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New and Improved Irrigation System Rain Sensor Uses the Technology of Rain Activated Windshield Wipers
by Gerald Mortenson, PE (Retired) Fall 2011
Rain sensors are mandatory in Pinellas County - many are installed but few if any actually work.Gerald Mortenson, a resident member of a Tierra Verde homeowners association found a very sensible, economical and functional rain sensor.
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EtherRain 8 Irrigation Controller Uses the Internet to Control Your Irrigation System
Fall 2011The EtherRain 8 is a great irrigation controller for lawns and landscapes in Pinellas County. It can control 8 or more zones of irrigation just like many other irrigation controllers, but where other controllers use dials, buttons, arrows and a dim LED readout – EtherRain 8 uses a simple form you fill out on the internet.
Irrigation, Water and St Augustine Grass: Healthy, Weed Free and Green Lawn - Just Add Water
by Rick Orr Fall 2011
The picture shows a leaking irrigation pipe keeping the soil moist near the leak. The St Augustine grass above the leak is healthy, thick, green and weed free. The St Augustine grass beyond the leak is brown, weak, thin and weedy. The difference being - water! If you want a healthy, weed free, GREEN lawn, water as much and as often as law permits.
You Can’t Count on Scattered Thunder Storms to Keep your St Augustine Lawn Alive
by Rick Orr Summer 2011
If you have turned off your irrigation due to the constant rainfall over the past weeks – please turn it back on. You can’t expect Thunderstorms to keep your St Augustine lawn alive.
How to Set Up Your Irrigation System to Keep a St Augustine Lawn Alive with 2x Week Watering Restrictions
by Rick Orr Spring 2011
SWFWMD has allowed twice per week irrigation of lawns. That is still one day short of the three times per week needed to maintain a St Augustine Lawn in Pinellas County. But there are some simple steps you can take to prepare your lawn and your irrigation system to help your St Augustine lawn survive twice a week watering during summer heat and drought.
Reclaimed Water is Great for Irrigating Your St Augustine Lawn
Spring 2011I am always a hero when I am working with lawns irrigated with reclaimed water. Reclaimed water is great stuff: safe, plentiful, unrestricted and as far as quality - second only to natural rainfall.
New Lawn Watering Restrictions - 2x per Week
Summer 2010Effective July 1st, 2010, SWFMD changed year-round water conservation measures to allow lawn watering twice per week for privately owned wells and lake source irrigation.
Why So Many Lawns Fail
Spring 2010St Augustine is, when you know the biology, a simple grass to grow into a nice lawn. Yet many St Augustine lawns fail. Why? It isn’t weeds – weeds don’t kill lawns. Some insects like Chinch Bugs and Grubs can damage a lawn; even kill a lawn if left uncontrolled. Fertility or the lack of nutrients can weaken a lawn but will not kill a lawn. Mowing to low will stress a lawn and cause decline but not death. The reason so many lawns fail in Pinellas County is poor irrigation.
Once (1x) per Week is Not Enough
Summer 2009I service lawns irrigated with reclaimed water - 3x per week water privileges - and many with well water - restricted to 1x per week watering. My observation is: Once per week watering is insufficient to sustain a St Augustine lawn in Pinellas County – it does not work!
Water is the Fuel - Hydretain is the Mileage Extender
Summer 2009Water is the fuel that runs your grass – no water – no growing. Clearly the water restrictions limit this resource so needed by your lawn to be healthy (for more info go to: Turf Topics on Once per Week Watering). It is very stressful on the turf when it only receives supplemental water every 7 days – the turf will decline.
There is No Water Shortage
by Rick Orr Spring 2009
Every drop of water that was here at creation is still on this planet (except what may have been ferried into outer space by various space agencies). Water exists in a perpetual cycle, the water cycle – water literally falls from the sky as part of the water cycle. We are not depleting the water on the planet. Again all the water that was here at creation is still here.
Lawn Art Gallery
Take a moment to browse the collection of lawn art and perhaps be inspired to with some lawn art ideas for your landscape. view gallery
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