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cgaengineer · #31 04-23-2010, 06:44 AM

If we are not in a total ban around here you only option is late evening, night and early morning watering.
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cgaengineer · #32 04-23-2010, 06:48 AM

Illegals come to GA to work illegally for irrigation contractors installing irrigation systems that we cannot use because we have too many illegals.

Kiril · #33 04-23-2010, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rainbowss

I have time to spare on this fine evening. Please do form your thesis. Remember, everything is a thesis.

Not a thesis ..... well established information on soils and irrigation scheduling that you will not find in your "ortho" joke book. Let's review the questionable or downright incorrect statements.

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Originally Posted by rainbowss

Watering at noon is much..much..much better than watering at evening/morning.

Wrong. Watering at noon not only increases evaporative losses, but in some areas where wind increases throughout the day, you also run the risk of increasing losses due to wind drift.

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Originally Posted by rainbowss

Get one of timers from home depot and an oscillating sprinkler and water like .25inch at noon every other day.

Beyond the fact you are just pulling an AR out of thin air, why even state an AR when using an oscillating sprinkler? You don't actually believe you have good DU with this sprinkler ... do you?

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Originally Posted by ajslands

How bout 3/4"-1" instead.

Once again, pulling AR out of thin air.

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Originally Posted by rainbowss

I don't care what soil it is, 1inch of water will leech tremendous mineral from the top soil where the grass roots are. But this is if it is done all at once. If one were to cycle through intervals, there should not be a problem but unnecessary. Again, it is nothing but water wasted.

This is just plain ignorant.

Kiril · #34 04-23-2010, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by cgaengineer

You make it sound so easy. Just get up one morning and shell out $5000 for an irrigation system that you might not be able to use in many places do to total water bans and restrictions.

Well, if water is that scarce in your area, then you should not be installing high water use, regionally inappropriate landscapes ... now should you?

Now back on topic .... I feel the biggest problem with fungus and night watering is spore dispersal. Chances are your turf is going to get wet at night (depending on where you live) even if you don't irrigate or it doesn't rain. That said .... if night is your only window of opportunity to irrigate, then you really have no choice ..... do you?

ajslands · #35 04-23-2010, 09:23 AM

3/4"-1" per week is out of thin air?!!!

Weird!

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cgaengineer · #36 04-23-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiril

Well, if water is that scarce in your area, then you should not be installing high water use, regionally inappropriate landscapes ... now should you?

Now back on topic .... I feel the biggest problem with fungus and night watering is spore dispersal. Chances are your turf is going to get wet at night (depending on where you live) even if you don't irrigate or it doesn't rain. That said .... if night is your only window of opportunity to irrigate, then you really have no choice ..... do you?

Yeah rocks and cactus...great idea. We are in GA not the desert. I'm pretty sure bermuda grass is appropriate for our area since even with little or no water it still survives but it looks its best with .5 inches per week minimum.
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