How often do you sprinkle in winter? (neighborhood, live)

[lovethisarea]

How do you program sprinkler in winter? No need to water grass as it turns brown in winter right? So only plants need water? We have drought friendly plants in yard. Do we need to water them in winter?

[FalconheadWest]

Turning brown doesn't mean it doesn't need water. The roots are still alive and thirsty. You should water a little each week, unless you've gotten rain that week. Dormant grass is not dead grass.

[Aceraceae]

I don't.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Never

[Telegan]

I haven't run the sprinklers since October or November. We've gotten enough rain where I live. I think it's almost rained once a week up here.

[globe9]

I usually turn the sprinklers off by mid-November and dont turn them back on until March sometime. Been doing this since I moved here. Hasn't adversely affected my lawn at all. In fact, I've probably got the best lawn in the neighborhood(at least according to my neighbors).

[Rakin]

I do water in the winter on warm days every 7-10 days if we've not had a rain. I leave my system OFF then hit the cycle button as needed with the station times being about half of the summer times.

With that said, I've not had to run my system for the last 3 months because we've had more than enough rain to keep our ground saturated.

IMO you do need to water in the winter when we have dry periods. Just because it's colder does not mean the ground does not dry out. It just does it at a slower rate. I've seen winters where we don't get rain for 60-90 days. That's not good for the foundation.

Just water in the day when it's warmer.

[loves2read]

Actually I think it is considered preventative if you know a hard freeze is coming and water plants before--
Isn't it>>>

[lovethisarea]

Thank you all for response. I think I should schedule it to run all stations once a week with rain sensor on (don't water when raining).

May should start another thread but how does moisture help keep foundation strong?

[Rakin]

Once a week may be too much if we've been getting rain. As I mentioned I've not had to run mine for at least 3 months.

Over watering and bad drainage can be a bigger problem then no water.