Here on Long Island most of our landscapes prefer cool to moderate warm weather and do not like this tropical heat. Plants are very resilient and over the millennia can tolerate heat waves and drought. [...]
It doesn’t happen often, however, occasionally, a sprinkler zone will run and run and won’t shut off. You see this and will go to the controller and turn the dial to off and the zone [...]
Summer arrives this week along with heat and humidity. It is time to increase the watering with more time per zone and every other day watering. For many of you, especially if you live in [...]
The months of April & May on Long Island are typically cool and wet. Combined with abundant soil moisture and lawn & landscape beginning to wake up from winter dormancy, very little supplemental irrigation is [...]
After a long, cold, and snowy winter on Long Island the warm weather is finally beginning to appear. Each day the weather gets warmer and there is more daylight. It feels great! In another month [...]
At this time of year on Long Island, you should begin watering when the daytime temperature is above 70 degrees and there is little or no rain. If it hasn’t rained for 3 or 4 [...]
A Smart Controller is a device that will manage the operation of your irrigation system with software that is in the cloud and accessed through a Wi-Fi connection. The program can be set up, reviewed, [...]
It’s a frequently asked question that I receive this time of year. Although it’s safe to water now that the temperatures are above freezing; however, the question should be do I need to water now? [...]
By now you are seeing the effects of hot dry weather on your lawn and landscape. Brown patches here and suffering plants there. Our turf is categorized as cool weather grasses which means they do [...]
I get asked this question all the time and according to different irrigation owners it means different things. For some, turning the water on and programming the controller are enough. Unfortunately, that will not work [...]
