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Everyone wants a great looking lawn. Watering is an essential part of keeping your lawn looking great. Some places people live require daily lawn watering just to keep a lawn looking good, such as the desert, but there are many places where you can have a beautiful lawn without having to water every day. In fact, in some areas no watering is needed for a lawn to look great. You should figure out how much water your lawn actually needs. Turf grasses need to have anywhere from 3/4” to 1” of water every week in order to stay green and grow well. If you live somewhere where the summer temperatures are high, you need to take into consideration that grasses slow down their growth. You can also let your lawn go nearly dormant in hot months. There are some things you need to consider about lawn watering.

First you should decide whether or not you are going to water during the summer or if you would rather let your lawn go dormant. Don’t do both. You can’t let your grass go brown, then water it until it’s green, then let it go brown again. Once it’s dormant, leave it alone because you’ll strip the plant’s food reserves. If you are going to water, let the summer hit take hold for a few days. A mild drought will increase rooting. To know when it’s time to water, watch for footprints on the lawn after you walk across it, darker colors, and you can also sample the root zone soil. You should also make sure that you water infrequently as you want the moisture to soak the roots. Unless your lawn is newly seeded or you have summer patch disease, water infrequently so you don’t get shallow roots and weeds.

If at all possible, you should do all your lawn watering early in the day. If you water early in the morning, the grass is already wet with dew. Midday watering is prone to evaporation and if you water in the evening there is a chance that diseases can get a good foothold. However, if it doesn’t get below 68 F at night, then you can water at night or late in the afternoon if the days are very hot. Make sure the water is as uniformly spread as possible. This avoids floods and missing spots. If you have soil that is clay or slopes, then you might have to watch for runoff. Be careful not to overwater so you don’t get pests and excess runoff.