Garden Watering Guidelines For a Wonderful Looking Lawn
Probably one of the most misunderstood facets of lawn treatment is properly watering the grass. Watering for to long or not enough are the most typical mistakes homeowners make. But done properly it can bring about a good looking, healthy yard that's the envy of the area. Here are some lawn watering tips to keep your landscape looking good all growing season long.
The most successful and effective way to water your lawn is to make certain that you bathe the soil long enough for the water to penetrate down to the least expensive part of the root zone. For bluegrass this is normally 6 to eight inches deep while many other grasses are in the 8 to 11 inch range. The idea is to become water deep into your lawns active root sector but doing so does indeed require somewhat of yard watering research over the period of about a day.
Here's how you can do it by using a simple formula devised at a well known university. Turn on your sprinklers and let them run for 15 minutes then wait for twenty fours. When ever that time is up dig a little hole to determine how deeply the penetrated. There are also moisture probe that can do the same task without digging a hole.
You can use this data to figure out how long you need to operate your sprinklers when you water. To do this take the depth of the moistened soil you determined and divide 120 by that number. So if the water soaked to a depth of 5 inches your formula would look like this; 120/5 = 24 minutes. Thus it is going to take 24 minutes of watering to soak your soil to a depth of 5 in .. To get 10 inches of water penetration you would need to normal water for 48 minutes.
Once you establish how long you need to water your lawn do not deviate from this schedule. You'll also need to keep an eye out for water runoff before the designated time is up. If water does begin to run off your yard turn the water off for an hour to let the water dip in; after an hour has passed turn on the water and finish the allotted time period.
Another question on many homeowners' minds is when is the best time to water? Early morning is the best time because the temperature is cool and there is seldom any wind. This ensures that little water is lost through evaporation or gets windblown away from the grass. Watering later in the day or evening can help offset evaporation loss but reveals your lawn to diseases because it stays moist over night.
Another thing to be aware of is knowing once your lawn needs to be waters. If the blades of grass commence to fold or move and they start to demonstrate a bluish or uninteresting green color it is a good sign that the garden needs water. Also watch the how fast the grass rebounds after walking on it. If the grass does not spring and coil back up after walking on it you need to increase your watering times.
