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Green lawn irrigation not only saves water and helps the environment; it results in a healthier landscape.Turf management studies have shown that most lawns only need to be watered every 4 to 8 days, yet many homeowners irrigate much more frequently.
One of the key concepts in green lawn irrigation is that plants that are watered deeply create deeper, healthier root systems. By reducing the number of lawn irrigation days, and increasing the duration of watering, a healthy, stable lawn can be created.
One or two good sessions a week should provide enough water for the lawn, but runoff should be watched as the duration of irrigation is increased. If puddles or water draining off the lawn is noticed, watering time should be broken into shorter cycles with a 15 or 30-minute break in between.
A regular schedule of fertilizer will give grass the energy to develop into strong, healthy turf, reducing lawn irrigation needs. Fertilize cool season grass in the spring and fall. Fertilize warm season grass in the early and late summer.
Make sure the blade of the mower is sharp and cut grass a bit longer. Long grass blades promote deep roots and provide shade to reduce heat stress. Mowing early in the day reduces the stress created by mowing.
Inspect the lawn irrigation system regularly. Replace broken or leaky sprinkler heads. Check for tilted or misaligned heads and adjust as needed.
Clogged heads will reduce the lawn irrigation coverage area and wastewater. Inspect and clean sprinkler heads to remove accumulated grit or plant debris.
Lawn irrigation systems that are run under too much pressure produce mist instead of droplets. Mist is carried away by the wind and never reaches your lawn.
In warm weather, adjust the lawn irrigation system to only water at night. Water loss will be less due to evaporation by avoiding daytime watering.
Override the lawn irrigation in windy or rainy weather. Wind will cause uneven watering and rain is free water-don't duplicate the effort.
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Drainage
- Green manure
- Irrigation pipe aqueduct, Pipe aqueduct, Pipe flume
- Syphon, Inverted siphon, Irrigation syphon, Canal syphon, Syphon superpassage
- Lift irrigation area, or Lift area
- Continuous-flow irrigation
- Night-storage irrigation system
- Intermittent-flow irrigation system
- Irrigation return flow
- Farm irrigation structures
- Collective irrigation system
- Individual irrigation system
- Perennial irrigation
- Seasonal irrigation
- Supplemental irrigation
- Systematic irrigation
- Flow irrigation, or Gravity irrigation
- Pumping irrigation
- Inundation irrigation
- Irrigation from a storage reservoir
- Irrigation from groundwater
- Irrigation by flood water spreading
- Sailab irrigation (a term used in India and Pakistan)
- Micro basin irrigation
- Irrigation by spreading
- Irrigation
- Irrigation interval
- Irrigation dose
- Ideal irrigation interval
- Irrigation season
- Fall irrigation (USA)
- Winter irrigation (USA)
- Early irrigation (USA)
- Sub-irrigation
- Overirrigation
- Irrigation canals
- Surface irrigation
- Flood irrigation
- Basin method of irrigation, or Irrigation by beds
- Flush irrigation
- Spate irrigation
- Border irrigation, or Border method
- Flooding from ditches, or (contour ditch irrigation)
- Corrugation irrigation
- Furrow irrigation
- Surge irrigation
- Duration of irrigation
- Secondary flow, Two discharge, or Cutback irrigation
- Primary flow irrigation (single discharge)
- Wave irrigation
- Irrigation through buried drains, Irrigation-drainage, or Vallenhove process
- Irrigation by nappe control, or Ramspol process
- Selection of irrigation parameters
- Sprinkler irrigation
- Irrigation terminal
- Irrigation device
- Perforated pipe sprinkler irrigation
- Irrigation sprinkler machine
- Centre pivot irrigation
- Lateral-move irrigation machine sprinkler method
- Solid set irrigation
- Piloting of irrigation
- Irrigation cycle
- Micro-irrigation, Localized irrigation, Drip irrigation, Trickle irrigation
- Mobile micro-irrigation
- Pulse irrigation
- Surface drip irrigation
- Buried drip irrigation
- Drip irrigation functioning by propulsions
- Micro-irrigation network
- Micro-irrigation nozzle-line
- Irrigation dose
- Semi-automatic control (of irrigation)
- Micro-irrigation system with hydraulic sequential operation
- Automatic control (of irrigation)
- Porous wall microirrigation tubing
- Proportional irrigation pump
- Irrigation water
- Irrigation water requirement, Irrigation need
- Net irrigation requirement, Farm delivery requirement, or Delta at farm
- Crop irrigation requirement
- Diversion requirement, Gross irrigation requirement, or Delta at head of main canal
- Optimum irrigation requirements
- Irrigation efficiency, Farm irrigation efficiency, Farm delivery efficiency, Water conveyance and delivery efficiency, or Overall efficiency
- Irrigation water-requirement
- Subirrigation
- Surge irrigation
- Irrigation water use efficiency
- Unit irrigation efficiency
- Economic efficiency of irrigation
- Irrigation efficiency
- Agronomic efficiency of irrigation or Agronomic productivity of irrigation
- Degree of durability of irrigation
- Green concrete
- Green cutting
- Green timber
- Programmed irrigation
- Fully automatic irrigation system
- Irrigation development project or system
- Evergreen
- Greenhouse effect
- Green revolution
- Green manure crops
- Irrigation
- Surface irrigation
- Basin Irrigation
- Overhead irrigation
- Sub‑irrigation
- Microirrigation
- Trickle irrigation
- Drip irrigation
- Total irrigation
- Supplemental irrigation
- Preplant irrigation
- Organic irrigation
- Conjunctive irrigation planning
- Irrigation project
- Irrigation potential
- Assessment of irrigation charges
- Irrigation cess
- Water rate, Water charge, Irrigation rate, or Irrigation assessment
- Primary benefits, Primary effects, Direct irrigation benefits, or Direct irrigation effects
- Secondary benefits, Secondary effects, Indirect irrigation benefits, or Indirect irrigation effects
- Economic value of unit of irrigation water
- Revenue value of a unit of irrigation water
- Separable costs-remaining benefit method, Green book method
- Greenhouse Effect
- Greenhouse Gas
