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Sprinkler Coverage
So I'm wondering whether an area of grass being watered by two
sprinkler heads is enough coverage or whether it's necessary to have it watered by three? I've designed my sprinkler layout (please see http://www.sunriveronline.org/misc/sprinklers) but no matter how I slice it, there are a few small areas that only receive water from two sprinkler heads. Is this sufficient? -Fleemo |
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Sprinkler Coverage
the best answer would depend on the amount of moisture required for
your particular breed of grass and soil and drainage, subject to any water shortage restrictions in your area. the short answer is try it for a week in hottest weather and watch the lawn carefully. irrigation can easily be more effective with additional heads, of course. deliver water at optimum time of night for effective watering with low evaporation. read this: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/law...teringyourlawn wrote: So I'm wondering whether an area of grass being watered by two sprinkler heads is enough coverage or whether it's necessary to have it watered by three? I've designed my sprinkler layout (please see http://www.sunriveronline.org/misc/sprinklers) but no matter how I slice it, there are a few small areas that only receive water from two sprinkler heads. Is this sufficient? -Fleemo |
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Sprinkler Coverage
wrote: So I'm wondering whether an area of grass being watered by two sprinkler heads is enough coverage or whether it's necessary to have it watered by three? I've designed my sprinkler layout (please see http://www.sunriveronline.org/misc/sprinklers) but no matter how I slice it, there are a few small areas that only receive water from two sprinkler heads. Is this sufficient? -Fleemo How many heads any area gets is not the issue. The issue is to try to balance the coverage so all areas get about the same amount of water. Whether you get that from 2 heads or 4 doesn't matter. No matter what you do, it won't be perfect. What you want as a first approximation is all the heads to be delivering about the same coverage. That means a head that covers 90deg is putting out 4X the rate of a head with the same nozzle that covers 360. The spray distance of the head is also a factor. |
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Thanks for the input.
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