07/22/2026
We are reaching that annual LONG, HOT and DRY part of the summer when your lawn will be thirsty for water!!! Make sure to follow our "PROPER WATERING" instructions for our high dessert area to protect your grass through this heat. Watering DEEP into the soil, during the cooler parts of the day (if possible) every 4-5 days will push the roots down and protect them and encourage growth. Daily, short waterings-especially during the heat of the day- will evaporate and dry out your lawn, and NOT give you your desired lush, green lawn!
PROPER WATERING INSTRUCTIONS:
The intent is to get approximately 2 inches of water, which will soak deep into the ground, encouraging grass roots to go down further for nutrition. The rich, moist soil found deeper in the ground, encourages growth, strengthens the roots and is protected from the heat and evaporation from the hot sun. This only needs to happen ONCE a week, during the regular season. For just the couple weeks of reaching a daily temperature of 100, then up your watering to approximately every 4-5 days.
HOW TO get those 2 inches:
The amount of water from each type of sprinkler head varies greatly! So each section of your system may be set at varying times!! Try setting a 2 inch pan out in EACH area of your yard, and time how long it takes to fill that up. That will give the amount of time to set your clock for that section!! Small pop-up heads put out more water, so those areas may only take 30 min or so. However, the large, rotating heads take longer to put out the necessary water- and may take up to 2 hours!! BUT REMEMBER-- this only needs to be done ONCE a week! (Unless its 100+ for multiple days in a row- then do every 4-5 days!)
