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Old 05-11-2024, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer View Post
I've found that their "recommended" scheduling is inadequate. Right now, they recommend once every 6 days.

My neighbor (who watches my house when I'm away) and Dean's have both told me my grass needs more water.

Hence, I manually run the cycle in between the Rachio scheduled settings... So, now, I'm watering twice a week. From what I see on my SimpliSafe front yard camera, things are improving...
If you are indeed using Flex Daily then I'd say you have some settings wrong. Like if you chose warm season grass, the app defaults the root zone at 9 inches. Should be 6 at the most. There are other settings under advance that need attention too.