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POLL! How often do you water your yard?

Re: POLL! How often do you water your yard?

  • I thought Austin was on a restricted watering schedule?  if so, you're only *suppose* to water two days a week.  I know we (p-ville) are on a voluntary watering schedule.  I try to stay on it just to conserve and get use to the schedule should it become mandatory.
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  • Yeah - here, at least (North Austin, in Wells Branch) we are on a restricted 2x a week schedule based on house street #.

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  • You can use the sprinkler's 2 times a week but hand water anytime.

    Here is the link for that info. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/watercon/stage1.htm

    If it rains we don't water that often.

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  • It depends on the time of year. We also have St. Augustine grass, and here's what the lawn guys who just did a consultation for us said about watering:

    Watering schedule for the year:
         -- January and February: Lawn is dormant, so only 2 minutes of watering needed once a week. No watering is needed if it rains.
         -- March: Water for 3 to 8 minutes once a week
         -- April: Water 8 to 12 minutes once a week
         -- May: Water for 12-20 minutes (sunnier spots get more) every five days
         -- June to August: Water twice a week, 18-20 minutes.
         -- September: Water for 12-20 minutes (sunnier spots get more) every five days
         -- October: Water 8 to 12 minutes once a week
         -- November:Water for 3 to 8 minutes once a week
         -- December: Lawn is dormant, so only 2 minutes of watering needed once a week. No watering is needed if it rains.

  • No "never" option?

    Our lawn only gets water when I dump out Camy's water table or we play in the sprinkler. I'm amazed its as green as it is out front. 

  • We have been watering everyday (Pflugerville) because the house we just bought had a ton of dead spots.  We put out some seed and fertilizer and have been watering daily to get it to grow.  We were told that once we get those spots full we can drop to 3 times a week in the summer. 
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  • Thanks guys! We hadn't realized that Austin was on the restricted watering schedule yet, so that was definitely good to know!
  • I admit... right before I read this I upped our watering schedule to 4 days.  But after reading this I cut it back to 3.  I only water about half our yard though because of all the broken sprinkler heads that DH doesn't want to fix.
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    No "never" option?

    Our lawn only gets water when I dump out Camy's water table or we play in the sprinkler. I'm amazed its as green as it is out front. 

    Ditto. We don't water, but we rent, plus we live on a ranch and only have wild grass, our yard is almost entirely shaded and we've been getting a decent amount of rain out at our place. Even with no watering, the yard looks really bad only a week after DH mows.  

  • LOL, I need a "not often enough" option! I answered other.

    If I weren't so lazy, I'd water twice a week, on our allowed days. I have half St. Augustine and half Bermuda. I'm trying to get the St. Augustine to take over, but I don't water enough for that. I've been good about hand watering my new flowers and transplanted grass daily (except when it rains), but the rest of the yard is only alive because of the rain this year.

  • 2x/wk per the watering schedule
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