[gotgrass]

ok, so i received my water audit containers over the weekend.

I placed 10 of them through out the front yard.

#1: .3 <<<< perimiter of the yard
#2: 1.0
#3: .9
#4: .2 <<<Perimeter of the yard
#5: .8
#6: .7
#7: 1.0
#8: .9
#9: .6
#10 .7

As you can see 1 and 4 are my problem areas.

This is where i am seeing yellow spots... I noticed them on my second cut this past Saturday.... However, they were not there when i cut it the first time which was 28 days after the sod was laid.

I am going to make an adjustment to 2 heads.

I am avg. .68 . It looks like i need to water 90 minutes.. This will give me 1 inch of water a week. Now, do i water 90 min one day and wait 6 days to water?

Or do i go M W Fr(30 min each)

or M 45 min(2 cycles) and Friday(2 cycles)

 

[Jericho574]

Ideally the rule of thumb is to try and give it all at once but depending on your soil that may not be possible. For example, Georgia clay will run off before absorbing it all, so it often has to be broken into 2 or more waterings.

On my side yard I have pop-ups, and they needs 40 mins for 1". If I let it go longer than 10 mins, it starts running off into the street. What I do now is run the cycle multiple times. The first cycle starts at 5 am and takes 43 mins to run through all the zones, then I repeat another round at 7am, once the water has had a good 30 or so mins to soak in.

 

[95mmrenegade]

Can you draw your lawn and post a pic of the sprinkler arrangement. You may be able to cure alittle with a jet change. You should not have the same jet in 45s, 90s, 180s and 360s which is what most sprinkler companies leave you with when your done.

 

[gotgrass]

Can you draw your lawn and post a pic of the sprinkler arrangement. You may be able to cure alittle with a jet change. You should not have the same jet in 45s, 90s, 180s and 360s which is what most sprinkler companies leave you with when your done.

Here is my make shift drawing



Heads 1,2,5&6 are Hunter PGP-ADJ with Nozzel 3.0
Heads 3,4 are Hunter PGJ with Nozzles 2 and .75, respectfully.

From the diagram you will see that i have 4 90's and 2 180's.

Diagram is not to scale...

 

[95mmrenegade]

Drawing looks fine... where were the cup locations. Are the sprinklers spraying head to head?

 

[gotgrass]

Drawing looks fine... where were the cup locations. Are the sprinklers spraying head to head?

Heads 1, 2, 3, 4 are pretty much across from each other.

5 and 6 are not directly infront of each other

 

[95mmrenegade]

Go to 6s on the 180s and 3s on the 90s and adjust the spray so the heads spray head to head. See how that changes the water distribution.

 

[95mmrenegade]

Are all of the sprinklers on 1 stage?

 

[gotgrass]

Are all of the sprinklers on 1 stage?

What do you mean 1 stage?

 

[J_nick]

I think he means zone.

 

[95mmrenegade]

I am a drag racer so my term is stages = zones.

 

[gotgrass]

I am a drag racer so my term is stages = zones.

All 6 are on 1 zone..