How to water your lawn correctly
Most lawns don’t need more than 1- 1,5 inch of water/ week to stay green and beautiful. This can be from rain or irrigation system but it all depends on the soil, sunlight, climate and of course the type of greens you have.
When we are talking about watering we have to keep in mind that many counties have water restrictions and lawn watering is considered a wasteful activity. Choose the best sprinkler for your lawn's shape and don’t forget to turn the manual sprinklers off when finished. Adjust the nozzle and irrigation duration the way to avoid walkways, driveways or puddling in the lawn, using every drop in the most efficient way.
Atlanta Landscaping Matters recommends a deeper, less frequent irrigation system. An in-ground irrigation system will guarantee the most efficient way to deliver the water to your greens. a rotary nozzle, a low volume, low angle head will be more efficient in delivering it. Make sure the pressure is not too high.
This encourages the grass to grow deep roots.
Including a programmable timer that gauge irrigation schedules based on weather, temperatures and evaporation rate in your irrigation system.
The best time to water your lawn is during low water use hour, this will minimize water loss by evaporation. We don’t recommend watering your greens at night because it makes them open to diseases but watering them in pre-dawn.
When seasons change, you need to reset your irrigation system also. Do not run on summer settings ones the rainy season arrives.
Take a soil test to figure out what type of soil you have so you can adjust the irrigation system to the soil you have.
If your soil has a high clay content, it cannot absorb the water quick enough and you will experience puddling, but the water will be retained longer. In this case, you have to set up a short and repeating watering cycles.
Keep in mind that the shaded areas have less need for water that the ones constantly exposed to the sun. This rule does not apply to greens growing under a tree as they always compete for the water with the tree roots.
When you have a newly sodded lawn you have to set up a more frequent watering schedule. In most cases, even a daily watering schedule is required in the first week or better until the second mowing. Keeping the top inch of the soil consistently in moist is the key to a successful seeding.
When we are talking about watering we have to keep in mind that many counties have water restrictions and lawn watering is considered a wasteful activity. Choose the best sprinkler for your lawn's shape and don’t forget to turn the manual sprinklers off when finished. Adjust the nozzle and irrigation duration the way to avoid walkways, driveways or puddling in the lawn, using every drop in the most efficient way.
Atlanta Landscaping Matters recommends a deeper, less frequent irrigation system. An in-ground irrigation system will guarantee the most efficient way to deliver the water to your greens. a rotary nozzle, a low volume, low angle head will be more efficient in delivering it. Make sure the pressure is not too high.
This encourages the grass to grow deep roots.
Including a programmable timer that gauge irrigation schedules based on weather, temperatures and evaporation rate in your irrigation system.
The best time to water your lawn is during low water use hour, this will minimize water loss by evaporation. We don’t recommend watering your greens at night because it makes them open to diseases but watering them in pre-dawn.
When seasons change, you need to reset your irrigation system also. Do not run on summer settings ones the rainy season arrives.
Take a soil test to figure out what type of soil you have so you can adjust the irrigation system to the soil you have.
If your soil has a high clay content, it cannot absorb the water quick enough and you will experience puddling, but the water will be retained longer. In this case, you have to set up a short and repeating watering cycles.
Keep in mind that the shaded areas have less need for water that the ones constantly exposed to the sun. This rule does not apply to greens growing under a tree as they always compete for the water with the tree roots.
When you have a newly sodded lawn you have to set up a more frequent watering schedule. In most cases, even a daily watering schedule is required in the first week or better until the second mowing. Keeping the top inch of the soil consistently in moist is the key to a successful seeding.
