbors card playing group or whatever social events will drive on them if you live in a Villa. Will they give a crap about your sprinkler head while they park on it? Nope. A broken donut saved your head.

FL is a whole different animal.

Forget about what you did up north - in every way.
Service and Maintenance is a key factor in putting in donuts. The sprinklers have small filters on them that need cleaned periodically for them to work properly and the donuts make it way easier to clean them and fix problems. The water that goes thru sprinklers is very dirty reclaimed water down here.