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I've never cared for a lawn in my life, so purely out of curiosity, why should a sprinkler system be on in the early morning? Wouldn't morning dew take care of
by Cowen 12y ago
I've never cared for a lawn in my life, so purely out of curiosity, why should a sprinkler system be on in the early morning? Wouldn't morning dew take care of watering grass around those hours?
- joosters 12y agoIf you water in the middle of the day, you'll lose more water to evaporation before it can soak into the soil.
- nitrogen 12y agoA lawn doesn't need a constant mist, it needs a couple of inches of water a couple of times a week. Dew is unlikely to accumulate to that depth. Watering in the morning reduces evaporation.
- getsaf 12y agoMorning dew is not enough to consider your lawn watered. Typically you want a few inches of saturated soil for watering. As for why it's not "ideal" to run sprinklers in the middle of the day, the idea is that if you water early in the morning, then all of your sunlight hours beat on watered grass. If you just started watering in the afternoon, your grass has already been in prime morning sunlight without the watered soil to boost growing. It's not necessarily bad, it's just not ideal.
- gboss 12y agoIt's because the rate of evaporation is highest during the noon hours. Water utilities regularly ask people to water their lawns in the early morning or evening to reduce wasting water to evaporation before it can be soaked in by the grass itself.