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Article #1042Re: (OT) Need Grass Watering Advice
From: The Real Bev
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 04:34
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 04:34
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Kimberly Caruso wrote: > > I live in Northern Virginia near DC. We are experiencing > a drought and tonight I bought a revolving sprinkler at > my local Target store which spreads out 45 square feet of water. > > The grass got some water in the spring but it's pretty much > stopped growing now. I fear it may turn brown (as last summer) > if something isn't done. Due to my schedule I can water > each morning from 4:30 to 5:30 AM and place it in four > different sections for 10 minutes in each section. > > My questions is: Will ten minutes of watering keep it from > dying or turning brown? Can I water at 4:30 (hour before sunrise) > and will it be effective? Will I see a difference? Thank you > for any answers or advice. I cannot water at any other time. > > (Last summer the ground was very hard and dry and it looked > like the dust bowl.) I hope this wasn't too off-topic but > I don't know my neighbors well enough to ask them and none of > them water their lawns anyway. Ask at a local nursery. It depends on the kind of grass, the kind of soil, what kind of water pressure you have, and how religious you are about the beauty of your lawn. -- Cheers, Bev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While you can't fool all the people all the time, you can fool enough of them most of the time to make the rest impotent.
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