How and When to ‘Water In’ Our Treatments
I recommend ‘watering in’ any of our lawn applications as soon as possible, but no later than the nighttime of the day we provide the service. The services to be ‘watered in’ include fertilization, weed control, any pest control application, and any disease or fungus control application. It is not necessary to use a lot of water but instead wet the soil. Wetting the soil can be done by running a fixed spray head zone for 4 to 6 minutes, or rotating heads for 10 to 12 minutes.
I have included some answers to questions you may have:
The door hanger indicates “No special watering needed.” Is that right? – The door hanger is correct. You do not have to water immediately, but I still recommend ‘watering the application in’ using the rules listed above. The door hanger will always alert you to the services that absolutely must be watered in to be the most effective.
It is not the watering day for my address. What should I do? – Unless there is a complete watering ban you can ‘check your sprinklers’ any time. So, setting up an abbreviated run time for the turf grass zones is just that, checking the sprinklers. That sprinkler check will put out enough water to ‘water in’ our application. A ‘sprinkler check’ is done by running fixed spray head zones for 4 to 6 minutes and rotating heads 10 to 12 minutes.
Since I ‘watered in’ the application do I need to water on my normal day? – Yes. The ‘watering in’ is in addition to your normal watering schedule.
My sprinkler system is set to run during the nighttime of the day the application was applied. Do I still need to ‘water in’ before it runs? – No, let your normal watering schedule handle the ‘watering in.’ If your sprinklers will not run until the next night or later, I do recommend ‘watering the application in.’
I just can’t ‘water in’ the application until my normal sprinkler system run time. What should I do? – Our products are made to work in a variety of situations. The perfect scenario is when we get to apply our products on wet ground, and then the products are ‘watered in’ after applied. It is rare we get perfection, so do the best you can.
How do you recommend I water my landscape?
Always use the Cycle and Soak method to water. Run your system for short times, but multiple start times on your watering day. That method will eliminate runoff.
Mature plants in bedding areas should not be watered as much as the turf grass. Mature plants need very little help (help in addition to rainfall) until we reach the hot part of the summer. Don’t make the mistake of drowning your bedding plants while watering your lawn.
As always, contact me with any questions.
Jay Newman
A J Southwest
817 496 5050