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Well, I see comments from people near Seattle (rainy all the time), North Carolina, Connecticut, East Texas, etc. OP claims "Florida" but even within Florida there are differences in weather.
Basically few responses from anywhere except the OP's area are of any meaning.
OP - I agree with what Turf3 said above. If I was living in your location and wanted to know how often people there water their lawns I would be asking this question in the Florida forum, not the Garden forum, since the regions in Florida are specifically the only regions that are relevant to your question.
Well, I see comments from people near Seattle (rainy all the time)
You must not be familiar with our summers.
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Originally Posted by buenos
I googled this several times, in various articles they say I only need to water the lawn twice a week.
I think they are lying. These journalists must be environmentalist extremists who want to save the planet from the evil homeowners. I did 2x a week, now 3x a week, but still the grass seems dry-ish.
I'm in Florida, it's spring, we had rain like 2x a month recently.
How long are you running your sprinklers? Less frequent, deep watering is better than frequent, shallow watering. The first encourages deep roots and drought resistance; the second causes surface rooting and a lawn that will dry out quickly.
It's possible your lawn has shallow roots and/or surface matting (caused by frequent, shallow watering) which can cause the water to run off the lawn instead of going down to the roots.
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I googled this several times, in various articles they say I only need to water the lawn twice a week.
I think they are lying. These journalists must be environmentalist extremists who want to save the planet from the evil homeowners. I did 2x a week, now 3x a week, but still the grass seems dry-ish.
I'm in Florida, it's spring, we had rain like 2x a month recently.
What kind of grass? It may just be the time of year.
Doesn't Florida normally get a bunch of rain? Honestly I never water my lawn, nor do my neighbors, unless i've recently laid seed. My neighbors have Bermuda grass. I have fescue. Mine will turn green before theirs does. It will slow in the heat of the summer while theirs grows through the hottest parts. Mine is green right now; theirs is still brown. Has nothing to do with precipitation.
May-October we get 4 inches of rain on average a month.
It's been years since I've had the sprinkler system on. After the water lines to the sprinklers froze and burst several years ago, I've not had the sprinklers on. late spring and early summer are fine, but once summer really ramps up after July 4th, the rain quits. usually the grass can survive until October when it starts back.
I googled this several times, in various articles they say I only need to water the lawn twice a week.
I think they are lying. These journalists must be environmentalist extremists who want to save the planet from the evil homeowners. I did 2x a week, now 3x a week, but still the grass seems dry-ish.
I'm in Florida, it's spring, we had rain like 2x a month recently.
Every other day in the summer heat we have here. This week, I've turned it off as we have had SO much rain. But come summertime, it will be blistering hot and dry here. So it depends on YOUR climate.
Never. Seriously I have never watered my lawn. If it is green, its green, if it is dormant, so be it. That said, this winter I literally went over the entire lawn with a hammer drill and a 12" bit and dropped in a bit of lime and organic fertilizer. Deep aeration preceded by de-thatching.
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