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watering your grass or whatever
« on: June 09, 2016, 12:52:04 PM »
well, it's about as hot as the surface of the sun today and it hasn't rained for over half an hour so I'm going to fire up my sprinklers. normally I pay some guy to come do it and set them up and junk. this year though, all me. I'm just going to assume they still point in the right direction and that the timers are all still saved from last year and switch it to "ON". Thoughts?


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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2016, 12:52:44 PM »
also I have to turn on the water crank deal in my basement to let it go outside to them. that's actually step 1 I think. thoughts?

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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2016, 12:54:28 PM »
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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2016, 12:55:04 PM »
you are correct, steve. I'm gonna turn mine on this evening. had some scumbag come do the startup a few weeks back.
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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2016, 12:55:25 PM »
actually I'm going to mow the grass first, to get it nice and thirsty. then do the water. thoughts?

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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2016, 12:55:31 PM »
If after a few hours you still don't see any water coming out you might want to call that guy.  If you see water... you are done.  Oh, if the water never shuts off also call that guy.
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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2016, 01:11:11 PM »
Mine have been on for months even though we've been getting quite a bit of rain in Texas this year.


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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2016, 01:14:41 PM »
Mine were un-winterized at the end of March.  Haven't used them much. 
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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2016, 01:17:51 PM »
You have to winterize irrigation? Oh man.


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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2016, 01:19:58 PM »
I pay someone to blow them out every year, so sure.  It's fine and doesn't cost me much. 
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2016, 01:20:27 PM »
i roll the dice :cool:

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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2016, 01:23:31 PM »
There's a guy in my neighborhood who has way too much time and care on his hands.  He comes around every so often setting up group buys for like winterizing sprinklers and verticut/aerate/overseeding and pest control.  He has always "got a guy."  Former salesman and I think he likes the hustle.  Anyway his guy comes in an knocks out like 8 houses in one day boom boom boom for pretty cheap. 

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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2016, 01:27:57 PM »
There's a guy in my neighborhood who has way too much time and care on his hands.  He comes around every so often setting up group buys for like winterizing sprinklers and verticut/aerate/overseeding and pest control.  He has always "got a guy."  Former salesman and I think he likes the hustle.  Anyway his guy comes in an knocks out like 8 houses in one day boom boom boom for pretty cheap.
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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2016, 01:31:30 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2016, 01:33:56 PM »
If after a few ice cold Miller Lites you still don't see any water coming out you might want to call that guy.  If you see water... you are done.  Oh, if the water never shuts off also call that guy.
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« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2016, 01:42:38 PM »
There's a guy in my neighborhood who has way too much time and care on his hands.  He comes around every so often setting up group buys for like winterizing sprinklers and verticut/aerate/overseeding and pest control.  He has always "got a guy."  Former salesman and I think he likes the hustle.  Anyway his guy comes in an knocks out like 8 houses in one day boom boom boom for pretty cheap.
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« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2016, 01:44:14 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2016, 02:36:21 PM »
Turn 'em on SD. Lil'SD will be very impressed. He is prime age to think the littlest things you do are the most amazing things in the world.


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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2016, 06:03:00 PM »
I always read that the key to watering is "deep but infrequent" - like twice a week but really soak it. After a few years of trying this method, I suspect it may be bullshit. I mean, it's probably good advice if you want a healthy, natural lawn. But I want an unnaturally-green-all-summer-golf-course-style lawn. I hear that watering too often leads to a shallow root system, which isn't sustainable unless you plan to keep watering a lot. That's fine. I'm on a well. I'm still going to water in the morning so it dries during the day to avoid fungus and stuff, but otherwise I'm draining the aquifer. We'll see how this goes.
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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2016, 06:28:23 PM »
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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2016, 07:14:05 PM »
My grass is green af and I never water. Maybe your lawn just has bad genes
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« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2016, 07:15:42 PM »
Or maybe it's rained like 47" in the last month :dunno:

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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2016, 08:39:51 PM »
Water every other day. Unless you are growing grass on a USGA green (sand).


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Re: watering your grass or whatever
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2016, 09:47:18 PM »
It's going to be a billion degrees the next 5 days. Going to water every day.

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« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2016, 10:21:30 PM »
Protip- water your zones for like only ten minutes each but then run it through twice. Allows the zones to soak up and avoid run off.