What time of day should I water?
Ideally you should water in the early morning hours. Your lawn will get the most out of the water you put down if your watering cycle is completed near sunrise. Watering in the evenings, particularly when the humidity is high, greatly increases the chance of your yard developing fungus.
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How much time should I water on each zone?
Over watering is often a bigger problem than underwatering, particularly early in the spring. Don't be in a rush to supplement nature's water. Mist head zones need to run half as much time as the rotor zones. Our standard spring setting is 10 minutes ...
When should I start my system?
Everyone is always anxious to kick-off the warmer spring weather, but don't rush supplemental watering, in fact, if the weather is mild we hope you wait until June to actually run your sprinkler, but there is nothing wrong with getting it ready! ...
We had a power surge, now my controller is watering at odd times
Your controller can get a little confused with an abrupt change in power. Unplug your controller, open the face and remove the back-up battery (if applicable). The newer Rain Bird© controller models, the TM, ESPMe, ESP M3 do not have batteries. ...
Why is my sprinkler head leaking all the time?
It is common for the last head on the zone to leak out for a short period of time after that zone has shut off. However, if it is leaking all the time and not just after the sprinkler has run, the issue is likely the valve for that zone and not ...
My system has a broken head – Can I still water?
Yes, you can... sort of. It depends on how broken the head is. For this question we will assume the head is seriously broken and functioning more like a fountain than a sprinkler. Running a zone with the broken head will waste a lot of water and ...