TexasET Network Landscape Watering Recommendations - "Cougar Central Austin"

We received a little bit of rain last week and it is warming up today to 82 degrees, looking like Winter is behind us. Based on the rain we received last week, you are probably OK to NOT water this week, so turn your controller OFF. If you still want to water, only water 1/4" this week.  A good programming strategy is to set your controller default runtimes @100% seasonal adjust to to apply 1" of water per week, then you can reduce you seasonal adjust to 20-30% ( .2-.3") for this week. This is using your controller like a thermostat or "accelerator" pedal to regulate watering.  There are some sensors ( Solar Sync, Weatherstations, Soil Moisture sensors, etc. ) that will make these adjustments automatically for you.

Watering recommendation for "Cougar Central Austin" for the past 7 days:0.20 inches* Date ETo Max Temperature Min Temperature Min Humidity Total Rainfall 03-03-2014 0.09 41 22 45 0.03 03-04-2014 0.06 46 29 61 0.01 03-05-2014 0.05 52 38 72 0 03-06-2014 0.13 62 44 38 0 03-07-2014 0.11 64 39 47 0 03-08-2014 0.04 57 44 80 0.64 03-09-2014 0.07 55 39 67 0.01 NOTE: These reported values are hourly averages, not absolute highs and lows. *Recommendations based on the following parameters (assuming no rainfall): Adjust this watering recommendation for any rainfall that you have received during this time period. TexasET Weather Station : Austin (Morris Williams) Plant Coefficient : Warm Season Adjustment factor : Normal

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