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Originally Posted by frayedends
I am down in Lake Denham, there only part time. I put in the Rachio controller so I can adjust my times from Massachusetts.
Anyhow, my lawn is very dry. Even Fertigator emailed me to tell me it needs more water. However, the schedule the Villages put in my controller box says I can only water 1X per week, which is crazy. It also says it's only allowed on Tuesday or Friday. The times for each zone are pretty short also.
Is that schedule a rule or just a suggestion. I would like to up the amount of water it's getting. Also, maybe do it overnight. I know watering at night can lead to fungus issues. But my schedule says to start at 7 AM. I feel that water is evaporating quickly with the warmer mornings.
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I also have a Rachio controller to control our watering. We are doing 3 times per week. I go to the app Wunderground to check how much rain we get. I have two neighbors within 500 feet that have monitors. The monitors will show how much rain is received each 24 hours resetting at midnight. (Both monitors are within 0.1 inches of each other. ). My sprinklers are set to come on at 9:30 PM so if I’m out of town, I will check the Wunderground monitors to see how much rain we’ve had. I can also check if I think there is rain in The Villages while we are gone. If there’s been a half an inch or more rain within a few days I will skip that watering day.