Watering Your Lawn -- Best Practices

We handle the cutting. You handle the watering. Here's how to do it right:

• Your lawn needs approximately 1 inch of water per week (including rainfall)

• Water deeply rather than frequently to encourage deep root growth

• Early morning (6am-10am) is ideal -- less evaporation, less disease risk

• Avoid watering in the evening, as prolonged moisture overnight promotes fungal growth

• Use sprinklers that provide even coverage

• Water each zone for 20-30 minutes depending on your system's output

• Place a tuna can on the lawn to measure how long it takes to collect 1 inch

• Grass blades folding or curling

• Footprints remaining visible in the lawn

• Blue-grey colour instead of green

• Spongy or mushy lawn

• Mushroom growth

• Persistent puddles after watering

• It's okay for your lawn to go dormant (turn brown). It will recover when rain returns.

• We'll adjust our mowing schedule and height during drought conditions

• Focus available water on trees and high-value plantings rather than lawn