When you own a grass lawn, one of the most important care practices to undertake is constant watering. Water allows for great growth of your grass, and it also gets it to be healthy, beautiful and luscious. While water may be good for the grass, too much of the same could cause your lawn destruction through molding and rotting.
For a healthy lawn, you should make sure that your lawn receives 1 to 1.5 inches of water on a weekly basis. This amount should remain constant, even when it is dry. To maintain this quantity of water, you should use several methods such as using a hose pipe or a sprinkler to get enough water into the lawn. The water can be applied all at once within the week, or every day so long as this quantity stays constant.
How to tell that your lawn is getting enough water
It is possible to tell whether or not your lawn is getting as much water as it should, and that you are not giving it too much water. Here are a couple methods to use to know how much water your grass lawn is getting.
Make a mathematical calculation
When you are using a sprinkler to water your lawn, the rate at which it delivers the water is indicated. Knowing the rate will allow you to know how much water it dispenses over a particular size of lawn during a given time frame. When you know the rate of water, and the size of lawn, you will be able to know how much water your grass gets in an hour or two, and how long you should let your sprinkler run to achieve 1.5 inches of water in a week.
Check the state of the soil
This is by far the easiest method, but also the most effective. You will need a long tool such as a screw driver. Go on and dip it into the soil, and take note of how deep the water has managed to go. Measure the wet part of the screw driver using a ruler to find out.
Using tuna cans
This is a method that has been used for a long time. Place empty tuna cans that are clean under a sprinkler, and find out how long it takes to fill them up. This way, you will now how long to leave your sprinkler running to get the lawn sufficiently watered.
Use a water or flow timer
Go on and get a timer that can calculate the rate of water by the hundreds of gallons, then proceed to calculate the size of your lawn by 0.62. This way, you will know how much water to let through your sprinkler in gallons to get your lawn watered to 1.5 inches.
Conclusion
To make sure that your lawn is getting enough and not too much water, you need to do the necessary calculations. Pick one of the methods above to get enough water into the lawn.
FAQs
What is the best watering method?
An in-ground watering method is best as it minimizes water loss.
Does the type of grass matter when watering?
Yes, warm season grasses require less water than cool season grasses.