Archive for the ‘Orlando Irrigation & Rain’ Category

Green Controllers / Smart controllers

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 [...]

MP Rotator – Fact or Fiction?

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 [...]

Water Restrictions

It is really not water restrictions. It’s not even irrigation restrictions. It’s actually just what we need. If you are applying 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of water per irrigation cycle once a week, that’s all a healthy lawn and landscape need. If your lawn or landscape needs to be watered more than once [...]

Winterizing Your Florida Irrigation System

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 [...]

Do You Want a Smart Controller?

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 [...]

Crooked Heads?

No, not like a burglar or a politician. Examples of normal wear-and-tear on an Orlando irrigation system are heads becoming crooked, sideways, or out of plumb.
This distorts the way the water is projected out of the head and causes a functioning head to deliver water incorrectly. What can you do to fix it? Just get [...]

Looking for a Few Good Customers

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 [...]

All the Heads are Working

Just because all of your irrigation heads are working does not mean that they are working efficiently.
Over time, heads get pushed into the ground and get out of plumb or become crooked. They will need to be ” RESET” . This is simply digging up the heads and resetting them. Make sure they are plumb [...]

Dry Week Ahead

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 [...]

Keep Replacing the Same Sod?

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 [...]