Watering

[alt f4]

I don't know if it's covered already, but a few suggestions:
1. Water starting at 3-4am and have it done by 6-7 am. Watering late in evening will allow blades to sit wet overnight and develop diseases.
2. Get a tuna can and water each zone for 15 minutes and measure. I aim for around 1.5-2 inches per week. Do the math for each zone. During spring and cooler periods I water every 3 days. During summer, hot months, it's every other day.
3. Get yourself a smart controller. I use the Rachio system. It will skip waterings when it rained, it'll reduce waterings as needed, and you can set all sorts of seasonal programs. It saves a ton of water. Example yesterday it skipped my cycle because we received .77" the day prior.
4. During the dry, hot summer months, I spritz each zone for around 10 minutes to help cool and prevent summer diseases.
5. I have a slopped zone when is in the direct sunlight and has some run off from watering. I water this zone twice each time, half the time needed. I hit it, allow it to soak and dry slightly and then a few hours later hit it again. This prevents it from running off during the full 30 minutes.

 

[Pipe Line]

I don't know if it's covered already, but a few suggestions:
1. Water starting at 3-4am and have it done by 6-7 am. Watering late in evening will allow blades to sit wet overnight and develop diseases.
2. Get a tuna can and water each zone for 15 minutes and measure. I aim for around 1.5-2 inches per week. Do the math for each zone. During spring and cooler periods I water every 3 days. During summer, hot months, it's every other day.
3. Get yourself a smart controller. I use the Rachio system. It will skip waterings when it rained, it'll reduce waterings as needed, and you can set all sorts of seasonal programs. It saves a ton of water. Example yesterday it skipped my cycle because we received .77" the day prior.
4. During the dry, hot summer months, I spritz each zone for around 10 minutes to help cool and prevent summer diseases.
5. I have a slopped zone when is in the direct sunlight and has some run off from watering. I water this zone twice each time, half the time needed. I hit it, allow it to soak and dry slightly and then a few hours later hit it again. This prevents it from running off during the full 30 minutes.

I believe that hits everything I've gathered today, thank you!

 

[Cash68847]

Slightly off topic but I just got the B-Hyve smart sprinkler system and it’s pretty awesome. You can control everything from an app and it’ll automatically check weather forecasts and not run if it’s going to rain

My old place had a sensor gauge and would shut down the system depending on how much it rained.

 

[Pipe Line]

Turned the sprinklers back on this morning. Was going to wait another day but I noticed most my neighbors had theirs running on the morning dog walk so figured f that, can't fall behind. 15 minutes on the sidewalks, 20-25 minutes everywhere else, every other day now for the settings. Sidewalks may have gotten a little bit as there was quite a bit of run off. I will probably back it down to 10-15-20 minute time frames, every other day, and leave it there for probably the rest of the year to see how that timing works long term. Worked pretty well when I was doing it manually with the 20 minute time frames, just not in enough spots. I have quite a bit of grass seed down on the sidewalks at the moment, so I don't want to wash the seed out with too much water.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

I don’t know if anyone here lives in Waverly, but watching the community battle with the city about water stuff has been hilarious.

Back story- Waverly fills old pool to open on Memorial Day. 4 weeks later they fill a brand new pool. A couple days after they fill the new pool they post on Facebook that anyone that exceeds 10,000 gallons will have to pay an extra $5/1,000 gallons. Queue up every single resident losing their shit about it.

Now we have the mayor driving around taking pictures of people watering their lawns on days they shouldn’t be and calling them out on the Facebook page.

Man living in a small town is fun.

 

[Pipe Line]

I don’t know if anyone here lives in Waverly, but watching the community battle with the city about water stuff has been hilarious.

Back story- Waverly fills old pool to open on Memorial Day. 4 weeks later they fill a brand new pool. A couple days after they fill the new pool they post on Facebook that anyone that exceeds 10,000 gallons will have to pay an extra $5/1,000 gallons. Queue up every single resident losing their shit about it.

Now we have the mayor driving around taking picture of people watering their lawns on days they shouldn’t be and calling them out on the Facebook page.

Man living in a small town is fun.

Papillion did it a littler friendlier a few weeks back when Sarpy sent out their letters in the mail about "recommended watering days" to not stress the infrastructure. I wonder how many actually read them.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Papillion did it a littler friendlier a few weeks back when Sarpy sent out their letters in the mail about "recommended watering days" to not stress the infrastructure. I wonder how many actually read them.

It's real fucking low

 

[Pipe Line]

It's real fucking low

The nerds

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Slightly off topic but I just got the B-Hyve smart sprinkler system and it’s pretty awesome. You can control everything from an app and it’ll automatically check weather forecasts and not run if it’s going to rain

Does it change watering times based off of how much rain you've had?

Good question, I’m not sure.

Very curious here...

I was looking into this one..

https://a.co/d/0FCCUCF

Probably looking at next year to upgrade this... Just redid our patio this year and all the fun that was.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

3. Get yourself a smart controller. I use the Rachio system. It will skip waterings when it rained, it'll reduce waterings as needed, and you can set all sorts of seasonal programs. It saves a ton of water. Example yesterday it skipped my cycle because we received .77" the day prior.

You like it? That was the one my research flagged...

Very curious here...

I was looking into this one..

https://a.co/d/0FCCUCF

Probably looking at next year to upgrade this... Just redid our patio this year and all the fun that was.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Very curious here...

I was looking into this one..

https://a.co/d/0FCCUCF

Probably looking at next year to upgrade this... Just redid our patio this year and all the fun that was.

This is the one I got

Orbit B-hyve 8-Zone Smart Indoor Sprinkler Controller https://a.co/d/fUxsBGA

 

[alt f4]

You like it? That was the one my research flagged...

I love it. The automatic rain and seasonal adjustments it makes it worth it. Within the first year it easily paid for itself not watering on days it rained. The seasonal adjustments will decrease frequency from each other day to every third day when temps drop. I haven't touched the timer in 3 years now, everything is done for me.

This month it's watered for 9 hours and 13 minutes and skipped 12 hours and 10 minutes due to observed rain. I know a manual controller I would have forgot to skip a few or all of those.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I don't know if it's covered already, but a few suggestions:
1. Water starting at 3-4am and have it done by 6-7 am. Watering late in evening will allow blades to sit wet overnight and develop diseases.
2. Get a tuna can and water each zone for 15 minutes and measure. I aim for around 1.5-2 inches per week. Do the math for each zone. During spring and cooler periods I water every 3 days. During summer, hot months, it's every other day.
3. Get yourself a smart controller. I use the Rachio system. It will skip waterings when it rained, it'll reduce waterings as needed, and you can set all sorts of seasonal programs. It saves a ton of water. Example yesterday it skipped my cycle because we received .77" the day prior.
4. During the dry, hot summer months, I spritz each zone for around 10 minutes to help cool and prevent summer diseases.
5. I have a slopped zone when is in the direct sunlight and has some run off from watering. I water this zone twice each time, half the time needed. I hit it, allow it to soak and dry slightly and then a few hours later hit it again. This prevents it from running off during the full 30 minutes.

You like it? That was the one my research flagged...

I love it. The automatic rain and seasonal adjustments it makes it worth it. Within the first year it easily paid for itself not watering on days it rained. The seasonal adjustments will decrease frequency from each other day to every third day when temps drop. I haven't touched the timer in 3 years now, everything is done for me.

This month it's watered for 9 hours and 13 minutes and skipped 12 hours and 10 minutes due to observed rain. I know a manual controller I would have forgot to skip a few or all of those.

https://a.co/d/iBYV5qL

FYI the Rachio is on a prime day deal

 

[Jim14510]

https://a.co/d/iBYV5qL

FYI the Rachio is on a prime day deal

Is that the only cost or is there a monthly fee of some sort?

 

[Pipe Line]

My system gets turned off Thursday morning. Top investment along with my fence a few years back since I got married.

 

[alt f4]

Is that the only cost or is there a monthly fee of some sort?

No monthly fee. I've had mine for 5 years now. One of the best investments I've made.

 

[David Webb]

Before buying a smart sprinkler control system, check with you local governments/water board to see if they have any rebates for them. Where I live, they reimburse up to $250 for the purchase. I just had to pay upfront and my only out of pocket expense was the taxes.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Before buying a smart sprinkler control system, check with you local governments/water board to see if they have any rebates for them. Where I live, they reimburse up to $250 for the purchase. I just had to pay upfront and my only out of pocket expense was the taxes.

For swimtown folk

Rebates - Metropolitan Utilities District

www.mudomaha.com