[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Water stays in the root zone for no more than 15-20 minutes. Long watering times make no sense. You can check this for yourself. Dig a 10-12" hole, fill it with water, see how fast it drains. I water every day for 10 minutes per zone. The sensor shuts the system off when we get rain.

Fungus loves everday moisture.

[Beth P]

This has lower times than most times I've seen in this thread, including frequency:

http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.co...un%20Times.pdf

Also, I was surprised to find out that the sensor on our system in a new home not only detected rain, but detected it for the last 3 days. It also considers the temperature for the last 3 days, and using that information adjusts the run times (as opposed to just turning the system on or off). I'm not sure I trust it yet, but if that works it would be great. It's easy to see why TV would put these kind of sensors on new homes. With so many homes to sell and some that sit for a few months, they want to keep the lawns looking nice but use as little water as possible.

[travelguy]

Originally Posted by Beth P

This has lower times than most times I've seen in this thread, including frequency:

http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.co...un%20Times.pdf

Also, I was surprised to find out that the sensor on our system in a new home not only detected rain, but detected it for the last 3 days. It also considers the temperature for the last 3 days, and using that information adjusts the run times (as opposed to just turning the system on or off). I'm not sure I trust it yet, but if that works it would be great. It's easy to see why TV would put these kind of sensors on new homes. With so many homes to sell and some that sit for a few months, they want to keep the lawns looking nice but use as little water as possible.

am quite surprised, since i have always thought that the water sensors that came with our homes were so un-sophisticated since i have seen them going on during rainstorms. we turned our sprinkler system off at the beginning of june, and our lawn is fine, and the shrubs and trees are doing so well with the natural rainfall that we get almost every day. would be nice to have a
$ 0.00 bill for the irrigation water, but there is a minimum charge whether you use or do not use the water.