How often do you water your lawn?

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Since we don't have a sprinkler system, I rely on DH so it doesn't happen very often!

But my parents have one and I know it goes on once a day at about 4:30am. I know this b/c growing up if they heard you come in after the sprinklers were on you got "the look" when they saw you that morning/day.

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Daily........... thankfully we have IGS

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So I guess daily would be ideal?

Someone didn't water the lawn tonight (we do not have IGS) because it rained heavily on Sunday.

The sprinkler is on right now.

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Yes, once daily is fine.

Also, be sure not to water it during the day, if it's hot enough out, it will essentially "boil" your lawn and burn it out. Not good.

Try to do it at dusk or dawn. Hence, the 4:30 ritual.

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at this time of year its every day.

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DH was doing it daily - but the Scott's guy told him to do it 3-4 days a week instead to avoid growing fungus.

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we have IGS so its every morning at like 4am

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Very rarely. Honestly, I think I have only turned the sprinkler on once.
I am "training" the grass to grow longer roots. We have been getting enough rain each week - the grass should get about 1in. of water a week, including rain. This will help the grass grow long roots, so that it will "beat" the weeds in the quest for water.... It takes a couple of years to train though.

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Every other day, we have IGS

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We don't water at all.

If and when it starts to lose color, luckily it rains.

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I water everyday when I get home from work. We have full sun & not an once of shade on our property. The grass & plants need all they can get...I usually water each section (front, side & back) for about 30 minutes each

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Every other day. In our town we can only water on "even" days...

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daily

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never

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I believe the need to water daily is an old wives tale, after hearing it from multiple experts on gardening and lawn care. Regardless of your soil/sun/shade conditions.

Paul James, my favorite master gardener (HGTV's Gardening By The Yard) said as such on a recent show - that watering daily is wasteful and does your lawn no good.

I actually did write down what he said (because I'm a geek and sit with a pad and pen whenever his show is on ) so I'll check it out. I believe it was every 3rd day.

You could put a small glass on your lawn and time how long it takes for it to be filled one inch. Then program your sprinklers for that time period once every third day.

I have full sun, windy conditions and very sandy soil which drains fast so that's possibly the worst water-sucking lawn condition around. I thought I should be watering more, daily even. But every third day is plenty, and the lawn looks just fine.

You can always add water if it's not getting enough. Preventing waterlogged soil and promoting fungus by keeping it too wet is not so easy to reverse. It's not just the surface you have to be concerned with, it's a few inches down where the roots are that are important too.

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I thought the lawn only had to be watered every other day? That is what my landscaper recommends....

Our IGS run every other night, about 30 mins per zone. If it rains a lot, I turn them off for a day or two.

Too much water causes mold and mushrooms and kills the grass.

Every day is way too much.

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we watch the weather & since it rained so heavily this weekend we haven't used the sprinklers yet this week. if it is hot & dry again tthe next coupleof days I'll turn the system back on & all 7 zones will run for 10 minutes each starting around 5 am. we never water more than that unless we have seed down.
my neighbors run their IGS from about 30 minutes per zone, IMO its a total waste of water.