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Irrigation for a 3 acre yard

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Jason

07-08-2002 12:48:38




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Construction of our new house is almost complete and we will have almost 3 acres of grass to plant. We are not in a position to install a sprinkler system and I am looking for some ideas on how to water the grass on a large scale. I don't want to have to move a 30' radius sprinkler around the yard everyday. Our water supply is a well. Any ideas or suggestions?




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HalS.

07-08-2002 18:44:25




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 Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to Jason, 07-08-2002 12:48:38  
Consider a water wheel. They come in all sizes. Choose one based on your available water supply volume and pressure, and dimensions of area to be irrigated and how often it needs to be watered, eg. once every 5 days, or 7 days, etc., and I guess your budget limitations.



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CNKS

07-08-2002 18:00:12




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 Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to Jason, 07-08-2002 12:48:38  
I don't know where you live, how hot it is, what kind of grass you are going to plant, or how much water you have. Guy that owned my house (western Kansas) was from Norway. Planted 40000 sq ft of fescue, or less than 1/3 of what you are thinking about. I have an underground sprinkler system, 70+ heads. It takes 6 sets, 4 hours per set or twenty four hours every 4-5 days in 90 to 100+ degree weather to keep my lawn alive (note that I said alive, not green all the time). Three acres is a lot of grass. Unless you live in a cool climate, hose powered sprinklers on that size lawn will not work. If I were you I would plant most of it to a drought tolerant grass and only 10-20000 sq ft of the stuff you have to water often -- unless you have a BIG well, much bigger than the normal household well. Talk to someone who knows, perhaps your County Extension Agent, rather than some salesman before you do anything.

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Ludwig

07-09-2002 07:39:02




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 Re: Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to CNKS, 07-08-2002 18:00:12  
Trees, you need trees..... Less mowing, more shade, yeah, yeah, raking, dethatching or whatever, but trees are good.



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CNKS

07-09-2002 18:45:40




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 Re: Re: Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to Ludwig, 07-09-2002 07:39:02  
I have probably 150 trees, mostly windbreak type such as pine and cedar, plus several shade trees (when they get big enough) in the yard. Trees mean less wind and drying of the grass, meaning MORE mowing, plus I have to mow around the trees, doubling my mowing time. With our wind the leaves just blow away. Besides leaves mean I have trees. Therefore I like leaves. There are no native trees in this part of the world, except along our "rivers" -- all were planted.

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Ludwig

07-11-2002 07:06:17




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to CNKS, 07-09-2002 18:45:40  
WOW! I can't imagine...
At some point my wife and I are planning to take a trip west. Drive across the country and get a chance to see what its like in other places.
See, here I find it hard to imagine that far without trees. I also find it hard to imagine that not everybody has yards that grow a crop of rocks, but they tell me its true.



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CNKS

07-11-2002 18:05:31




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to Ludwig, 07-11-2002 07:06:17  
We have trees -- its just that they all have been planted. This is farm country -- miles and miles of crop land, plus a lot that has never been broken out. There are some lazy people who don't want to mow grass and have rocks. 99.9% have grass. Just takes a lot of water.



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paul

07-08-2002 21:24:49




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 Re: Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to CNKS, 07-08-2002 18:00:12  
That's what I was thinking, he could spend more on pumping water than I make if this is the wrong climate...

Hopefully he was just thinking of for a bit to establish the grass - can't imagine anyone wanting to go through that expense for a 3 acre 'lawn'.....

Planted at the right time, it should be a species that will take care of itself and not need _any_ watering.

--->Paul



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bryani289swmi

07-08-2002 16:11:09




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 Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to Jason, 07-08-2002 12:48:38  
In the past I've used used the tractor type sprinkler that pulls the hose as it travels over it. I'm in the same position except I planted my 3 acre lawn 5 years ago. Depending on where you are, I'd hold off planting until fall since it will be much easier to get a good stand then. When a lawn is young it can literally die on a hot day with no water. In the future I'm going to run a row of underground round my house and shop and position 3-4 large irrigation guns to cover the rest.

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Kevin

07-08-2002 15:23:01




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 Re: Irrigation for a 3 acre yard in reply to Jason, 07-08-2002 12:48:38  
When I was a kid, my dad bought a self walking hose reel sprinkler thingie that would slowly walk along 75' of hose reeling it up until it hit the stop valve. It took about 5 hours to do it. two or three of these might do the job without draining the well dry. My .02



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