How To Water A Yard 

Sunday morning before church and Pete puts up a video. Life is good!

Pete thank you for your male place is my life .. Dad’s been gone for 12 years. You are his kind of people. God bless you! Just lost 2 uncles in 2 weeks. My heart is broken. But I feel closest to them in my yard! They are now part of my earth. And in every part of my sole. Thank you brother!

Pete I have been following your videos for over a year now . Your videos have taught me alot about tall fescue .I'm going to renovate my lawn this year here in virginia , zone 7a . Was going to go to a warm season grass because I was pulling my hair out with the fescue and weeds and have tons of sunlight . But thanks to you I have a great game plan and I'm not giving up on the awesome tall fescue . God bless you Pete.

Look at that edge on the road. Beautiful!

This is some next level stuff. I've seen alot of nice yards like yours but ive never seen someone who has a genuine love for caring for their lawn like you. Your making me want to do a total kill on my lawn and plant a new tall fescue lawn. I'm loving the content!

😍❤😍🤣🤣 Wifey took your breath away! Too sweet! 😍😁😍❤🤣 Great information about watering and making sure you have the correct coverage and capacity.

another top notch instructional video. Thanks Pete

That edging is sharp and your yard is on point.

Hard core watchers we are

Pete you are the lawn DIY persons best reference, love your videos!

Nice stuff Pete! Keep it up! Learning a bunch!

Great video! What an awesome system you have in place! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

Awesome Pete, you do great work.... Love your channel!!!

Great video Pete , yard looks great. Great irrigation setup.😁👍👍

Great tips man, thank you for your time expalining everything in such a detail!:) Also dat lawn.. Daaaaimn good!

Hi Pet great video, you made a lot of great points. I learned a lot, thank you. Good stuff.

I'm an hour below Greensboro and was considering Zoysia, but after seeing your beautiful fescue I think I'm back to fescue.

Nice setup man. Keep up the good work and great content I appreciate your help!

Subscribed. Excellent advice, you're obviously very knowledgeable & present relevant info very well.

Thank you for all your videos !!!! Has make my lawn look like a million dollar home!!! Thanks and good luck wt everything!!!!!

I see 12202 right now. That’s awesome 😎. I love watching your videos. Thank you and have and awesome day !

Love your channel. Thank you for making time in your busy life to make these helpful videos. God bless.

Can't wait Pete I remember over seeding with rye grass doing my apprenticeship 22years ago so old now 🤣

Already at 12k keep it up.

Love ur videos!!

Great info!

Damn Pete, over 12k subscribers! Every time I look you have another thousand. Looks like someone got their RU-vid right! Lol. God bless and keep up the great videos.

Great advice on watering, bro! I see too many people around here watering in the late afternoon and evening. I even see some people that have an irrigation system watering way too much! Also, the waiting to water at least one day after mowing is good because mowing a soggy wet lawn will cause clumping issues, especially if you mulch the clippings; and you can damage the turf if the soil is too soggy. You'll however want a little moisture in the dirt to prevent a dust storm when mowing, too! Congrats on the 11k and to Tim Scott! I actually see you're at 12K now! How great is that! Have a great week bro!

You have a great yard. Thanks to your videos wife said we can get irrigation this fall thanks

Great info as always Pete... at 10:58 there is a car that drives by and because of your angle, it looks to be driving right on your grass... I had to give it a double take! When you didn’t loose your mind I remembered that road right there... lol well done!

Great content as usual Pete

thanks for the vid. i've known the concepts for some time now but this was a good kick in the pants to pick myself up a rain gauge. which i did. and it appears what I thought was deep watering wasn't even close. i need to test some more areas. looking like 3hrs! for some zones to produce an inch. seems/feels crazy, but if that's what it is, that's what it is. i suspect i wasted a lot of water last year (my first season) watering the wrong way. guestimating. or relying on the "smart" controller, which I'm not sure I trust. thanks for sharing.

That's a beautiful yard/ house

Pete, great videos

Thank you brother

Run a zone for an hour? And another zone for an hour. Brother I’d be broke with a water bill just measuring haha. Now if you excuse me, I have to go turn of my system, I might be watering to much. Haha. Thanks Pete.

Hey Pete, thanks for the great video man. You are a fountain of knowledge. Although I live in south Florida and have warm season St. Augustine turf, I apply your logic to meet my needs here. One thing I did last year that saved me time and money was to erect my own weather station at my house to tie into my Rachio sprinkler controller. Here in SFla, we have such finicky weather, you really cant set a watering schedule. The weather station reports data directly to my sprinkler controller and with the settings I implemented, it knows when the yard needs water or not. Set it and forget it and it has worked flawlessly so far. Have you ever considered using an onsite weather station? After a bunch of research, I went with the Ambient Weather Wifi Osprey. Check it out, it may be worth your time.

Wow 11k subs in this video. Now one year later, over 60K! Gooooooooo Pete!😎👊

Pete when will you have the spray nozzles back in stock on your site? Your vids have been great!

WOW! I went down 8 feet and hit water. Put a 10 foot PVC pipe down as a liner then pounded a 14 foot 4' sand point on a 2 1/2 pipe. feeds 55 gallons a minute @ 45 pounds pressure with no resistance.

Amazing work man. Beautiful turf! May I ask how much was your complete irrigation system?

I know something else that runs downhill Pete! God bless!

Great video & info.... Being up in Northern 🇨🇦 I’m still trying to figure out what kind of mixed grass seed the last owner used... I used thatched & fertilized last week most of my property is snow free.. just one or two spots ( facing north) has about 2 inches of snow still on it.. ( yup it’s May 9th ) we sometimes still get a snowstorm or heavy frost by May 24.. or as we Canadians call it (May Two-Four)... Cheers from HudsonBay 🇨🇦

There are a few apps that will track the rainfall at your house. I like to use those as a guide for watering

Good video brother. Great information. Bless you.

The only way I’ve found to keep my edges by the road watered is to lose some water in the street. I try to conserve water especially living in a semi arid region of Kansas but it’s impossible not to lose some water.

Pete, try a 5004+PSAMR from Rain Bird. You will get pressure regulation and minimize that misting you have. You will still be able to shut off individual heads. System looks great and looks like you got perfect head -to-head coverage.

Hey Pete, any tips on getting fescue to grow well in shaded areas? I seem to be struggling with this one part of my lawn.

Pete I purchased your biostimulant pack and the electric backpack sprayer. Do have a nozzle tip you recommend outside of the assembly you sell? Is the stock nozzle that comes with the backpack sprayer ok?

Would you recommend zoiza grass for shade????

Awesome video! so for an inch of water each week is it ideal to do it in one day or 1/2" say Monday and 1/2" Friday? Hey Pete, i'm sure you've noticed a lot of RU-vidrs switching over to the Swardman reel mower but seems like those RU-vidrs do not have Tall Fescue. they're also cutting super low like 1/2". I'm not looking into doing that at all but can Tall Fescue be cut that short and look good? i would think taking that dense turf and cutting that short will only encourage weeds to grow? any thoughts on this?

Hydretain ES Plus II have you try this

Automatic irrigation is a wonderful thing. I've had mine for over 18 years now. Question. What height do you cut your TTTF? It looks to be cut at a low height. Curious. Really nice home. Thanks...

Great videos Pete. Maybe one day you can touch on the idea of having pets on your grass. Dogs especially with urine killing the grass. Thanks again pete

Why didn't you go with the MP Rotators? Those heads look like they are throwing lots of overspray into the air.

Love your videos, Pete! I can tell you the same areas on my over 1000 acres of cotton/peanuts/corn in sw Georgia(all center pivot irrigated) that are drought prone or wet as well!! Your attention to detail is contagious!! Keep up the awesome work !! 100% subscribed and love your videos!!

I feel like Pete was talking to me in this video..... I love "playing" with my irrigation every day or two which is a bad practice. Very informative video and now I know better. Now I want to get the module unit for the cell phone activation. Pete talk to Rain Bird and get me 10% off please.

Nice video, Pete! A couple of comments and observations - By having a tall, dense grass, as you do, it makes it easier to put out measuring cups deep in the grass to measure the amount of water that area of your lawn is getting. Otherwise, without the dense grass to hold the cup in place, the water stream might push your measuring cup around or over. The viewers need to find a way to keep their measuring cup stationary while watering the grass. Also and obviously, if you do not have an irrigation system and you are using a mobile sprinkler, you would have to measure the amount of water every time in order to make sure the lawn in that area gets its required watering each week. Your sprinkler heads close to the edge of the street is concerning because that would put your sprinkler line and heads in the right-of-way for any city, county or utility work there. If the city, county, or utility has something buried in your yard's right-of-way then they can legally, without forewarning, dig up your yard and damage/destroy that area of your sprinkler system. You may want to consider relocating that line and heads along the street out of the right-of-way and aim the heads towards the street rather than aiming away from the street as you done. The t-shirt that you were wearing in this video, Pete, had on it your company logo and phone number. You may want to consider adding your web site address to your t-shirts (and any other clothing) the next time you order more. Just a thought, Pete, because a lot of people will check you out online before calling you. This would also apply to anywhere you have your logo displayed on company vehicles and equipment.

Another GREAT video... I look forward to them everyday! One thing I was wondering Pete, could you do a video specifically about the Humic12 vs. Air-8 and what their similarities are as well as what their differences are? In my mind, it seems like they are similar in helping the soil not be so compacted but I know there are differences on them as well...I'm just confused about when a person would need to use one over the other and what each one provides that the other don't? And also, the RGS, what all does it provide? You have a God-given gift to detailing all of this kind of stuff so I was hoping you may have the time to do a comparison video or description video of these 3 products of when, where & how often to use them? Thanks!

Even if i measure out 1 inch of water....some some yards/dirt may not be compacted like others so what water falls in the cup may take more then an inch of water to get deep penetration in the yard due to water run off or standing water

How much did cost installing it?

One for the wife, go wife-- love it!!!! Lmao

i'm from Kentucky, and we use Kentucky 31 in our lawns. it is supposed to have a blue tint to it when it is right. remember this is the bluegrass state.

I’m in concord NC and my grass was great and within 2 weeks it’s yellow🤦🏽‍♀️ one my down falls is I don’t have great water coverage so I’m have to save for a system to make sure I can get a system in

Hey Pete God bless. I hope all is well. I know this video is old but still I hope you read this. My question is do you think it's OK to mix Kentucky blue grass with tall fescue and rye grass so my customers can have the best of all season of grass

So can you use the N-Ext products through the sprinkler system.Reason I ask is I was in Atlantic irrigation and the have products to do so.But if the coverage is poor or too overlapped I can see areas that are well fed and others that are not. BTW how's the test plot coming.

What’s your thoughts on Scott’s tall fescue watersmart seed? I see a lot of people at Lowe’s who buy it up like crazy!

Hi sir, what kind of sprinklers are these exactly?

How much HP in that submersible pump? 600 feet and 25 gpm? What's the well water PH and does that affect the lawn as compared to city water irrigation that normally is PH corrected. Thanks-great video. Your wife is a good sport on the video-taking one for team GCI.

What sprinklers do you use? I have Rainbird 42sa+ but they don't seem to water well near the sprinkler.

Hey Pete I know you've got a big stand on mower how to the irrigation heads fair to being run over

28gpm?!?!? Wow!

what variety weeping lace leaf maple is that @ 9:25 Pete?

Pete-are you putting the whole inch down at one time, or do you put half, and half the next day then wait till you determine another watering is needed. I guess you don't set a schedule on the Rain Bird controller at all-just run a program manually when needed.

Damn pete, what kind of water pressure you got? Sounds like you tapped into a geyser beneath your house. Nice setup.

Hey Pete, I’m out in the Inland Empire of California a desert zone dealing with sandy loam type soil. Should I follow the 1 inch over a two day period method or a few more waterings throughout the week to get that inch down? As the soil doesn’t hold water as well as other soil types.

I have high clay content in my soil, which is not good for soul absorption

How much does an irrigation system like that run if I do it myself

Totally guilty. I'm an over water-er. It's going to KILL me to cut back. But I'm gonna follow the rules. 😁

#getyourcoverageright Did you mean Taylor Scott instead of Tim Scott??? :) Took my wife and I several years to save for the down payment on our house...looking forward to installing an irrigation system in the future as a goal.

Pete , I want to " pine needles " some area of my landscape , i wonder how those will hold over time and through the winter as i am in Quebec . Any insights ?

I didnt water last week/no rain and a few spots have drought stress(curling, grayish brown color). Will watering daily for this week help it come back faster than my usual twice a week watering or should I do something else for it to recover quickly?

Need to measure more places. We want to know how much water we are putting down. Measuring where the sprinklers overlap might only be a small hint of information. More measurements need to be made: -Near the sprinkler -Far from sprinkler -In the middle of the throw -Near the edges -Away from edges -In high overlap -In non overlap

Pete. Boy your wife got you all flustered.

I have a question for you!!! Up to How many heads can you have per zone!?? Please I need help

Why no pool?

Awesome setup Pete! But I cringed when I saw those wire connections down in that hole, looking mighty susceptible to heavy rains and corrosion. You ought take a look at some weatherproof connection boxes; it may save you a future headache.

What is wrong with walking around and sticking your finger in the ground works wonders and you have it with you twenty four seven. will also let you know if you are developing a bad crust on the surface of the soil.

Grab yourself a Rachio smart controller

What doo doo head gives Pete a thumbs down?

I have Kentucky 31 everywhere. I have dollar weeds dandelion and clover. Dont want to kill the lawn killing the weeds?????help me out man please.

You don’t want to care about the *volume* of water, just the *depth*! You could have a volume of 1 million gallons spread out so thin it only has a depth of 1”. That’s why it doesn’t matter what the vessel is that’s used, so long as the walls don’t have a taper. A wider vessel like a casserole dish can provide a bigger area and a more reliable average than a thimble.

600 feet in the N east ? whoooaaaaa how much ?/???

I ask myself what is the difference from Rainbird & Hunter‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Doesn't even need to be watered already green enough

Man on my budget i cant afford to water my lawn. Im on a hot dog and ramen noodle budget. Im so broke i use the water i boiled hot dogs in to make the ramen noodles.

You need to do a video for the neighbor of someone that follows The Grass Factor, The Lawn Care Nut, GCITurf academy and lays down 54" stripes like a pro. And explain why you don't dare mow on to his lawn that is a perfect 3.5"...ruin his domination stripe and and create a 2" line like a 6 year old mowed it. 😠

Hate to tell you but you're living on a starter home now.

Your grass looks amazing. It kinda looks like mine. I'm not sure what mine is though. Can you tell? Here is a pic imgur.com/a/oDf5Wg7

Super wasteful system. Was not properly designed, way to much pressure so lots of misting, wasting lots of water to evaporation. The adjustment screws on the heads are only supposed to be used to reduce the distance about 25% max based off the spray pattern you can totally see they are way more.