Watering the lawn is another one of those simple things which many of us give little attention to. Many lawn owners will have an irrigation system in place that comes on and runs for a few minutes and then stops working. Or they’ll flood the yard again after brief intervals. This problem occurs because the turf grows very fast and the grass can’t keep up with the water demand.
Your lawn uses about 80% of all the water used by the entire planet, which means that you’re totally Dirty IndeterminateBelow is a simple equation to help determine the volume of water you are using without question:
wow – 80 tbsp / acre
Therefore:
1. multiplied by acres: Answered by: what is the acre in question?
2. answer: What is the volume of water used in outdoor lawn activities?
3. multiply the answer by the number of acres: Answered by: how much water do you use?
4. answer: How often?
5. answer: How dirty is your lawn?
6. answer: Do you have a tiller?
7. answer: What type of lawn mower do you use?
Basic question about frequency of lawn waterings:
frequency within a season – outdoors and Indoors
frequency within a week or month – outdoors and Indoors
frequency over the course of a year – outdoors and indoors
Overall, about once every 10-14 days is plenty. But you must bear in mind that frequency also depends upon the type of soil you have, the weather conditions, and the type of grass used.
Lawn watering basics:
1. what will you be watering?
2. what type of irrigation system do you have?idalway, drip, sprinkler?
3. will you be watering at night or during cooler periods?
4. do you have a storage tank?
5. do you have the other things needed for good watering?
Lawns will need regular watering and not just during times of drought. If you have always had a free-flowing garden, you need to now monitor and control how much water your lawn is consuming.
The two West Coast years I’ve lived in have seen some amazing growth in my own lawns from what I termed “Wally Pippit”- Mother Nature at her best! If your lawn is doing fantastically, all you need to do is slowly increase the frequency of your watering. If you have a lawn, chances are it’s drought resistant and there’s no need to water it excessively- simply keep a eye on the lawn and water when necessary.
Drought tolerant
Another factor in determining the amount of water to use is, how willing are you to be lazy? We’re now approaching the four-season-a-yearriphype time frame, which is when Mother Nature is most able to provide water. During this period, your lawn will need about an inch of water every week to maintain dormancy.
If you’re a monthly frugal person, the best time to save water is when you’re watering your lawn. According to the United States Department of Agriculture ( disseminates), for every dollar spent on fertilizer last year, you could get back nine dollars when you calculate the amount of water you use.
Of course, the size of your lawn will also be a factor. Larger lawns require less water than smaller ones, but you should have no trouble meeting their needs.
Repubs are like poolrooms: they need very big water retentive systems. The truth is, they’re usually out of our reach.
There are products you can use to prevent brown patches. There are also things you can do during the growing season, to help your lawn and soil to be more drought resistant. These things don’t work 100% of the time, but they’re a start.
If your soil is too acidic, ditto! You need to get a soil kit and add lime to your soil. The more humus your lawn has, the more calcium and magnesium it will hold onto. You can also send in a sample of your soil to your local university and they’ll test it for you.
If your soil is too alkaline, use soil starters and poly Apex to bring it back into balance. The acidity will help your roots absorb the iron and calcium.
The next best thing to do is to amend your soil with organic matter. You’ll have a much better chance of improving the root zone saturation, and of raising your soil’s pH when you do this. Iron planters are an affordable way to increase the amount of trace minerals in your soil.
