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Water once a week putting down 3/4" to 1" of water.   I use an aluminum
pie plate
under the sprinkler to measure.

If you water every day for just a few minutes you end up with very
shallow rooted
grass which is even more drought prone.

Don't water during the heat of the day (after 10 before 4) since most of
the water
will be lost to evaporation.   Some experts say you shouldn't water at
night since
it may lead to fungus growth,  but obviously God doesn't pay any
attention to
that (judging by the t-storms we had go through here last night :^) ) so
I like to water
at night (after 8 PM).

Using these rules I end up watering about 5 times a season and have a
pretty
reasonable looking lawn.

David

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.
>
> Kimberly Caruso