I’m normally not that guy but I couldn’t take it anymore. It hurts to walk across barefoot the rock hard brown grass.
is it better to water at dusk or early morning?
is it better to water at dusk or early morning?
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Morning.
Watering at night can cause disease issues.
Watering at night can cause disease issues.
I watered OP's mom's yard if you know what I mean
I thought it was a little squishy when I got in there.
It's a waste of time at this point. We are in a drought, and it's going to be about 95 the next four days.
I am watering the garden, and I'll keep an eye on the trees. If there is no rain by next week I'll water the trees. That's it.
I am watering the garden, and I'll keep an eye on the trees. If there is no rain by next week I'll water the trees. That's it.
Agree I threw in the towel awhile ago in Central Iowa. Extreme drought conditions now.
You can't water your lawn with a towel! WTF is wrong with you?
I watered around our fire pit area yesterday. Like OP, I just got tired of watchin the grass die and get worn down to dirt.
Water just enough to keep the crowns of the grass from dying. Otherwise you will regret it.
In Florida you're supposed to water deep, but not frequently. Promotes deep roots.
Are you guys in Iowa? I thought you all were just inundated a few days ago?
Overnight watering is not great in Florida, because of humidity lingering which encourages growth of moldy things on the stems of the grass itself, while the soil might not get as saturated as it needs to.
That might not be problematic in a place where the air is drier, and people don't use St. Augustine grass.
For those with a sprinkler system - this is from the Texas A&M Agriculture school; when I managed HOA's in Texas this was the prescribed method for an extremely hot dry summer climate, and water was limited by the city to sprinkling twice a week.
Water beginning in the early evening when the sun is getting low, maybe 30-45 minutes before sunset. Water for a max fifteen minutes at each station, because if you water more on hard ground, it will just run off. Then the ground is softened up, and you set the system to run through again, because now that you've softened the ground, water absorption will be much greater.
Overnight watering is not great in Florida, because of humidity lingering which encourages growth of moldy things on the stems of the grass itself, while the soil might not get as saturated as it needs to.
That might not be problematic in a place where the air is drier, and people don't use St. Augustine grass.
For those with a sprinkler system - this is from the Texas A&M Agriculture school; when I managed HOA's in Texas this was the prescribed method for an extremely hot dry summer climate, and water was limited by the city to sprinkling twice a week.
Water beginning in the early evening when the sun is getting low, maybe 30-45 minutes before sunset. Water for a max fifteen minutes at each station, because if you water more on hard ground, it will just run off. Then the ground is softened up, and you set the system to run through again, because now that you've softened the ground, water absorption will be much greater.
This. Your grass isn't dead it's just gone dormant. Should come back in the fall with cooler weather.
It’s Iowa. They complain about rain the day it falls and the 100 year drought the day after it stops.
Yeah, we don't have much too do.
The yard waste collection finally came through after the derecho, thankfully. You should have heard the ruckus. Ruined my morning.
Haven't mowed in over two weeks, not exactly torn up about it. Have been debating dragging out the sprinkler, the screw it, it'll return on it's own side of the debate has won out each time though. Mainly because neither neighbor has watered theirs either.
Hell, I don’t even water my lawn. That should tell you something!
IF we get a few weeks into September with still no rain, then I probably will so I can aerate.
With this heat and just how dry it is, it would take a crapton of water to bring lawns out of dormancy and back into the green and growing stage.
IF we get a few weeks into September with still no rain, then I probably will so I can aerate.
With this heat and just how dry it is, it would take a crapton of water to bring lawns out of dormancy and back into the green and growing stage.
This. I've got some isolated brown spots. The ones that seem to go brown every year. I have decent shade coverage for parts of the yard, and all in all it's decent. I won't mow now, because that would stress the grass.
Worst case it will come back in the Spring like it always does.
This week is not the week to try to bring your yard back. Wait until next week when the highs drop into the 70s and the lows drop into the low 50s. Lawns will be much more responsive then.
Put a tuna can out near the sprinkler, when it fills up it's about an inch. Now you know how long to keep the sprinkler in one spot.
We moved into our house a little more than a year ago. Corner lot and we have a good chunk of land between our house and the corner. We've decided to invest in a sprinkler system. I am all about simplicity and am tired of hauling hoses around. I don't need a golf course for a lawn, but I also don't want a hayfield.
Spending a chunk of change on watering (to me) seems so wasteful.
Spending a chunk of change on watering (to me) seems so wasteful.
