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Phoenix61

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1. When I found out that's all the water my lawn needed

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:12 PM

Jun 2017

I bought a rainwater gauge and paid attention when I had the sprinkler going. I was running it for 4 hours when I only needed to run it for 45 minutes. Dropped my water bill down and I swear the lawn looks better.

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Simple Tactic Results in Dramatic Water Conservation [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jun 2017 OP

When I found out that's all the water my lawn needed Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #1

Except that the "one inch per week" is a vast over-simplification. JayhawkSD Jun 2017 #2

The sign says "most lawns..." OKIsItJustMe Jun 2017 #3

As a landscape management professional for twenty years, I am well aware of that. JayhawkSD Jun 2017 #4