In Suntree, for some unknown reason they have been running the sprinklers in the yards 4 times a day. We did not plant grass seeds or anything else to justify watering the entire community 4 times a day. Unless a professional guaranteed that watering 4 times a day would fix the problem. Then do not conduct costly experiments on the entire community. You use one or two zones as your test zones to prevent incurring huge expenses! Use a little common sense, please. Don't make it cost more than it has too or come to terms that our summer lawns will always look like crap.
They start watering at 4:30 then again around 8:00 then again at midnight then again at 5:00 am. Now we have more weeds, clovers, less grass, and three times the water bill. The conditions worsened rather than improved across the community. The soil is soft so the 2 inches of water running into the streets each night is not from run off. The lawns are not soggy nor is there puddling water in the grass to indicate over saturation is causing the run off. If the goal was to flood irrigate it didn't happen.
Thus, proving the water in the street isn't caused from water not penetrating the soil then running off into the street as previously thought. It isn't caused from the grade of the yards either. It could be caused from the type of sprinkler heads currently used that create a mist or fog rather than a stream of water and watering from the top down. A stream would make any mis-directioned heads obvious, is not affected by the wind, and reduces evaporation. It would also allow for flood irrigation when necessary or less frequent watering. I have Bermuda in my backyard and I only water every other day. My grass is greener and fuller even in the shade and under my trees than the front lawns. I haven't spent a dime on it other than water and it's just a Home Depot generic grass.
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