Do dig down in a spot and see how far your water is penetrating. There's
no point in only watering the top inch of soil when the lawn is established...
that actually will increase your chances of problems with the lawn. Instead,
a good, deep soaking once a week is better... in the upper midwestern summers,
we figured an average of 1" of water a week to keep a bluegrass/fescue lawn
going. Luckily, in the midwest, you usually get that inch in rainfall.

I cannot, in good conscience, put an inch of water on my lawn out here in
the arid west (I'm near Portland, OR), so I'm maintaining a bit of lawn near
the house (my DH is a traditionalist) and slowly working on converting the
rest to native plants, which do not need summer watering. The lawn near the
house, however, just gets enough to keep it barely alive in the summer...
nowhere near enough to keep it green.

Kay

Kay
Fleemo is near Sacramento CA,
zone 9

In article om,
mleblanca wrote:

A moment of of contemplation for Emilie who will be experiencing 102 F
today. Stay cool.
--
FB - FFF

Billy
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/

On Aug 1, 10:51 am, Billy Rose wrote:
In article om,

mleblanca wrote:

A moment of of contemplation for Emilie who will be experiencing 102 F
today. Stay cool.
--
FB - FFF

Billyhttp://angryarab.blogspot.com/


lol Thanks Billy
Actually it "only " got to 100.7 and has already cooled down to
99.6. Nights about 65, so not too bad.
July temps: 29 days above 90,
2 days: 84 and 87 (the day it 'rained' .27 in.
Supposed to have a cold spell on the weekend; probably will
be changed before that arrives...Ha
Emilie
in the blast furnace