TRUGREEN recently sent out the following to Houston
Home Owners on the proper lawn watering and we felt it was important to pass
their information onto you:
The Mail out read as follows:
Proper watering is critical to your lawn’s health
and vigor. Deep and infrequent watering is the best practice. This means
wetting the soil to a depth of 3-5 inches per irrigation. Water during the
morning rather than the afternoon or evening; this allows the leaf blades to
dry and reduces the risk of disease. Let the turf determine water frequency.
Water at first signs of stress and not on a predetermined schedule. St
Augustine turf has a poor drought tolerance and requires irrigation to survive during
our long hot summers.
HOMEOWNER WATERING GUIDELINES FOR HOUSTON LAWNS
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SEASON
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MONTHS
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GUIDELINES
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Early Spring
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January, February
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Rainfall is usually adequate. Water if we have a 2 week period of no
rain
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Spring
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March, April, May
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Water weekly if less than 1 inch of rainfall occurs
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Summer
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June, July, August
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Water each section
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Fall
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September, October
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REDUCE WATER FREQUENCY! This
is Brown Patch season & excess water triggers this disease.
During September water weekly if no rainfall & every 2 weeks in
October if no rain
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Winter
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November, December
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Rainfall is usually adequate. Water if we have a 2 week period of no
rain
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Do
not water every day or two. Frequent, short watering encourages shallow roots,
unhealthy grass plants and turf susceptible to drought and disease
