In grade school, every child learns that sunlight and water are all plants need to survive. Unless you have towering trees on your property, your lawn probably gets plenty of natural light throughout the day. However, depending on where you live, you might not be able to depend on Mother Nature to take care of the watering duties all by herself.
In this case you need to be aware of how much water you’re giving your grass, as well as how much is a little more than the lawn can take. In fact, even if you have the best Husqvarna lawn care equipment in the world, incorrectly watering your lawn can be still be your yard’s ultimate downfall.
You better have a reliable alarm clock.Early birds
If you have the leisure of waking up every day after the sun rises, you should still think about trying to water your lawn before the temperatures start to climb. Not only can sunlight evaporate droplets of moisture before your grass has the chance to absorb them, but wind can accelerate that process so there’s virtually nothing left for your lawn to drink.
Instead, use an automatic sprinkler system to schedule a watering time in the early hours of the morning when your lawn is still cool. You could also hook a manual sprinkler up to a timer if you don’t have one of these systems.This will maximize the amount of water your grass drinks up – and it also reduces the overall amount of water you have to use.
“Your lawn can’t take in an unlimited amount of water if you just dump it all at once.”
One big gulp
Your lawn’s not a human being, but at least it drinks like one. When you turn your sprinklers on or start the hose, your grass takes its first big sip of delicious water. However, just like you don’t down your entire cup of coffee in one gulp, your lawn can’t take in an unlimited amount of water if you just dump it all at once.
Instead, try watering your lawn in intervals of 10 to 15 minutes. This will allow the roots of your grass to drink up the water you’ve just put down without drowning them and creating growth-hampering and fungus-inducing puddles – a sure sign that you’re giving your lawn too much to drink.