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Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 22:30
| I am getting my lawn ready for overseeding, and I am concerned about how to go about accomplishing the frequent watering that is needed in the coming weeks. I have about an acre of lawn with no underground irrigation system, so I have to rely on hoses. The best plan I have is to buy a couple 4 valve timer systems (see link below), one for the front of the house and then one for the back. Then, get a whole mess of hose running all over the yard for the 5-6wks. That's an awful lot of hose, but it seems like that's what it's going to take. Not sure how anyone else does it, considering the watering schedule required. Any thoughts, tips or advice on watering an overseeded is appreciated! Thanks, Matt |
Here is a link that might be useful: 4-valve watering timer
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| Whenever I've done overseeding, I had the lawn core aerated first. Much of the seed falls in the holes. These seeds will require much less watering since the water accumulates in the holes, they get wet and they don't dry out very easily. In this case, I rarely watered. Only if we went a week or so without rain. Maybe if we had 4 sunny days of temps in the 80's I would water also. |
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