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Old 07-08-2013, 09:31 AM
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Funny, my neighbor told me that he used to turn his irrigation off in the winter because the grass was dormant. Then someone told him that it needs water even when it dormant so he only waters once a week in the winter.
I asked him why he waters in the summer and he looked at me like I was crazy. I shut my irrigation off this summer. It rains almost every day so why am I adding water to that twice a week? My lawn looks great. If we have an extended drought period I'll turn it back on but it makes to sense to me to water lawns down here during the summer months.
I will turn it back on once a week in the winter and see what happens. If it starts to brownout, I'll try twice a week.
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