Show lawn practices conserve W water uter urban residents can help conserve most precious commodity water ilow how sim ply by following practices in watering lawns that give the best results from the least amount of water says county agent bill farnsworth with the utah state university ex tension services four practices de determine the results that you get from water applied to lawns they are time of day water Is applied frequency of watering amount of water applied and type sprinkler used the ideal time for watering the lawn is before 8 aam a m at this thia time of day less water is wasted through evaporation and tile the grass dries oft off during the day for use or other care tests show that as much as 40 percent of the water used in hotter parts of the day evaporates lawns should be wit wa only when the grass begins to wilt the first sign of wilting is the darkening of the grass color more frequent watering encourages fungus diseases one common fungus disease caused by watering too much is brown patch sufficient water should be applied to maintain moisture to a depth of 20 inches nix encourages deep rooting which makes the grass and lawn plants more resident to drought sprinklers lers that expel a very fine mist waste more water through evaporation and drift than sprinklers lers that expel water in heavier droplets installation of magnetic valves and time clock mechanisms in permanent underground sprinkling systems enables you to water your lawn at the ideal tune time of day with no effort in addition to the other advantages advantage of early morning watering water drw vr ure sure is greater and gives a better of water over ever the th lawi |