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how often should I water the lawn?

5K views 21 replies 11 participants last post by  jamiedolan 
#1 ·
I reside in north east NJ 20 minutes away from NYC. The previous owners never watered the lawn before.

I am currently in the process of killing off the weeds in the back.

I am not sure on what type of grass it is. Some areas are kind of dried out.

Will post up some pics tomorrow morning.

Thanks.
 
#5 ·
I water if I reseed an area
I think I watered once a few years ago when we had a dry hot spell
But I felt like I was throwing an ice cube in the desert :laughing:

I have landscaped & have been adding small trees to help shade areas
Once you start watering it seems the grass then needs the water
So if you stop...then the lawn suffers worse....IMO

I water my veggie gardens, but not the lawn
 
#22 ·
If you really care about making it nice and green so it looks like the other lawns that hire a lawn service, then yes.

Once a year, only for my front yard I do this:

Water the entire area very well, maybe several hours or more if ground is dry.
Buy box of Miracle grow, either select or Miracle grow for Lawns.

Put it in miracle grow dispenser attach to hose and apply by hand to the whole front lawn.

Give it several good watering sessions over the next few days, starting about a day after you apply the miracle grow.

Like others said, mow as high as your mower goes, let it grow as long as you can.

If you use the miracle grow like I described with the watering, you will notice a dramatic improvement in how green the lawn is within a few days.

Jamie
 
#19 ·
I think I'm going to purchase the Black and Decker cordless cultivator and get some Scotts Patchmaster Tall Fescue Grass.

Been researching and looking at people's blog posts and it looks like it grows very well and may be much cheaper than getting grass seeds, fertilizer, etc..
 
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