Irrigation Advice 101: DON'T WAIT

Don't wait until the weather gets hot and dry before you call for a Spring Start-up. Temps got into the 80's and as a result over 200 calls came in over two days. We only can service 12-16 Start-ups a day due to the amount of time spent at each house. During the fall we can shut down 75 homes a day since the time spent on site is a fraction of the time that it takes for a Spring Start-up service. We started scheduling for Spring Start-ups the second week of April. A majority of the customers that have us out for service in April just have us check the system and program the timer BUT we leave it in the OFF Position and the homeowner then turns it ON when they are ready. This is a good way for anyone that likes to be ahead of the game.

Don't wait to start watering when your grass is dry. If you wait for it to start to go brown then you have waited too long and it might take a couple of weeks of watering for it to bounce back.