
Keeping a landscaping journal is a wonderful way to keep track of these changes and your personal results for future reference. If it’s consistently soggy, it’s a sign you should ease off a bit. If it’s staying constantly dry, you probably need to water more. As always, it is always a good idea to get out there and observe and feel your lawn any time you make changes to your watering schedule. When rainfall amounts are average or above average, you may need to apply less water. These recommendations are made to be general so you may apply them to all years regardless of rainfall. Needless to say, Tallahassee lawns are probably quite thirsty this year! For all of 2019 thus far, only 12 inches total which is 9 inches, or 40 percent less than usual. This May, we have received just 1.4 inches of rainfall, about half of the average.


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Please take into consideration that, as this guide is being written, we have had a string of 98-degree days for the past week or so and the 90-degree plus days extend into the near future with little to no rain to speak of in the forecast. This is only a guide – gardening is fluid it’s not a rigid, static, unresponsive hobby. So to set the record straight, we’ve outlined some simple-to-follow steps for both lawns and landscape shrubbery. Correctly watering lawns and gardens has historically been a combination of urban legend, myths and misinformation.
