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You are only supposed to water two times per week and your days should be shown on your sprinkler controller. Your lawn care person doesn't know what he is doing.
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For that size lot you should be using about 10,000 gallons per month for Zoysia. Set your Hunter controller to water every 5 days (Go to "Water Days" and press the left arrow. Set the left number to "5"). The Hunter MP Rotator lawn heads put down an inch of water in about 70 minutes of runtime. That will soak the ground to about 8 inches. I disconnected the wonky outdoor sensor by pulling the bottom green sensor wire in the control box and then flipping the front switch to "Bypass". It is imprtant to water deep and infrequent so that the Zoysia roots will go into the ground.
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I also have a corner lot and large gardens in my backyard, my bills are
May 21,220 June 25,940 July 21,880 Aug 15,870 |
You are definitely using too much water for irrigation. I have a corner lot and use between 11,000 and 20,000 gal per month, depending on the rain this summer. I run it three times per week. If you have a qualified person checking your system they should be able to pinpoint any problem that you're having. They need to check every sprinkler head and the rain/temperature sensor to see if it's ok. You also may have a leak somewhere.
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Used 19k in September and 22k in October . I ran it an extra cycle one week due to lawn treatment. Set to twice a week, hour per zone, irrigation company said new heads put down half as much as old ones so I should be getting an inch a week. Seasonal and rain monitor on. We are also not there, so dont know much about if it ran long or short. Do know grass was brownish compared to neighbors first week of October but I put some fertilizer down and greened up in week. So what size is your lot? |
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Did I misunderstand? ... You used irrigation water in your hot tub ??
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Massey told me a few years ago that the “burnt out” look is from too much water. I have only used the sprinklers once this month for 15min.
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Request a 20 Gallon flow test
You can ask for a Free 20 gallon flow test once a year from the utility.
VCDD Utilities/Amenities They will first come out and check that the meter isn't running when there is no water activity. If so, you can ask for the 20 gallon test, which checks the accuracy of your meter. I found I could read the meter values if I cleaned the thing off. I ran each zone for 1 minute and checked the numbers. From there you can calculate how many gallons of water you use each minute in each zone regardless of sprinkler head type. Might help you understand if you have a undetected leak in one of your zones. I found 1 zone that seems suspicious and will have to check further. Waiting for a 20 gallon flow test right now. They came out within a day to check the meter. Now I am waiting for a call back to scheduled the flow test. |
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I have a huge lot and don't use anywhere near that amount of water. I run mine only twice a week with 32 minutes on rotator heads and 14 on fixed heads. I use approximately 10 to 12,000 gallons per month during the very dry months and about 6 to 7,000 or even less during the wet season. Zoysia grass goes nearly dormant in the cold season and just doesn't need that much water. You are definitely over watering.
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I switched from Hunter to Rachio in May. Set for 2 days a week. The range gauge never worked well but Rachio monitors the weather for our location and if rain is forecast it won't water. It even adjusts the time per zone. Here's my usage:
May - 18000 gallons - 5 water days June - 17,000 gallons - 5 water days July - 5,000 gallons - 1 water day August - 7,000 gallons - 2 water days September - 8500 gallons - 2 water days Before Rachio I had 45,000 gallon months and my lawn didn't even look as good as it does now, which is pretty good. Lot is over 20,000 ft2. I was up north for most of this time so the entire water usage is due to lawn sprinkling. As you can see out of 45 possible water days it only watered 15. The Rachio paid for itself and my monthly internet bill too. |
We are on a corner lot, but we don't get a statement that breaks down our irrigation usage vs. our other water usage. Does everyone get a breakdown?
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Did you install or hire someone? Hints or tips? Very interested since we are not there most of time Thanks |
We watered maybe twice all summer so we had low bills. Maybe you can have a friend who lives close keep an eye on it.
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Tons of info for you.........................and what have you determined??? Inquiring minds want to know. |
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45940 gallons of water in hot tub, don’t you mean Pool, very large pool? Most hot tubs hold 300 to 700 gallons of water. Swim spa may double that? |
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I can supply you with information on water usage
Reply with a number I can call you on and I will show you what you need to know about your lawn... Lived here for 15 years and have a respectable lawn with low water usage.
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Reduced watering during cooler season
I attended a landscaping seminar last fall (before COVID) hosted by a Florida state representative. She commented that watering schedules could be reduced by half during the cooler season ( Dec, Jan & Feb).
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By amount of water usages looks like lot of water running down street drains? I see that a lot when out walking.
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We are on a corner lot with a Gardenia with 3 car garage. I am not sure of the square footage of lot but it is typical. Our monthly usage is as follows:
May 29,330 June 15,970 July 17990 Aug. 14,050 Sept. 8,240 Oct. 18,480 We water twice per week, 50 minutes for turf and 20 minutes for landscaping, Zoysia grass. There have been a few times this summer when I would turn off the system if it had just rained, or rain was expected. I did not do this very consistently which wastes water. Starting Dec I lowered the the time for each zone to 25 minutes for turf and 10 minutes for landscaping. Still watering twice a week. I might drop that to once per week, but not sure if that would be too little water. I will consider a new system similar to described above. |
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