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How To Water Your Lawn : Watering Tips
hey guys Alec ain't here go one care not
with another lawn tip now today we're
gonna talk about how to water your lawn
that's right seems like a simple process
but it's a question I get a lot so today
I'm going to tell you exactly how to
water your lawn but before we do that
you should view the video that I did
earlier which is how to know when your
lawn needs water I'll link to that below
in the description so here's how you
water a lawn first of all realize that
your lawn needs about one to
one-and-a-half inches of water a week in
order to stay healthy and green and
vigorous now if your areas having one of
those cooler wetter summers where you
get rain you know couple times a month
then go ahead and just do one inch per
week but if you're in a drought
situation definitely make sure you go up
to an inch and a half per week so how do
you know how much water you're putting
down well you go to your local garden
center and you get a rain gauge looks
just like this and you set that out
there inside the stream don't put it at
the end or at the beginning of the
sprinkler stream put it right in the
middle run that puppy for 45 minutes to
an hour and when you get one half inch
of water then you know you're good
that's right because we're not going to
deliver the entire inch of water all at
the same time I want you to deliver a
half-inch once during the week and a
half inch a couple of days later the key
with watering is you want the lawn to
dry out actually the soil to dry out in
between waterings you don't want it to
be constantly wet now you don't want it
to be dry for too long either which is
why I said if we're getting some rain
health during the month then just do
twice a week half inch each time if
we're not getting any rain help if we're
in a drought situation then you need to
do a half inch each time but go three
times a week
letting the lawn dry out in between this
is one of the mistakes that people that
have sprinkler systems make they think
they have to water every single day and
they may put down an eighth of an inch
or even if they do put down a half an
inch they still think that after water
every single day and the answer to that
is no we really just want two to three
waterings a week
half-inch each time now if you can't get
a rain gauge I mean they're almost free
at any garden center but if you can't
get a rain gauge then just get a tuna
can tuna cans are about an inch deep so
you know that after you filled that can
up halfway you've got to happen
so the key is understanding how long
your sprinkler takes to lay down a half
inch of water mine for example because
I've tested it with my rain gauge takes
just about 45 minutes or so to get that
half inch down yours could be a little
bit different could be longer or shorter
depending on the water pressure that you
have and also on the type of sprinkler
that you're using the last little piece
of the puzzle is to figure out how to
cover your lawn by moving your sprinkler
around to me this is the fun part I like
to drink a beer move my sprinkler drink
a beer move my sprinkler drink a beer
drink a beer drink a beer and move my
sprinkler alright there you go guys
that's how you water the lawn so I
really hope this tip has been helpful to
you and if it has please consider
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the one care nut and I will see you in
the lawn
