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Old 02-23-2013, 12:08 PM
 
Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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The house we bought has a nice lawn and garden so I should know better to tamper with the existing setting BUT, I am curious if someone has a system that they installed could you tell me how many days you water, and how long, and if you water every day and at what time of the day you start watering.
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Old 02-23-2013, 01:40 PM
 
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Right now I water on Sunday's in the early morning only because it has been raining some. The way you can tell is if you have fungus growing in your lawn. Floratam lawns are pretty much drought resistant so they can take it. Besides grass does not grow very fast this time of year. Your biggest concern is bugs.
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Old 02-23-2013, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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Bugs yes. The system here is watering each of 5 zones 35 minutes 5 days a week. The St Augustine/Floratam is green but the watering it seems excessive. I hate to tamper with it since the plants/palms/oaks etc have grown used to it. Btw how do you do spell check on the forum? I have a Rainbird 6 system and hate to mess up the programming. I have the booklet but I am bad on directions.

Sid
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Old 02-23-2013, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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BTW, what does fungus look like on the lawn.
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Old 02-25-2013, 12:28 PM
 
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You are waaaaayyyyyyyy over watering. I would suggest cutting down to no more than 2 days a week for about 20 minutes for zones. If you have mushrooms growing in your lawn or black spots you have a fungus.
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Old 02-25-2013, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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I kinda thought it was too much water, no black spots yet but some yellowing. I do have a rain switch that cuts it off if it is raining but if it rains the day after watering, well you get the picture. Supposed to rain tomorrow I think. There is some green stuff growing on the palms though.
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Old 02-25-2013, 02:18 PM
 
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Thanks pslhomie...we have been having some mushroom issues and we think you might have solved it for us.
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Old 02-25-2013, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Heartland Florida
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If your area is like mine (hendry county) it is impossible to overwater due to sandy soil. However, this encourages shallow roots and can even lead to leaching of nutrients and a weaker lawn. Never water more than twice a week, although I only water once. My zoysia lawn does just fine.
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Old 02-25-2013, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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Yes the soil is sandy but when the folks built the house they future anticipated gardening so filled the lot with sandy/black loam, in most of the lot. Example, the last time the sprinkler worked was three days ago and the soil is still wet, not standing water but damp. I will reduce my sprinkler times to twice a week for 20 minutes for each of the 5 zones- some overlap.
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Old 02-25-2013, 06:45 PM
 
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Well first off, you're only Legally allowed to water 3 days a week on a days mandated by your address. You're also not allowed to water between 10 AM and 4 PM.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/por...s_schedule.pdf
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