Is it necessary to water the lawn?

Answer 1

no.. dont ever water your lawn.. unless u feel like paying for the water twice (water usage and sewage).. that is if u live in the city.. But if you want a beautiful shade of green on your lawn.. then water away..

Summer lawn care requires raising the lawn mower for cool season grass, and lowering it for warm season lawns. Lawns will require longer and more frequent watering, best done in early morning to encourage a stronger root system. This is also the time to apply an all-purpose fertilizer. During the hot summer months, lawns may be susceptible to fungus disease. It’s advisable to take a sod sample to a local landscape expert for testing and treating the yard, if necessary.

Maintaining a green lawn often requires large amounts of water. This was not a problem in temperate England where the concept of the lawn originated, as natural rainfall was sufficient to maintain a lawn's health. However the exporting of the lawn ideal to more arid regions of the world, such as the U.S. Southwest, has crimped already scarce water resources in such areas, requiring larger, more environmentally invasive water supply systems. Grass typically goes dormant during cold, winter months, and turns brown during hot, dry summer months, thereby reducing its demand for water. Many property owners consider this "dead" appearance unacceptable and therefore increase watering during the summer months. Grass can also recover quite well from a drought.

Heres some great sites to check out..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn

Answer 2

What is necessary is an understanding of grass as a plant, and to tend to it according to rainfall.

Basically, you likely need to cut more often when it rains a lot, and less often when it doesn't.

Failure to tend to it properly may result in a need for water, but most naturally irrigated lawns can and do survive without additional watering.

Answer 3

The grasses grown in our area are cool season grasses which green up early in the spring and stay green until late fall. During the hot summer months they may go dormant until the temperatures cool and the amount of moisture increases. If we want a nice green lawn during the summer months we must water if it doesn't rain.

Answer 4

Not entirely. Although water grass will keep it green, it generally won't die if you don't water it. During periods of low rainfall grass may go brown, but will turn green again after a good rain.

Of course grass may also die if it goes for a long period without rain, especially when temperatures are high.

The bottom line is if you can handle brown grass for a while, you probably don't need to water.

Answer 5

I say nonetheless water approximately as quickly as each week to each 2 weeks. in case you have positioned down the winterizer, gain this now and water that in the process nicely. this could help save weeds from forming and arising with the grass interior the spring,

Answer 6

Yes, it keeps the grass growing. Especially during really hot Summers.

Answer 7

I don't water. My water bill is high enough. Also, the grass doesn't grow as much and I don't have to mow as often.

Answer 8

well technicly every plant needs water so yeah it kinda is. but you can buy hardy lawn (i think its bufalo grass or something) that doesent need watering that often.

Answer 9

If the weather is dry and the sun is direct then its best if you want it green.

Answer 10

if you live where it rain's daily the answer is NO...if you live where its dry the answer is YES.but no you don't have to water it, it will just dry up and blow away....