Lawn Watering Tips - How long should you water your lawn? In-ground System VS Manual Sprinklers.

There is a lot of misinformation out there regarding the best way to water your lawn. According to several turf science studies watering deep and less frequently is the best way to water in the summer. By soaking your lawn and letting the water penetrate down to the root zone you will achieve the best possible outcome.

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[TimE_]

The best video about watering I have seen to date. Thank you!

[tucmox]

I think you hit on just about every question I had about watering. I'm glad I like tuna! Great video. Thanks for the effort.

[TheLawnTools]

I need to measure my sprinkler. You’ve inspired me 😁

[fountainhead]

Very useful video.
Loved the comment of that sound reminding of childhood! 😄

[thelawnbeast]

So true. Neighbors around me do the same thing, water everyday for 10-15 minutes. To each there own, but I agree with watering deeply 2-3 times a week. Great vid man

[PacificNorthwestLawns]

Great info Brandon. Reminds me that I need to see where my sprinklers need to be set at again.

[DaddingAllDay]

Great video! I’m actually filming one on using the manual method of watering with oscillating sprinklers and B-Hyve timers. For me, using an oscillating sprinkler it takes 1.25 hours to get .5”. Great video!

[penguinlover]

Your neighbor might be talking about syringing. It is something golf courses do to lower the temperature of the soil during really hot days. Not meant as a substitute for watering deep and infrequent, but rather an additional thing you can do to get through heat stress.

[xAmberDawn]

Sorry if this has been answered prior, but I'm new to the channel! 😎. What are the sprinklers you use? I am thinking of doing an in-ground system at my house so just looking into my options. ☺️

[jorgegalvez]

Thx for the video it help! Can you lower your music on videos or make them to match your voice? Goes up too loud

[kove]

Get info totally agree. Roots are going to go find water, keeper they go better off we all are. I'd also speculate a constant cap of thin water is poor for oxygen movement.

[andoreanesnomeo]

What about Hydretain and the like? Do they actually help reduce watering requirements, as advertised?

[Kate]

that manual sprinkler was a childhood memory 😂

[robertgiuliani]

It's not PSI alone. Gallons Per Minute (VOLUME) plays into it as well. Impact heads connected on the same feed is limited based on PSI and GPM as the water out of each head is reduced and can inhibit the impact head from properly functioning mechanically. A work around is setting them up to operate in a 360 degree pattern. The maximum number of impact heads will be around 2 to 3 on a connected hose configuration. Basically, impact heads would be set out in a quasi-zone configuration.

[kennycooperkc]

Will a tuna can work for my sprinkler? You didn’t discuss my style of sprinkler 🤔

[rickjames]

As you found out, 10 and 20 minutes per zone is a waste of water. Not even getting the dirt wet. Most need 40 min per zone. Garden hose watering will take even longer. Why, there is less pressure and volume doing this compared to an irrigation system where the water comes next to most peoples meters.

[rickjames]

Your system needs attention. First you need 6 inch popup rotors. Cool season grass is cut taller than southern lawns. Your heads are not above the grass leaves. You are getting a poor spray pattern from the tall grass. Also never run a rotor wide open meaning not diffused down. The more you diffuse the more you get what Rain Bird calls rain curtain action or more even watering from rotor to apogee of water stream. I think from the video you have some diffusion or it's from the wind. Yes diffusion lowers max water throw slash range.

[Tundra_Guy]

Here's the issue with your reasoning. In the summer, roots aren't as long as they are in the Spring and Fall for cool season grasses. If you water deep and infrequent in the hottest part of the summer, water will go below the root zone and will be deemed useless for the short roots. Roots will not go deep looking for water in the summer. Many studies out there proving this. You're better off with less water more frequently in the hottest part of the summer. You can/should go back to deep and infrequent at the right times (Spring and Fall).

[MB-npur]

you water your lawn at full sun, at the top of the day?

[rickjames]

At 5:43 in the video, you can see how LOW your rotors are. Whomever installed those 4 inch rotors with your grass type should be "edumacated".