[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
Is the rusty weights on your lawn the issue? Or the Gran tourino engine?[/quote]
lol.
Vegita really got under your skin with that landscaper joke didnt he? It’s just a joke. Why dont you go to home depot or lowes and ask a specialist?[/quote]
Are you being serious?? I cap on mexicans more the Vegita does, as I said before I have no problems with racist jokes and even encourage them.
I went to home depot, told them my problem, they told me to wait outside if I needed some extra work[/quote]
Do you have really sandy soil or something? I would think even if your sprinlers aren’t giving you total coverage, if you leave them on long enough, you will saturate enough of the ground where the sprinklers are in range and the water will effectively “runoff” to the other dry areas. The runoff may even happen under the very surface.
Also, you could try eco-lawn. I mean if you have the money for a sprinklered lawn, just rip your whole lawn out and plant an eco-lawn. You probably wouldn’t even need sprinklers once it’s in. Just water it with a hose until it sets up nicely.
You could also just overseed it a few times. Water solidly for the first year and then let your lawn go weeks without water the second, the eco lawn will take over the other grass quickly.
Now there’s a great fkn IDEA!!! I knew eventually you’d be good for something! Gotta do a little more research on thi “eco-lawn”, but at first site it looks like a great idea.
If you have a low pressure problem the sprinkler will create a donut-shaped water pattern on the ground. There will be a very small green area right around the sprinkler head where water leaks from the head. Then there is a dry area for several feet (the donut hole), with a wet area farther out. This creates a pattern on grass shaped like a huge green donut, with a small bit of green in the very center. If this is happening you will need to use the radius adjustment screw to break up the stream so that more water falls closer to the rotor.
I actually read that exact article when I first began trying to adjust my sprinklers… But I think maybe I tightened the impact screw too much because yesterday I tried looking up more articles and found one that stated most sprinkler heads are designed to give even coverage and the impact screw should only be tightened if absolutely necessary, otherwise leave it untouched.
After reading that I figured that could be the problem because most of the impact screws were fairly tight, because I kept tightening them in an effort to stop the donut. I dunno, I loosened ALL the impact screws last night and will wait to see how that goes, but if not eco turf with a traditional watering system may be what I end up going with. Thanks for the help, I do appreciate it.
Back that screw off until it doesn’t touch. See how it sprays than make very minor adjustment if needed. That sounds like it may solve the problem.
What I also found interesting is that it states that if you are covering 35 feet per sprinkler head that you need 35 psi of water pressure plus 15 psi extra to make up for loss of psi in the line run. So you should have 50 psi at the shut off valve. It isn’t very hard to check this. Get yourself a pressure gauge from Home Depot or your local pool supply. Remove a sprinkler head and install the gauge or “T” it in. Bam now you’re sure that you have proper pressure. 1 psi for every foot of coverage at the sprinkler head.
I believe I would try a few things before I tore up my yard to start over.
You could always call the local news and show them the crop circles in your yard if all else fails!
The latest and greatest thing around my area now is to hammer a pipe with a bit on the end into the ground and tap into the water table. At my end of town it’s sand after you dig down about a foot and a half. My neighbor hits water at 7’. Buy a pump and some fittings and say screw you water man.
Good grass chokes out weeds. Seed a little every spring and weeds are easier to control.
Back that screw off until it doesn’t touch. See how it sprays than make very minor adjustment if needed. That sounds like it may solve the problem.
What I also found interesting is that it states that if you are covering 35 feet per sprinkler head that you need 35 psi of water pressure plus 15 psi extra to make up for loss of psi in the line run. So you should have 50 psi at the shut off valve. It isn’t very hard to check this. Get yourself a pressure gauge from Home Depot or your local pool supply. Remove a sprinkler head and install the gauge or “T” it in. Bam now you’re sure that you have proper pressure. 1 psi for every foot of coverage at the sprinkler head.
I believe I would try a few things before I tore up my yard to start over.
You could always call the local news and show them the crop circles in your yard if all else fails!
Good Luck.[/quote]
I could google this, but it’s early and I’m feeling a bit lazy. If I do realize that my water pressure is low how do I even fix that? Install larger pvc pipes thruout my yard??
[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
Now there’s a great fkn IDEA!!! I knew eventually you’d be good for something! Gotta do a little more research on thi “eco-lawn”, but at first site it looks like a great idea.
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No problem.
Even if you get your sprinkler system straightened out, you could apply eco-lawn seed in small amounts for 3 consecutive springs. Each year, the eco lawn will develop more and more and the other grass will be out-competed. I would say especially if you backed off the watering towards the end of each year. I don’t know if you have your watering on a schedule or if you just hit if it hasn’t rained in a couple days. The other benefit of eco lawn is it grows much slower so you mow less. Hell I’m going to start overseeding my lawn next spring because I have already mowed my lawn 20 times and summer has only just started!
Back that screw off until it doesn’t touch. See how it sprays than make very minor adjustment if needed. That sounds like it may solve the problem.
What I also found interesting is that it states that if you are covering 35 feet per sprinkler head that you need 35 psi of water pressure plus 15 psi extra to make up for loss of psi in the line run. So you should have 50 psi at the shut off valve. It isn’t very hard to check this. Get yourself a pressure gauge from Home Depot or your local pool supply. Remove a sprinkler head and install the gauge or “T” it in. Bam now you’re sure that you have proper pressure. 1 psi for every foot of coverage at the sprinkler head.
I believe I would try a few things before I tore up my yard to start over.
You could always call the local news and show them the crop circles in your yard if all else fails!
Good Luck.[/quote]
I could google this, but it’s early and I’m feeling a bit lazy. If I do realize that my water pressure is low how do I even fix that? Install larger pvc pipes thruout my yard??
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Add a booster pump. Inexpensive and easy to plumb just before you shut off delivery valves.
[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
Now there’s a great fkn IDEA!!! I knew eventually you’d be good for something! Gotta do a little more research on thi “eco-lawn”, but at first site it looks like a great idea.
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No problem.
Even if you get your sprinkler system straightened out, you could apply eco-lawn seed in small amounts for 3 consecutive springs. Each year, the eco lawn will develop more and more and the other grass will be out-competed. I would say especially if you backed off the watering towards the end of each year. I don’t know if you have your watering on a schedule or if you just hit if it hasn’t rained in a couple days. The other benefit of eco lawn is it grows much slower so you mow less. Hell I’m going to start overseeding my lawn next spring because I have already mowed my lawn 20 times and summer has only just started!
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Ya that was one of the major selling points for me, the fact that it grows slower. I have to pick up the dog crap and mow my massive lawn every other week. Takes me 2 hrs from start to finnish. That gets old real quick!
I kinda wanted to purchase the sod instead of seeding, but from what I hear UPS can destroy the sod before it even reaches you. I’m young and therefor the thought of seeding and waiting a couple of years for the lawn to grow doesn’t sound very appealing. I WANT RESULTS NAAAOOOWWW!
[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
Now there’s a great fkn IDEA!!! I knew eventually you’d be good for something! Gotta do a little more research on thi “eco-lawn”, but at first site it looks like a great idea.
[/quote]
No problem.
Even if you get your sprinkler system straightened out, you could apply eco-lawn seed in small amounts for 3 consecutive springs. Each year, the eco lawn will develop more and more and the other grass will be out-competed. I would say especially if you backed off the watering towards the end of each year. I don’t know if you have your watering on a schedule or if you just hit if it hasn’t rained in a couple days. The other benefit of eco lawn is it grows much slower so you mow less. Hell I’m going to start overseeding my lawn next spring because I have already mowed my lawn 20 times and summer has only just started!
V[/quote]
Ya that was one of the major selling points for me, the fact that it grows slower. I have to pick up the dog crap and mow my massive lawn every other week. Takes me 2 hrs from start to finnish. That gets old real quick!
I kinda wanted to purchase the sod instead of seeding, but from what I hear UPS can destroy the sod before it even reaches you. I’m young and therefor the thought of seeding and waiting a couple of years for the lawn to grow doesn’t sound very appealing. I WANT RESULTS NAAAOOOWWW![/quote]
Back that screw off until it doesn’t touch. See how it sprays than make very minor adjustment if needed. That sounds like it may solve the problem.
What I also found interesting is that it states that if you are covering 35 feet per sprinkler head that you need 35 psi of water pressure plus 15 psi extra to make up for loss of psi in the line run. So you should have 50 psi at the shut off valve. It isn’t very hard to check this. Get yourself a pressure gauge from Home Depot or your local pool supply. Remove a sprinkler head and install the gauge or “T” it in. Bam now you’re sure that you have proper pressure. 1 psi for every foot of coverage at the sprinkler head.
I believe I would try a few things before I tore up my yard to start over.
You could always call the local news and show them the crop circles in your yard if all else fails!
Good Luck.[/quote]
I could google this, but it’s early and I’m feeling a bit lazy. If I do realize that my water pressure is low how do I even fix that? Install larger pvc pipes thruout my yard??
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Add a booster pump. Inexpensive and easy to plumb just before you shut off delivery valves.[/quote]
Thanks I’ll look into that. You know I was thinking yesterday after reading your tips and the only are of my grass that is growing properly is the area that I did not install new sprinklers, they are still the same type of sprinkler though. Then the whole water pressure issue came into play and I think perhaps I just installed the wrong type of head on these rotary sprinklers. I know there’s different distances covered depending on the head you use, but I just went to home depot, bought some sprinklers and installed them. Maybe the head they came with is rated for bigger lawns (parks ect…) and my little yard doesn’t have the pressure for theses heads to function properly. I’m gunna hit up home depot this weekend and see if I can find some different heads for smaller lawns. Fingers crossed, I hope this works!
^ HAHA… I like how you chose a muscular guy in your avi. It makes it so others think you are a fan of BBing, when in reality you just have teh ghey and enjoy seeing men in thongs.
[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
^ HAHA… I like how you chose a muscular guy in your avi. It makes it so others think you are a fan of BBing, when in reality you just have teh ghey and enjoy seeing men in thongs.[/quote]
i am a fan of bodybuilding, why else would i be on T-Nation?
