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What type of bug is this?
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Sun, Oct 21, 12 at 12:23
| Ok, so I aerated the lawn, overseesed, and laid down some starter fertilizer. I've been watering 3 times per day for 8 minutes, and today is day 8. I get 1 in of water in 22 minutes. Should I cut down the water now? Also, I've seen quite a few of these bugs since I started this process. I didnt see them before hand. Do you know what it is? Also, the seeds have germinated, but I also see a lot more weeds. I think this is because of the excess watering. Any thoughts and recommendations? |
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RE: What type of bug is this?
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| Sorry - that doesn't make sense to me. You're putting down more than an inch of water a day? That's crazy. On top of that, I know of no irrigation system that can put down an inch of water in 22 minutes over any seriously-sized area. How did you calculate that number? |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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| 1500 sq ft front yard. I did the tuna can test I learned from here. I read online that the top 1 in should be wet at all times after seeding. Then after they start to germinate, to scale back to 1 in per week after 2 weeks. |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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| Well, it's less than that because the top right side has trees and bushes, so not much water goes there. |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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| this is what it looks like |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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| Well, it's less than that because the top right side has trees and bushes, so not much water goes there. |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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| Watering can be a little confusing when you talk to two different people. When I talk about watering, I strictly talk about the amount from the top. Apparently you ran into someone talking about moisture depth in the soil. In order to moisten the top 1 inch of soil, you only need to apply about 1/8 inch of water. The soil carries water around by capillary action. If you water 1 inch per week, for example, it will moisten the soil at least 6 inches deep. So if your system applies 1 inch in 22 minutes (yes Andy, they are out there), then you only need to run it for 30 seconds, more or less, each time. All you have to do is keep the seed moist at the surface. Even wetting the top inch is overkill. Where do you live? That 'bug' looks like a snail with one end of the shell broken off. |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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RE: What type of bug is this?
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Watering can be a little confusing when you talk to two different people. When I talk about watering, I strictly talk about the amount from the top. Apparently you ran into someone talking about moisture depth in the soil. In order to moisten the top 1 inch of soil, you only need to apply about 1/8 inch of water. The soil carries water around by capillary action. If you water 1 inch per week, for example, it will moisten the soil at least 6 inches deep. So if your system applies 1 inch in 22 minutes (yes Andy, they are out there), then you only need to run it for 30 seconds, more or less, each time. All you have to do is keep the seed moist at the surface. Even wetting the top inch is overkill.
Where do you live? That 'bug' looks like a snail with one end of the shell broken off. I agree on the irrigation system getting 1" in that timeframe. Mine does it no problem |
RE: What type of bug is this?
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| For anyone old enough to remember the Apollo mishap where three astronauts were killed in a 100% oxygen environment: I worked at an Air Force base where they were doing NASA testing in 100% O2. The same week as the NASA mishap, my organization had an accident which killed two test subjects. When that happened all manned 100% O2 tests stopped and the problem was analyzed. Halon ultimately became the fire suppression system of choice but not before many other systems were tried. I arrived 20 years after the mishap and they still had a water system in place in one of the test chambers. That system could dump 200 gallons of water through conical spray nozzles and into the chamber in just a few seconds. Any fire would be put out within milliseconds of a spark being sensed. The rest of the water was mostly just drainage from the tanks. |
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