Watering REEL LOW KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS // Connor Ward 

Finally someone with a lawn the same size as mine. Thanks for the video. Everything is easier where I grew up. 1/4 acre. Now not so much.

Great vid. For my little diy system I like the mp rotators as well. I wish they put out just a little more water a little more quickly than they do but I think it looks like a better spray pattern than the rain birds you mention.

I love you

Yo dawg. I think you need to interview some of these tourists and see what they think of the lawn. Man on the street style.

So I was on the fence about upgrading my sprinkler timer. If you haven’t already updated yours( I know it’s been a year! ) you should look into a RainMachine brand WiFi controller!!! I spent some dough and bought one but OMG, I love it! I didn’t want to be tied to a “cloud” service just in case something happened to the manufacturer or they wanted to charge for the service in the future, I wanted something open source. I wanted something with a cool nice display too! Being able to just tap the screen and see the weather forecast and precipitation rates needed is so cool! Easy interface huge plus! The app for your phone is nice and easy too. Of course with you being on a well it’s not about saving water like it is with me on city water. It really would just be a luxury item for you, haha! But you seem to like cool stuff so I thought I’d share my experience with the research I did. It’s s cool (to me) to watch it do it’s thing though! It will watch the noaa forecast and others. If rain is expected it will hold off the next watering cycle and see what happens. If the predicted amount wasn’t met, it will add it to the set time automatically. Also, turning your irrigation on from your phone is handy as heck!!! Anyway been keeping up with your vids, you are so handy and informative. I appreciate you sharing! Keep up the awesome work! Kudos from OKC! Yo dawg, I’m so late!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😜

Great video! I water my turf at night too. I water 4 cycles for each zone 15 min per zone, and between each cycles I let water soak into soil for one hour. Watering at night is not a problem as long as the humidity is low. I like your style sir 😎

Thanks for the video Connor. Like I said in my email, I water in a more sandy soil close to a river. I water 5 days a week at 35 minutes on my rotors and 20 minutes on my direct sprayers. I hope you like the pic with the red lawn. My wife now wants a red lawn rebel shirt.

Yo' Dawg, your videos are helping me with my lawn. I live in Western PA and bought my property 4 years ago. May I say, your videos have been helping awesomely!

Yo dawg! Yard looks good. It's funny I was just putting new heads on my irrigation system today and stopped to have a beer and watch a video and saw yours. Your videos keep me motivated and informed. Thanks and keep them coming.

Hey Connor, you've inspired me to sort out my lawn! I'm on an Orchard and we use the pro C controller too. For more consistent watering you can set it to water odd or even days and so it will actually water every second rather than 3/4 out of 7.

YO DAWG! Love that you pay attention to what the lawn needs rather than some set regiment! Also I’m down for a free pair of safety glasses. How about one throwing up some stickers of your lawn rebel logo for sale for us to plaster on our gear?!?!?!

I have the same control box in my back part of my house. It works great. I like it too. I upgraded to a new box in the front and I can control it with my phone. I love it. I got it because my control box in the front was not working right. Going on when it was told it should be off. The water I use comes from the pond on the property. The pond is big as a hockey rink in the back of the property. My dad threw a pup in in the 80’s. It is like free water. Only paying the power to run the pump. Upgrade the pump like 15 years ago to a variable speed pump. Only pumps the amount of water needed for the number of zones I have on. By the way the main pipe up through the lawn is 2”. I can move a lot of water fast. Till it down sizes to the sprinkler heads. Takes a lot to maintain 5 acres where 95% of it is grass.

Hello Connor, it's really a pleasure for me to see your videos and learn about your patio, that has motivated me to work and be able to understand the process. I live in Kissimmee Florida and I have Saint Augustine grass, I will try to make it pretty during this time and be able to send you photos. Yo 'Dawg. It would be an honor to have that safety glass from a knowledgeable person like you and give it to my grandson who always spends with me when I'm working with the grass. Thanks

Yo dawg, I just installed irrigation (all hunter MP rotators) this last month and tore the crap out of my lawn. Made me cry a little to see my neighbors dominating me so hard. And now of course it’s been raining daily here. But It’s all good. I shall dominate with the reel low cut Bermuda once again.

Yo dawg. On those 5000 sprinklers there’s a screw you can set into the stream of the spray. The more you screw it down the more fan-like the stream will be. Give it a try. That may help you with a more even distribution.

If your rotors are putting most of the water at the edge of the arc you do t have enough pressure and flow for the size nozzle or number of rotors you are running on that section of sprinklers. Also hunter rotors work better than rainbird ones. Make sure you use a filter on your drip system or you will be forever cleaning nozzles. Rachio is epic if you can pay the extra $50 for it.

Yo Dawg! Great name man. Love the videos! Your “lawn rebel” mentality is what keeps me coming back to your videos, the fact that I don’t have a lawn makes others wonder why I watch, but I guess that makes me a lawn rebel rebel. Hahahaha! Love the videos, love the lawn, would love some PPE!

Huge fan of your channel. Something that I wanted to alert you of is the HE-Van line of spray nozzles by Rainbird. They are ridged and save water by not misting and fit into any Rainbird pop up body.

Yo Dawg. You have motivated me to put a irrigation system on the flower beds. My wife thanks you.

Yo dawg! I just got my white coat for med school and those glasses will really make it pop!

Good thing you're on a well, my water bill last month was $400. Cringe. Luckily it's only really dry here like two months a year.

Yo dog ! Yo dawg ! Haha i didn't know which spelling to use!! I have such bad luck with safety glasses; it is almost a miracle that you are giving a pair away right now! Im feeling LUCKY !! hahaha

Yo Dawg, I do sprinklers for work and we use mainly the rain bird 5000 there is a lot to learn about them. With the 3/gal a min nozzle the distribute the water evenly throughout the whole 17-31 foot shoot.

Fantastic. I’m looking into a irrigation system as well. We have had a very dry summer here in Montreal. Yo dog , thanks for the tips . Love the safety glasses.

I use Hunter PGPs and PGJs and love them. They work great and if you install them right and over lap properly they work great.

Dang, where I live in Australia 🇦🇺 we pay by Kl tier system , first 75kl will cost you $0.77 per Kl, 2nd tier 75 Kl is $1.20 per Kl ,then 3rd tier is $2.38 for every Kl after the first 2 tiers. This is in Australian dollars and if I watered as much as you do I would have to pay 💰 $3000 or more a year to water my lawn .Dang. It gets up to 45 deg Celsius over here in summer. Your video is informative as usual and the lawn and gardens are looking fantastic.👍

Hey Connor. I installed a Hunter Hydrawise Wi-Fi controller this year and it has helped tremendously. I would check it out.

Life is definitely different in the high desert on a well. In the PNW, just south of Portland, I run my zones 4 days a week, twice a day: 5min in the morning, 3min in the late afternoon. The water here ain't cheap either. I cannot sink a well (zoning regulations), so, it's off the municipal source only, and believe me, they'r'e proud of their water. Even watering as little as I do it isn't uncommon for the summer water bill to exceed $200/month, which may not sound like much to some, but for amounts to only about 4000sf of lawn... well... ouch.

You need to get the orbit b-hyve timer. It’s only like $120 at Lowe’s, and it lets you run your system remotely from your phone. I love it and use it everyday. I haven’t had any issues so far and it doesn’t break the bank.

Yo dawg! Love your vids. You’ve inspired me to get my lawn in shape which means a complete overhaul. Need that PPE to safely apply the needed elements for a lawn reset. Love the mustache and flamingo merch. Keep doing what you’re doing!

Yo’ Dawg you just sliced up your yard a few days ago and it looks better than the golf courses down here in south florida… great job!

Yo dawg! I would dig some safety glasses. I’ve been cutting my grass about 1/2” for several years and it’s always done well. I water 3 days a week and that’s worked great. I started using Milo this year and it’s never looked better. Total lawn domination! Thanks for the vids!

The previous owner of our house was watering overnight, but we are getting fungus too. I switched to watering in the morning, but still have fungus I need to treat. Yo Dog, its wet in FL

Loving the irrigation system, wish I had one at my house. Yo dawg keep it up lawn rebel.

Yo dog, looks like the sprays you use are the Hunter Pro series, can I recommend using the Rainbird nozzles, they come in quarter, half and full from 5-15 feet, they are much more efficient than that Hunter adjustable spray nozzle! Also with Kentucky Blue Grass its better to cut your zones in have and water 6 days a week, for instance if you run a spray zone for 20 minutes 3 days a week, water it 10 minutes 6 days. Best time at least in Colorado is to water is just before sunrise, we get a Blight here called Ascochyta Leaf Blight. Its caused by water sitting on the turf during really warm nights.

Yo Dawg. Your lawn, as always, looks tight, and you've inspired me to reno my lawn this fall. Looking forward to more videos!

Yooooo dawg ... thanks for putting my question in Q&A session #2 Terry Cleveland, OH

Yoooooo dogggggg thanks for making videos. New home owner really want to make my lawn look good too you inspire me to do so

For viewers new to these things, regarding the Rainbird 5000 rotors, one mistake I see nearly everyone in my neighborhood make is they don't select the correct flow rate for the pattern. These rotors rotate at the same speed, regardless if they're doing a 20 degree arc or a full circle. So, a quarter-circle (corner of the lawn) arc will put down twice as much water as a half-circle rotor IF THE NOZZLES HAVE THE SAME FLOWRATE. In this example one could use a 3.0 GPM low-angle nozzle for a half-circle and a 1.5 GPM low-angle nozzle for a quarter circle and they will be applying the same amount of water coverage per unit of time.

Yo Dawg! It amazes me that lawn is that short and that green. Just awesome!

I have a Hunter PRO-C controller too! I have a lot less lawn then you do though only 8 zones. Well actually my system is almost all Hunter except for my tree lawn's which is equipped with Rainbird VAC 10 heads.

Yo dawg! Thanks for answering this question. It would cost me a lot more than that to keep up with your watering schedule, and I have 1/4 of the lawn you have. I also have brown patch, and that is a real pisser offer.

I always like Conner's videos because I don't agree with most anything he does: namely, mowing short, and spray nozzles are the worst of all options (go with MP rotators!). However, his lawn looks great, so it is nice to challenge one's assumptions. I like having an independent perspective. Thanks again Conner.

Yo dawg...really liking these videos. Just recently started watching and following to try and get my yard looking nice and shaped up!

I live in Utah also, but the house I bought had more trees originally. The last owner took some trees down and converted the yard to mostly grass and now the sprinkler system is a mess (20 sections on 1/2 acre!). I converted all my rotary sprinklers to MP rotors, but I'm not overly impressed. The 26-30' ones should have been adequate, but they leave a green circle of about 15' radius, any further the grass is yellow (It has been hot). The plan is to bring the property back to its former glory, based on Google Earth historical images. Pray for me.

Lawn video idea here....throw down some iron and see if you can get a color change on your awesome bluegrass turf!

Yo dog, I just subscribed yesterday and am loving your videos! I just bought my house and am working on my new lawn.

PPE?? We don't need no stinkin PPE. Just kidding. I wear full tyvek disposable overalls, rubber boots, nitrile gloves and hat and eye protection when spraying. Great video as always Connor.

Yo Dawg! Hey, thanks for the pointer on the Rachio. I hadn't heard of them before but I'm planning an irrigation system install for next year and will check them out. Thanks again!

Great information. I'm putting in irrigation this summer.

YOOOO DAWWWGGG! I love your videos! I live a little South of you with a similar size lawn that I have been rehabbing. (Short sell house we bought about a year ago). I mow tall and this summer I have had to water about the same. Keep up the great work. I'm about to start my leveling process as well. If your looking at timers, take a look at the Orbit BHyve. They have 6 & 12 zone models that sync to your wifi and you can control them with your phone from anywhere. I use the 12 zone one. Got it from HD. Lowes sells them as well. They had a pretty good rebate program on them last summer. As a fun gimmick, I can tell my Alexa powered Ecobee thermostat to turn on whatever sprinkler zone I want for whatever amount on time I want. LOL! Keep being a lawn rebel!

Because of your climate- not too much to worry about disease pressure when watering overnight. It’s better for you to water overnight vs. being less effective loosing water to evaporation at other times. Make sure to check out Rain Bird controls before upgrading to Hunter. There are a lot of enhanced user features now to look at and compare. One of the best is WiFi connectivity to adjust and run irrigation from your phone. You can also think about running irrigation based off of ET (evapotranspiration) rates. The concept is to replace the water that the plant looses during the day based off of weather conditions. New controllers have easier ways to accomplish this rather than calculating everything out by hand.

Yo dawg, you'd love my in ground sprinklers. My system is circa 1985, with mostly original style heads. I have rain bird maxi paw impulse heads in the larger areas and rain bird 4000 series sprays in smaller areas. The sprinkler guy keeps trying to get me to switch to MP rotators and 5000 rotors, but I won't give up my old school setup that easily!

Yo Dog or Yo Dawg... I hate my 32 zones worth of rotors as well. Something that might help is that you can change the nozzles out to get a better fan pattern or adjust the screw on the top to help with the fan pattern for the close in watering. I myself would like to replace out my rotors with the MP rotors.

Yo Dawg! Wife is always on me with the PPE. I make sure I wear the ear protection and always forget eye protection. Wishing I had well water!

I have been watching you for a few months really enjoy your videos... Keep up the teaching!!!!! Yo Dawg!!!!

Yooooo dawg!! Just wanted to stop by and say that you and LCN is my favorite love story ever.

Thanks for answering the questions about how much and how you can afford to water so much. As always, a great video! YO DAWG, keep up the great work

Yo' Dawg, luvin' your vids. I got 2,000 sq ft creepin' bent in Windsor Ontario Canada and feel your trials and challenges.

Reading all the comments while watching the video and saw all the Yo Dawg comments and was thinking WTF? Now makes sense.

Upgrade your Hunter Pro C faceplate to a Hydrawise. You'll love it. You can pick them up for about $120.

YO DAWG!!! I sure could use those safety glasses. BTW I'm buying those shears you demoed a few videos back. I'm planning to get my garden beds to look like yours.

Yoooo Dooggg!!! New word to add to your list for "Mr. Lawn Rebels Neighborhood"......SLUG!!! So now you have: Lawn Rebel Pisser Offer Thrower Down! CAR! SLUG I'm I missing any other words? Keep making the vids. Your awesome!

Yo Dawg! I like your theory of watering by look. Old school some would say. I have zoysia in St. Louis that I keep at 1/2 inch and DO NOT prescribe to the 1 inch per week theory. That isn't enough with the heat and humidity here.

YO DOG!! Always looking forward to more vids! Happy to see no "pisser offers" tonight.

Yo dawg! Your lawn looks fantastic. Thank you for the hard work you put into your videos.

I have lawn water sensors in my soil so when the soil dries to a certain depth it will go off and some zones will stay off if it has enough water.

Yo Dawg !!! I am the biggest fan of your lawn and channel !!!

Yooo Dawwwwgggg!! Thrower Down!!! I make my wife watch all of your videos! Keep it up.

Nice vid man, been looking into irrigation, ad you answered a lot of questions, and yooooooooooooo daaawwwwwgggg, let me get some safety glasses

Yo Dawg, lawn looks legit.

Yo dawg! Great vids, thanks for taking the time to make 'em!.

Yo dawg...love the lawn. Your dedication to the yard is amazing

the 4 seater bike that rode through your lawn is in the background of almost every video

Have you looked at Hunter Hydrawise controller. You can upgrade the faceplate instead of removing the whole unit

Yo Dogg, your yard and landscape are the shiznit, keep producing great content!

Yo dawg Conner you were very wise to drill a well. The cost is minimal for you .It cost the electricity you use use which is a lot less than if you had rural water!

Yo dawg, what’s up with those crazy looking bikes that are always riding by in the background? Keep up the good content Connor.

Yo Dawggggggggggggg,, I think I would be looking pretty sweet in those dope safety glasses

Yo Dogggg, (Pennsylvanian's talk a little different). It's always good to wear PPE when using chemicals and the string trimmer. Throwing down some milo this week.

Yo, Dawg! The lawn is looking lovely as usual! I was fighting slugs/snails in my yard due to my neighbors garden they just built. I'm not sure if they were able to salvage anything with the amount I had on my property. I'm sure they had a ton! Slugmageddon for sure!

Yo Dawg! Great info! I love your house. Wish I had a builder like that over here for when we decide to build. Have a nice evening!

YO DOG!!!!! Love your vids great lawn advice! I would love the glasses because when I mow grass flats into my eyes. Keep up the good work👍🏼👍🏼

Yo dog, I'm probably too late to win those glasses. Either way I'm a big fan of your channel.

Yo dawg, I’m here for the free glasses.

Man you have a really nice property right there connor, congratulations, also your lawn is beautiful.👍👍👍

Man...your lawn looks amazing in this video! Well done. 👍

Yo Dawg! I'd like some safety glasses! My wife would love if I could cut my lawn short like yours. I've got mine going dormant now though even at 3" Its been weird this year. A lot of rain all through July until about the midway then it got cool but dry. I was thinking I was getting a brown patch issue but I think what was actually happening was an early indicator that the soil was drying up.

Yooo Dog! Haha your channel is always informative and entertaining. Thanks for all your hard work contributing to the community. Cheers!

Yo DAWG! Thanks for the vids! Always learning something new from you!

Yo dawg! Been cutting my lawn more often, trying to get on your level! Our Bahiagrass only tolerates 1.75-2” though!

Look into a Rachio Gen. 3 sprinkler controller (and their new flow meter). Your zone splitting/scheduling issues can be solved via their software very easily.

Yo Dawg! You're lawn is bada$$. It's almost bada$$ as your moustache. Did you spill RGS on your lip? Keep up the great work!

yo dawg! lol digging the new shirt and logo. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos man, very helpful and inspiring. #lawnrebel

Yo Dawg! If you end up sharing more details on the irrigation - I would like to see the details of the reducer set up for the drip line on the porch

YO Dawg!!!! I like the short grass. Nice vid on the water system. one day i will have a better watering system

Yo dog! Would love some safety glasses. Would make my wife happy cause I refuse to wear my sunglasses as protection.

Yo Dawg!! I'm watching this video on vacation with my family. I just ripped one next to my wife and she thinks my gas is a real Pisser Offer

Yo dawg. I would really like to see you sending those glasses to me to Poland hehe

Yo dawg, dem some good vids you be posting. My man! As a local cache valley boy I would love to come out and see the yard in person sometime.