watering your yard?

• said_aouita

  

  Are you watering your yard or just letting the grass turn yellow?
• Belly35

  

  It is not good to water your yard in this heat.
  Once you start you have to continue or you will have more problem ... weeds and burned out areas
  
  
  I understand if you have new sod yard or a yard that was sod ..... (not sure) but you have to water it or it will burn the roots.
• pmoney25

  

  I have a fairly big yard. I water the back yard where the kids play/people hangout. The rest is pretty much dead.
• SnotBubbles

  

  Dead grass doesn't need mowed. That is my answer...
• OSH

  

  No watering here. Saves gas on mowing. Saves money on the water bill too.
• queencitybuckeye

  An advantage of an older place is a well-established lawn. It will go dormant, but would take an extended drought to actually die.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Couple areas bc of planted grass.
• FatHobbit

  

  SnotBubbles;1213752 wrote:Dead grass doesn't need mowed. That is my answer...

  this
• fan_from_texas

  Yes, we water. Our yard isn't too big (a bit under half an acre), and we have an underground sprinkler system built in, so it's pretty easy to water. It doesn't make that big of a difference in our water bill.
• LJ

  

  Not watering, but a friend of mine got a water bill that said he used over 11,000 gallons over the last month from watering :laugh:
• Steel Valley Football

  I try to water our entire yard every day. The condo management people really hate it.
• Speedofsand

  

  Debby watered my yard all week. Looks good.
• Fab1b

  

  Speedofsand;1213835 wrote:Debby watered my yard all week. Looks good.

  
  Same here
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Watering your lawn is a complete waste of time and resources.
• Steel Valley Football

  I know who doesn't water his yard: Con_Alma.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Commander of Awesome;1213852 wrote:Watering your lawn is a complete waste of time and resources.

  
  Not if you newly planted grass. Derp.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  ernest_t_bass;1213865 wrote:Not if you newly planted grass. Derp.

  @CoA - Report him for implying you're a retard.
  
  I try to water the grass at night so it's not soaked by the time the sun is 1000 degrees the next day.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1213873 wrote:@CoA - Report him for implying you're a retard.
  
  I try to water the grass at night so it's not soaked by the time the sun is 1000 degrees the next day.

  
  Derp
• ts1227

  

  ernest_t_bass;1213865 wrote:Not if you newly planted grass. Derp.

  
  Don't plant grass during a drought.
  
  I agree with CoA though.
• thavoice

  I usually try to water the lawn between 3-5pm during the day.
  
  I figured it is the hottest part of the day so the grass must really need some water and cooling down during that period.
  
  I also know that people lose alot of salt when it is hot and when they sweat so I plan on putting some salt down in the yard today to help it retain some of the water I am putting on it.
• queencitybuckeye

  thavoice;1213905 wrote:I usually try to water the lawn between 3-5pm during the day.
  
  I figured it is the hottest part of the day so the grass must really need some water and cooling down during that period.
  
  I also know that people lose alot of salt when it is hot and when they sweat so I plan on putting some salt down in the yard today to help it retain some of the water I am putting on it.

  The problem is that the water acts as a prism, and actually makes the grass warmer if the sun is shining.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Maybe its bc I'm not a home owner, but I just never understood the fancination with green lawn. I mean who gives a shit if you have a nice pristine lawn. Seems like its just for show and is a lot of work. If I own a home, I hope to have something different.
• Con_Alma

  Steel Valley Football;1213859 wrote:I know who doesn't water his yard: Con_Alma.

  True but I have a pump that draws water from the lake and hydrates my wife's garden! I love squash in the fall.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  Commander of Awesome;1213925 wrote:Maybe its bc I'm not a home owner, but I just never understood the fancination with green lawn. I mean who gives a shit if you have a nice pristine lawn. Seems like its just for show and is a lot of work. If I own a home, I hope to have something different.

  Get turf.
• mella

  I don't water the lawn but I do water five trees that have been in the yard for less than a year.