Experts all agree that it is best to water your yard in the morning. What is HORTICULTURAL reason for this?

Answer 1

Horticultural reason for watering in the morning...

powdery mildew (ten types)
downy mildew
brown rot
gray mold
ptytophthora brown rot
black spot
white mold
shot hole
leaf curl
bacterial canker
apple scab
pear scab
vascular wilts
amillaria root rot
crown gall
common smut
damping off
phytophthora root and crown rot

just to name a few of the diseases that grow and attact plants when they remain cold and wet during the night.

you wouldn't put your family to bed in wet Jammie's, so why put your garden to bed wet?

there is not one valid hort reason to irrigate at night.

Answer 2

It is best to water your lawn or flowers in the morning between the hours of 6-9 am before the sun is really hot. The sun will fry your lawn if you water during the main peek of the day. Plus, if it's really hot and humid outside, it defeats the purpose of watering, because the water doesnt get the chance to soak into the lawn it evaporates before it hits the ground.

Answer 3

the reason for this is to keep from burning up the lawn never water when the sun is at its highest the water on the lawn will draw heat and cause burning same goes for trees to water a tree when the sun is at its highest is to use a 5 gallon bucket with a hole in the bottom if you put water on the leaves it will burn the tree and cause the leaves to turn brown wont kill the tree but it will make it look really bad

Answer 4

Hi, may be it gives the plants time to suck up the water before the sun comes up, how ever i don't agree with that. I have an allotment and i do try to water it last thing at night which then gives more than enough time for the water to do its thing.

Answer 5

my expertise suggest the opposite ; primarily because i live in north Queensland where the temperature can be very hot ; and if you have watered plants ; by the time sun gets up it could do serious damage to the leaf structure --- whereby our southern cousins probably need to water in the morning because if there is any chance of frost at night --- it will have , indeed a similar effect .
overview --- north of tropic of Capricorn --- pm watering --- south --- am watering .good luck .

Answer 6

If you water at night, you are increasing the likelihood of a fungus type disease hitting your lawn or plantings.