Early spring is the time of the year to really keep an eye on your lawn. Temperatures are rising, once a week water restrictions are still in effect and the spring rains have yet to start. A perfect storm guaranteed to kill you lawn!
The grass gets that unusual blue green look or worse, brown spots, indicating the grass is thirsty for water. That first indicator, the blue green look, is actually the underside of the grass blade. As it wilts, due to lack of water, the grass blade turns over.
Make sure your irrigation timer is turned on, each zone set for 30 minutes and programmed for the correct watering day. It's also a great time to change the back-up battery. The battery allows the timer to hold your program settings if the power goes off. A rather inconvenient thing to happen if you're out of town. Sure way to burn up the lawn on your Custom Built Home! Without the battery, the timer switches to a default setting. The grass still gets water but not nearly enough for this time of year. You think everything is great until its too late!
Lack of water, puts the grass under stress. This opens it up to all kinds of issues, fungus, weeds and insect infestations. It's much cheaper to maintain a healthy lawn than it is to whip it back into shape or replace it.
If you have dry patches and violating the water restrictions is not an option, you are allowed to hand water. I recently discovered a really handy gadget at Home Depot. It's a timer that hooks up to an outside hose bib. Just screw it on to the valve, connect hose, set the required time and water away. It's less than $15 and will water up to a maximum of 2 hours. It's real handy for topping off the pool water of your Luxury Home, just set an go.
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