Saving water is the new thing to do. The Green (or Smart) controller is becoming very popular. If you have a good irrigation system in Orlando, you can benefit from a Smart/Green Controller. If your irrigation system does not have head to head coverage, a Smart/Green controller will not help. You must have great coverage [...]

The MP Rotator is being sold as a water saving device. A lot of salespeople are retrofitting existing systems with MP Rotators to make the system seem more efficient.
Well, don’t be fooled by the salespeople because these MP Rotators are not the next new thing. They are better in a few ways, but only a [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Yes, we are looking for a few good new customers. We will give a 10% discount on a new residential irrigation system that contains 4 to 12 zones and a controller, rain sensor and backflow. The only catch is that the work must be completed before the new year starts on January 1, 2012.
We [...]

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 [...]

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 study, they conducted an experiment using three different lawns: one with a controller, one with a [...]

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, rain fall and solar radiation. For example, smart controllers can tell the difference between a 90 [...]

Wow! I have to tell you about a really cool new product. It is called the ” Solar Sync”. It is made by Hunter Industries.
The solar sync resets your controller daily to the current weather conditions. Allow me to explain. It will turn off you Orlando irrigation system like a rain or moisture sensor. The difference [...]