Watering in the morning? Watering in the evening? Does it even matter?

(Dave) wrote:
Watering in the morning? Watering in the evening? Does it even matter?

Anytime is better than no-time. Early morning before sun-up is best.

"Dave" wrote in message
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Watering in the morning? Watering in the evening? Does it even matter?

It does matter. Water in the morning.

If you water in the hottest part of the day, much of your water will be lost
to evaporation before it soaks into the soil. If you water in the evening,
you will promote mildew, fungus and other diseases because your lawn and
plants will remain damp overnight.

I agree. My time is set to water at 6am.

"| Watering in the morning? Watering in the evening? Does it even matter?
|
| It does matter. Water in the morning.
|
| If you water in the hottest part of the day, much of your water will be
lost
| to evaporation before it soaks into the soil. If you water in the
evening,
| you will promote mildew, fungus and other diseases because your lawn and
| plants will remain damp overnight.

On 15 Jul 2004 21:49:38 -0700, (Dave) wrote:

Watering in the morning? Watering in the evening? Does it even matter?

Watering early in the morning. The water will have soaked down into
the soil before the sun has a chance to evaporate it. Plus, if you
water at night, mold/fungus has several hours to set in before the sun
rises.

hth,

tom






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Of course the problem is with a reasonable size lawn and many zones,
it takes quite a while to water properly, not just a couple hours. I
time it so that it ends by about 8AM, when it's still cool and little
water will be lost to evaporation. If that means starting it at 2AM,
I wouldn't worry about it.

IMO, the idea that watering overnight is bad is over rated. After
all, it rains at night doesn't it? The biggest fungus and disease
problems come from watering too frequently, like every day, which many
people do. Do that at night and eventually you will have trouble.
Best practice is to only water when it needs it, and then to put down
about an inch. Given a choice, I would agree it's better not to leave
it wet longer than necessary, so I wouldn't do it in the early
evening, but if you need to start in the wee hours of the morning,
it's not a problem.

Water whenever your grass appears to need watering. However, if you have a
sprinkler system, set it to water between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m -- better for the
grass. Always water lightly before fertilizing and water afterwards to
allow the fertilizer to not "burn" the grass (or apply fertilizer when rain
chances are high and let nature do the work). Watering in the heat of the
day simply wastes water (due to evaporation). In some parts of the country,
watering in the evening may promote fungal growth to the grass. However,
it's okay to water shrubbery and plants appearing to need water whenever
possible.
"Dave" wrote in message
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Watering in the morning? Watering in the evening? Does it even matter?

I was told by a lawn care company not to water until about 11am. This will
prevent over-watering (water + dew). Does this make sense???

-Bill


"Chet Hayes" wrote in message
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Of course the problem is with a reasonable size lawn and many zones,
it takes quite a while to water properly, not just a couple hours. I
time it so that it ends by about 8AM, when it's still cool and little
water will be lost to evaporation. If that means starting it at 2AM,
I wouldn't worry about it.

IMO, the idea that watering overnight is bad is over rated. After
all, it rains at night doesn't it? The biggest fungus and disease
problems come from watering too frequently, like every day, which many
people do. Do that at night and eventually you will have trouble.
Best practice is to only water when it needs it, and then to put down
about an inch. Given a choice, I would agree it's better not to leave
it wet longer than necessary, so I wouldn't do it in the early
evening, but if you need to start in the wee hours of the morning,
it's not a problem.

"Mr Titan" wrote in message
...
I was told by a lawn care company not to water until about 11am. This
will
prevent over-watering (water + dew). Does this make sense???
-Bill

All the 'Garden Gurus' on TV in the Puget Sound area here say to water first
thing in the morning (less evaporation they explain). I've never heard of
the '11 am thing' from any of them.

(¯`·._.· £ãrrÿ ·._.·´¯)

I'm with Chet on this one. Don't water after 8:00 am, it just evaporates
and doesn't sink in. Watering at 11:00 am is a waste of water.

--
Jim Sullivan
seattle, washington

"Mr Titan" wrote in message
...
I was told by a lawn care company not to water until about 11am. This will
prevent over-watering (water + dew). Does this make sense???

-Bill


"Chet Hayes" wrote in message
om...
Of course the problem is with a reasonable size lawn and many zones,
it takes quite a while to water properly, not just a couple hours. I
time it so that it ends by about 8AM, when it's still cool and little
water will be lost to evaporation. If that means starting it at 2AM,
I wouldn't worry about it.

IMO, the idea that watering overnight is bad is over rated. After
all, it rains at night doesn't it? The biggest fungus and disease
problems come from watering too frequently, like every day, which many
people do. Do that at night and eventually you will have trouble.
Best practice is to only water when it needs it, and then to put down
about an inch. Given a choice, I would agree it's better not to leave
it wet longer than necessary, so I wouldn't do it in the early
evening, but if you need to start in the wee hours of the morning,
it's not a problem.

"Mr Titan" wrote:
I was told by a lawn care company not to water until about 11am. This
will prevent over-watering (water + dew). Does this make sense???

-Bill

Not unless you're trying to lower your soil temperature. It's
damn near impossible to over-water turfgrass in the summer.

"Jim Sullivan" wrote in message
...
I'm with Chet on this one.

Who's 'Chet"??????
(¯`·._.· £ãrrÿ ·._.·´¯)


Don't water after 8:00 am, it just evaporates
and doesn't sink in. Watering at 11:00 am is a waste of water.

--
Jim Sullivan
seattle, washington

"Mr Titan" wrote in message
...
I was told by a lawn care company not to water until about 11am. This
will
prevent over-watering (water + dew). Does this make sense???

-Bill


"Chet Hayes" wrote in message
om...
Of course the problem is with a reasonable size lawn and many zones,
it takes quite a while to water properly, not just a couple hours. I
time it so that it ends by about 8AM, when it's still cool and little
water will be lost to evaporation. If that means starting it at 2AM,
I wouldn't worry about it.

IMO, the idea that watering overnight is bad is over rated. After
all, it rains at night doesn't it? The biggest fungus and disease
problems come from watering too frequently, like every day, which many
people do. Do that at night and eventually you will have trouble.
Best practice is to only water when it needs it, and then to put down
about an inch. Given a choice, I would agree it's better not to leave
it wet longer than necessary, so I wouldn't do it in the early
evening, but if you need to start in the wee hours of the morning,
it's not a problem.