Watering Grass
Monday July 31, 2006
How high you cut the lawn is a factor in maintaining summertime lawn health, scribes Steve Jones. But how you go about watering grass is also important: "To keep the lawn green requires about 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week," writes the Plant Man. Sprinklers used on home lawns "usually deliver from one-quarter to one-third inch per hour." Therefore, watering grass for 4 hours in the course of the week may be necessary in some cases. Read more tips on watering grass and summertime lawn care in this article.
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A rep for the largest Canadian fertilizer company suggested that because I have a huge maple tree on my front lawn (facing east but exposed to the south)which sucks up water I lay down I may want to deviate from normal practice and water more frequently (daily perhaps)to ensure the grass (there are several feet of sand underneath)receives sufficint water.
What do you think?
Thanks,
Jack Tennier
Toronto
Yeah, growing grass under trees is definitely a problem, due in part to the difficulty you mention. More water may be the solution. But you may also end up deciding, at some point, that it’s just easier to mulch under the tree.