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Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko

As we all the fight the good fight to get a reasonable looking lawn, an uphill battle in the Villages, I wondered if one of the culprits was the irrigation water. Has anyone ever done a water analysis
on the irrigation water??? Please Share if you did.

I suspect maybe sulfur or nitrogen levels damage grass. Bad spots in the lawn seem to pop up
for no reasons.

On a similar note, both Zoysia and St. Augustine require 1-2 inches of water per week. It seems to me that the sprinkler heads used need to be different. Zoysia has deeper roots and to get water there a heavier spray is needed, lets call that a Rainbird Rotor. Streams of water sprayed.
St Augustine roots are on top of the ground so a Hunter Spray, light spray, head should work the best, but, the watering times need to at least double to get the required amount. The railbird rotor will cause puddling on the St. Augustine which is undesirable, disease.

The lawns in general in the Villages are substandard.......but who cares.........can the issue be the chemical content of the irrigation water or the type of spray head used????

If they held a contest for best lawn in the villages, there would be no winner. Is it the soil, is it the water, or is it the weather, or is it the care...........trying to solve this mystery, THANKS!

If there were a contest for best lawn in The Villages, my neighbors would win, hands down. They have a gorgeous lawn that looks like a dark green carpet. He does all the care for the lawn himself. Maybe that's what it takes but I can't be bothered doing that. My mix of St. Augustine (my preferred lawn by a landslide) and Zoisia looks really good. I'm happy with really good but would much prefer "outstanding" like my neighbors'. I just don't have the gumption to do it myself.