Last Updated on January 6, 2026 by Brian Beck
If you haven’t noticed, it has been very warm over the Fall and today, well it was 70°. The weather is great don’t get me wrong but the impacts of this type of weather on landscapes will be very negative as we will soon find out in May when things attempt to grow again. While we cannot return to September (the most important month for turf), you can read more about that here:
https://www.springslawns.com/september-the-most…/
The hard reality is that the longer you wait to hydrate, the worse it gets as the soil slowly dies, taking the roots and the microbes along with it and becomes hydrophobic, or begins to reject water.
I recently wrote two blogs about what water means to a plant and the soil. It is much more in depth than just getting things wet as you will read. Water has many benefits including one of the reasons you are breathing. Read more here if you are a nerd or just want a deeper understanding than you will hear from others:
https://www.springslawns.com/hydrogen-the-most…/
https://www.springslawns.com/water-isnt-getting-things-wet/
As far as when and where, here is a formula:
If it does not snow (lol, not when its 70° out) 6-12″ in a 10 day stretch, you need to water on the first day when it is above 40°. The ground will not accept water wen it is below 40°
The more important aspect of watering is largely misunderstood as frequent and shallow is most people’s method. This is the absolute worst way to water as it results in evaporation, shallow roots that are left vulnerable in summer heat and advances carbon loss (more on that later).
One of the reasons you think you need to water every other day is because you don’t have an organic material in the soil that enables you to stockpile water. It is also because your soil is compacted, a chemical (poor Calcium/ Magnesium ratio) and biological (lack of bacteria and especially fungi, which have largely been killed off by synthetic products in modern lawn care. Read more on that here:
https://www.springslawns.com/the-lawn-care-business-is…/
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