[Bwanajim]

No kidding! Takes forever

[birdawg]

Do it manually some months I don’t ever turn it on. The water company has been to my house numerous times to see if the meter is working. And my lawn looks great.

[jrref]

Originally Posted by birdawg

Do it manually some months I don’t ever turn it on. The water company has been to my house numerous times to see if the meter is working. And my lawn looks great.

Yea my neighbor disconnected his sprinkler system. Never waters and his grass is the greenist on the street, always nice an moist looking without water.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by jrref

Yea my neighbor disconnected his sprinkler system. Never waters and his grass is the greenest on the street, always nice an moist looking without water.

If you water the grass too often it will not develop long roots so it will be unable to survive if there is a dry spell and you don't water.

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Good suggestion, but problem is, those rain sensors won't know that will always rain an hour **AFTER** you water. You need a "smart sprinkler system" for that. They actually work pretty well not watering both before predicted and after it actually rains.

Is the system tied into the internet, allowing it to use weather..., no that wouldn't work. How does the system know an hour before it rains that it is going to rain?

[jrref]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

If you water the grass too often it will not develop long roots so it will be unable to survive if there is a dry spell and you don't water.

Right, I think his roots are getting water from my lawn or his lawns roots are so deep maybe they are getting water from the upper acquifer?