Seasonal irrigation is an easy way to manage irrigation costs and conserve our water resources. The following table provides recommended settings that can maintain a healthy lawn and save water. Use our irrigation worksheet to see how applying seasonal settings will affect your irrigation costs over a 12-month period when compared to your current settings.
|
Head Type
|
Setting
|
Summer June - August |
Fall Sep - Nov |
Winter Dec - Feb |
Spring March - May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray |
Ideal Range |
25 minutes 20 - 30 minutes |
15 minutes 10 - 20 minutes |
0 minutes 0 - 10 minutes |
20 minutes 15 - 20 minutes |
| Rotor |
Ideal Range |
45 minutes 40 - 60 minutes |
30 minutes 20 - 40 minutes |
<10 minutes 0 - 20 minutes |
40 minutes 35 - 55 minutes |
Table excerpted from "Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida," ABE 355, one of a series of the the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2005. Reviewed April 2014.