I know that it just froze this week and that it may freeze again soon. So, keep an eye on your irrigation in Orlando. We do not want it to get away from us. Make sure you run your Orlando irrigation system a little to keep the heads lubricated. Make sure you keep it working [...]

It’s not really water restrictions. It’s just what you need, and no extra water.
We just set our clocks back an hour and now it is time to turn your Orlando irrigation controllers back. Yes, now we’re only watering on the weekends. Here are some of the watering restrictions:

Odd addresses water on Saturday and even addresses [...]

This is how I winterize my Orlando irrigation system:
Simply put, I stop watering so much. Last year I installed a Solar Sync to my irrigation system. The Solar Sync made my Hunter Pro C controller a Smart controller.
The Solar Sync re adjust my runtimes according to the weather. It automatically increases and decreases my runtimes. [...]

There are a few thing you should know about your Orlando sprinkler system as it ages. It gets OLD. It is plastic and rubber. Plastic gets brittle and rubber dry rots. Some systems start having issues after only 5 years old. Some last as long as 20. The biggest difference seems to be the [...]

Good News! There isn’t too much winterizing to do in Central Florida. For the most part, the irrigation system could be used at anytime in Central Florida. It is not uncommon to have temperatures in the 80’s during a Florida Winter.
If we have a severe period of freezing in Orlando, you may want to cover [...]

It’s beginning to cool off-time to start reducing irrigation run times and/or frequency.
I would recommend running the irrigation much less than normal. At my home, I am already down to running the irrigation once a week. The lawn and landscape look great. If you have an ET system you should be around 25% RUN TIMES.
If [...]

First things first.  A smart controller will adjust the run times of your Orlando irrigation system according to weather. They are affordable and you may already have some of the equipment right now!
Generally, your irrigation system will us a lot less water in the winter and a lot more water in the summer. Over a [...]

In Central Florida, it is not necessary to winterize your irrigation system. It is more than likely that you will need to use the system during the Florida winter. It is common to need irrigation about 2 times per month. Yes, only twice a month. Our ET (evapotranspiration) rate is below 2 inches per [...]

Dry week, this week! Make sure your irrigation system is working correctly. Most people don’t pay attention to the irrigation, just dead grass.
We recommend making sure your irrigation system is working properly. Then wait-wait until you see the beginning of stress in your dry grass. Then water about a 1/2 inch. Count the days since [...]

Most people that assume they have dead sod immediately replace it. If you keep replacing the same sod or plant material, you probably have an irrigation problem. Most plant / sod decline and death are due to a lack of water. It probably gets wet, but not wet enough. If you need to have the [...]