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An essential part of keeping your lawn healthy and green is watering at the right time and in the right amount. Though it depends on your average rainfall, you may need to buy a sprinkler system to keep it strong and lush. It may not seem so, but buying a sprinkler system can be a fairly involved process. It involves more than just making sure that the system will cover your entire yard.

Generally, you will make the decision of an above ground or underground sprinkler system based on how much time you want to invest in maintaining the system, the size of your lawn and how much cash you want to spend.

Underground systems are typically more expensive, but if you have an enormous lawn, then they are the best choice. Underground systems make it easier by far to maintain your lawn watering since you won’t have to worry about removing the sprinklers each time you mow or work on your lawn.

If your lawn is somewhat smaller, on the other hand, an elaborate underground system might be going a little overboard. At the low end of the scale of above ground sprinklers, you can buy a sprinkler attachment for your garden hose and just place that on the lawn. This method can work for larger lawns if you live in an area where the average daily or weekly inches rainfall is non sufficient.

Typically, drip systems are unsuitable for lawns. These, instead, are most often used for spot watering of specific plantings or sections of a lawn. A drip system can be useful for an especially dry section of lawn that has highly absorbent soil, since they drip water straight into the soil instead of spraying it over the grass. Before buying any type of sprinkler system, understand what type of soil you have and what the average rainfall is in your area.

To determine how much water your sprinkler system is distributing, just set up a rain gauge electronic, or make one yourself by placing several receptacles like jars, cans or small buckets of the same size around your lawn. Turn the system on and after ten minutes, turn it off. Measure the water depth to determine the length of time to water. For example, if after ten minutes it contains a fifth of an inch of water, then you know you will need to run your system for fifty minutes to apply a full inch to your lawn. Additionally, how much you need to water your lawn also depends on the average rainfall in your area.

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