Properly watering your lawn is essential to your lawns life and health. A lawn is more than your yard covered in grasses; it is comparable to a giant living plant, which needs water to continue to flourish. Like all plants, over-watering can be damaging and harmful, as well as watering too little. If you live in a humid sub-tropical area then watering every day may not be necessary. Depending on how much rain water your area receives will reflect how much you should water your lawn.

The first thing to consider is the effectiveness of your current watering method. Watering your lawn properly means choosing the most efficient ways to get your lawn and grass the water it needs to survive and remain green. Sprinklers that move upwards and downwards are useless, and waste a lot of water. Using a regular hose to water isn’t worth your time either.

First step would be to indentify any water restrictions in your area. Since there is a global shortage on water, it’s important to use a proper method that doesn’t involve wasting. Deep watering is ideal because it allows your plants to receive the most beneficial water, instead of letting the water evaporate from the surface. Also, watering in the evening and mid-afternoon is the absolute worst time to water your lawn. Instead, water in the early morning just before or just after sunrise. This will keep your lawn happy, healthy, green, and requires less wasted water.

In addition to basic guidance with watering, you can choose specific methods of watering to keep your lawn healthy. Irrigation is a good way to water your lawn effectively, as well as specific sprinklers designed to let water settle into the soil, not rest on top of the grass. Different lawns require different needs. Newly planted grass requires a great deal of water, while older lawns are mature and are “trained” to absorb what they need in a specific way.

Watering your lawn properly is one of the easiest things to do, but also one of the most important. If you water your lawn properly you will see a decline in your water bill, as well as a healthier lawn that doesn’t develop grass related diseases.