Depends on how good your soil is under your lawn. We have a front lawn that
requires very frequent watering in the hot summer because the lawn is on top of
very sandy soil on top of the raised septic filter bed. So we can't dig up the
area to improve the soil and we can't have any heavy equipment spread new
topsoil over the existing lawn. Plus that wouldn't work for long anyways since
the ants keep bringing sand up to the surface. Watering often seems to be the
only thing that works to keep the grass alive. And watering deeply just wastes
the water since the sandy soil is so well-draining. Slowly but surely we are
converting part of this lawn to low-growing creeping thyme...but it sure is
strange looking out at a purple lawn when the thyme is in bloom.

BT


"Jay Chan" wrote in message
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I just come across the following PDF page in Internet:
http://www.espoma.com/pdf/garden/GI_4.pdf

It says that we should deep water the lawn. But it also says this:
"During the summer, much of the root system deteriorates.
Therefore, summer waterings should be light and frequent."

This is new to me. I am under the impression that we should always
water the lawn deep, not "light and frequent".

Can someone help me to understand that suggestion?

Thanks.

Jay Chan