Spring Ahead!
Spring is going to be here before you know it. We can start increasing our watering on the second Sunday of March. This year it is March 13. On March 13 you will be able to water 2 times a …
Category: Irrigation Maintenance Orlando
Dead Grass
Are you replacing sod again?? If you have to keep replacing sod, you have a sprinkler/ irrigation problem. Wet Grass does not mean the sprinklers work correctly. A working system is not a good system. With the water restrictions in …
Which Sprinkler Brand is Best?
Trick question as usual. Hunter, Rain Bird, Toro and Irritrol are all very similar. Usually, some one will argue that one company has one product better than its competition, and sometimes that is true. However, we believe it is the …
Should I Put My Timer Inside or Outside?
Should I have my sprinkler timer/controller inside or outside? The answer to this question is all based on personal preference. I, personally, like the timer/controller outside. Here is why: if it is outside nobody has to be at home to …
Rain Sensors, Moisture Sensors, or Smart Controllers
Recently, a water saving device, called the moisture sensor, emerged into the world of irrigation systems. So, just the other day, I did some research and read a study explaining how much water a moisture sensor actually saves. In the …
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Smart Controller or ET
What is a smart controller? A smart controller is just that, S-M-A-R-T. What a smart controller does is take on site conditions and calculate how long the irrigation needs to run based on those conditions. It takes into account temperature, …
Carbon and Pollution of Irrigation
We all know too much water is bad for our lawns and landscapes. But, have you given any thought to the extra resources that are used to waste the water? Extra energy to run the pumps that pump the water …
Turf-grass = Americas largest irrigated crop
I just saw in a magazine advertisement that Turf-grass is Americas Largest crop. I never thought of that before but it does make sense. It is now the rainy season which means it is time to start cutting back your …
Working Sprinklers ?
There is a difference between a working Orlando sprinkler system and an operational Irrigation System. A working sprinkler system is a group of sprinklers that turn on and spray. An operational Irrigation system is a group of sprinklers that can …
Lightening!
It looks like there is a lot of lightning this year in Orlando. The biggest thing you can do is check your irrigation controller. Just make sure that the the controller has a display and will turn on all of …