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As July and the “Dog days of summer” arrive, so will the need to water our lawns & plants! Up until now our area has experienced plenty of help in this department from Mother Nature. However, temperatures have started creeping ever so closely to the century mark and as one very wise person recently informed me that over the years Fathers Day begins what she calls the hot dry days of summer.
Well if this proves to indeed be true, and history generally tells us it does stay warm and a bit dry in July and August, we will need to really pay attention to our watering practices. Our landscapes and lawns will depend on us to insure they remain healthy during these times. Often times the tendency is to “over water” when the temperature rises and Mother Nature gets stingy with her help keeping plantings adequately hydrated.
All growing things depend on oxygen to survive if roots are held under to much water for to long they simply drown or they develop very shallow, unhealthy root systems. In over 30 years we have seen more people inadvertently kill new plantings with too much water than any other single thing. While in today’s society we all tend to be a bit busy with work schedules and social events, we must remember to care for our investment.
Technology in the irrigation field has grown significantly the past few years and now allows the user the ability to monitor proper watering through advanced controllers and much more efficient sprinkler heads and valves. The Solar Sync Sensor is, without a doubt, one of the best watering devices I have come across. It helps monitor the landscapes requirements much better than in the past. It not only shuts the system off during rainy periods, but adjusts watering times as the temperatures rise, as well as shutting down the system as freezing temperatures arrive in late fall and all at a very affordable price. Water saving, time saving and plant saving it really makes sense.
Want more information on proper watering? Check out our website @ www.tendercarelandscape.com click on the link ‘proper watering” on our home page.
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