Dry out the swamp?
 

Greetings:

I recently moved into a new house and had a small square patch of sod
installed in my backyard for the dog. The person who installed it
tied in four sprinkler heads to the existing drip system that feeds
all my palms in the yard.

The area doesn't receive a lot of sunlight and, combined with the four
sprinklers working on a 10x10 area, the grass is growing great, but
the dog won't step foot in it 'cause it's nothing but mud!

The system is set as low as it can go, five minutes twice a day. Is
there a way I can turn down the sprinkler heads themselves, or
alternate two at a time. I don't want to start alternating days, as
I'm afraid it will kill the rest of the backyard.

Any thought, comments, or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

TIA.

Ben

Dry out the swamp?
 

Ben Parrnelli wrote:

Greetings:

I recently moved into a new house and had a small square patch of sod
installed in my backyard for the dog. The person who installed it
tied in four sprinkler heads to the existing drip system that feeds
all my palms in the yard.

The area doesn't receive a lot of sunlight and, combined with the four
sprinklers working on a 10x10 area, the grass is growing great, but
the dog won't step foot in it 'cause it's nothing but mud!

The system is set as low as it can go, five minutes twice a day. Is
there a way I can turn down the sprinkler heads themselves, or
alternate two at a time. I don't want to start alternating days, as
I'm afraid it will kill the rest of the backyard.

Any thought, comments, or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

TIA.

Ben

5 minutes a day? I can't imagine 5 minutes a day would create a swamp. 5
minutes a day would dry out by the end of the day. you have a leak some
where I think

Dry out the swamp?
 

You can put lower volume heads on the sprinklers that cover that area... but
it sounds like you have other issues, like why isn't the water soaking in or
drying up? I'd do a test. Try digging down in one spot of the affected area
and see you have a condition such as clay or rock that keeps the water
sitting on top. You can use a post hole digger - and you shouldn't have to
go any deeper than 24 inches.

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Ben Parrnelli wrote:

Greetings:

I recently moved into a new house and had a small square patch of sod
installed in my backyard for the dog. The person who installed it
tied in four sprinkler heads to the existing drip system that feeds
all my palms in the yard.

The area doesn't receive a lot of sunlight and, combined with the four
sprinklers working on a 10x10 area, the grass is growing great, but
the dog won't step foot in it 'cause it's nothing but mud!

The system is set as low as it can go, five minutes twice a day. Is
there a way I can turn down the sprinkler heads themselves, or
alternate two at a time. I don't want to start alternating days, as
I'm afraid it will kill the rest of the backyard.

Any thought, comments, or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

TIA.

Ben

5 minutes a day? I can't imagine 5 minutes a day would create a swamp. 5
minutes a day would dry out by the end of the day. you have a leak some
where I think