🌱 Lawn & Garden

Managing a Houston lawn, garden, and potted plants with measurements instead of guesses: irrigation output, summer stress, sprinkler settings, weeds, watering adjustments, and plant observations.

Five kinds of plants on one irrigation zone

Measuring Drip Irrigation in mL: A No-Flow Surprise

From a 2-minute spring setup to four minutes in summer: testing stressed rosemary and a foxtail emitter with no flow.

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How long for 1 inch? Measuring sprinkler output

How Long Should I Run My Sprinklers for 1 Inch?

Zone 3 measured 11 mm in 20 minutes. I used that to calculate one inch, then split the schedule with Cycle and Soak.

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