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Old 04-22-2013, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
I was thinking exactly this myself. With the amount of rain that we get here in the winter why should we need to water at all. The recommended amount of water it .75 to 1 inch per week. I would guess that we get at least that much on average from June through September.

Last summer our irrigation was turned off from mid-June thru mid-October because of the rainfall. In the winter if we get a healthy rain day we don't water that week.

Average rainfall in Ocala during June thru Sept is over 6" each month; rest of the year it is about 3" each month.

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