Water your lawn in the middle of the day?
July 9th, 2008 by Robin
Katie asked:
Tags:lawn,Lawns,watering
I am trying to find information about watering your lawn. I have found information about watering your lawn at night and such. But cannot find anything about how much water your need to water your lawn in the middle of the day and how much water is wasted.
The project that I am working on is trying to BAN watering your lawn in the middle of the day because it wastes water.
If you have any information about watering your lawn or any interesting facts please let me know.
This is for a Student Congress Resolution for school.
I dont try to save the rain forest on my days off
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Alright, enough of the old wives tale about how the lawn scorches or burns if you water it during the middle of the day…LOL. Not true. In my whole life, I have never once seen this happen. By the time the bead of water that sits on a blade of grass has a chance to “burn” as stated, it will evaporate from the sunny conditions. Not a chance of scorching possible. As far as watering your turf at nite, this is the worst time to do so. Why? Because it will cause diseases to infect the turf. Most diseases in turf are caused by two or three factors, two of which are moisture and cold weather. Humidity plays a role also. When nite time rolls around you want your “thatch” zone, (area just above ground level on blade of grass) to be dry. By watering your lawn in the evening, coupled with cold temperatures and high humidity, you are asking for numerous diseases to infect your lawn. The best time to water is in the early morning, as one writer wrote. Anytime before 8:00 am is fine. That way there is limited evaporation and the water will get to the root zone where it is needed the most. Also, the thatch zone will surely be dry before nightfall, helping to eliminate the threat of disease… Hope this helps.
well i dont water my lawn so no