How much water in SoCal in winter?

BrianOC714 · 11-19-2013, 10:54 AM

Hello everyone. I was wondering how often you guys in SoCal are watering your plants this time of year? I've cut back on watering my potted bananas, but I need to decrease the sprinklers on the in ground plants. I don't want to over water my plants and kill them. Any help is appreciated.

pitangadiego · 11-19-2013, 07:10 PM

They have to stay wet, =not soggy. It really depends on the humidity level, temperature and how rain we have been getting.

When it is 50F and raining in December, it is much different than when it is 80F and no rain in January.

sunfish · 11-19-2013, 07:50 PM

2 times a week unless it rains

venturabananas · 11-20-2013, 01:07 AM

If we have dry Santa Ana winds, I'll water once a week. If we've had any rain and it's December through March and not a Santa Ana, they get no water at all.

BrianOC714 · 11-20-2013, 09:56 AM

Thank you for the feedback guys.

monicacalhoun · 11-26-2013, 02:42 AM

There is no need to water your lawn in the winter. Cooler temperatures generally cause grass to go dormant and stop active growth until the spring and summer months. The nightly dew should me sufficient moisture for a dormant lawn. Quite often people think a yellow or pale lawn is dead when it is actually in dormancy for the winter. It will come back..you'll want to water it about twice a week when heavy growth occurs later in the spring. Too much water can be a problem for the roots, and it's really a waste of a precious resource.
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crazy banana · 11-26-2013, 02:44 PM

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There is no need to water your lawn in the winter. Cooler temperatures generally cause grass to go dormant and stop active growth until the spring and summer months. The nightly dew should me sufficient moisture for a dormant lawn. Quite often people think a yellow or pale lawn is dead when it is actually in dormancy for the winter. It will come back..you'll want to water it about twice a week when heavy growth occurs later in the spring. Too much water can be a problem for the roots, and it's really a waste of a precious resource.
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eddiemunozep · 12-26-2013, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas

If we have dry Santa Ana winds, I'll water once a week. If we've had any rain and it's December through March and not a Santa Ana, they get no water at all.

Winds have been blowing for 5 days now and I had to water my plants.
This has been like the 5th wind event. Where is the rain?

Richard · 12-26-2013, 08:26 PM

The annual rainfall for southern CA is measured from Sept 1 through August 31 by most water districts. In metropolitan San Diego county, the annual rainfall is most commonly 7 inches per year starting about 1990. The majority of it comes in Feb-April. There are some anomalies, for example 2 years ago we had a record 27 inches for the season -- with half of it coming in the Fall.

eddiemunozep · 12-26-2013, 08:41 PM

Well, Fallbrook just to the south averages about 15 and Temecula to the north averages 14.

last year we got only 9.

caliboy1994 · 12-27-2013, 02:52 AM

I usually don't really water them at all during the winter. The rain and occasional sprinkler water usually does the job just fine for me. I might have to make an exception this year though given how dry it's been.

bananimal · 12-27-2013, 11:44 AM

In SE FL I change the Hunter controller program to 1/2 time for all stations starting with steady cool weather. Each banana mat has its own shut offs and these get tweaked based on the age, location and size of the mat.

We keep swinging from cool to very warm. Weird fall pattern.

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monicacalhoun Banned Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 10 BananaBucks : 670 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: How much water in SoCal in winter? There is no need to water your lawn in the winter. Cooler temperatures generally cause grass to go dormant and stop active growth until the spring and summer months. The nightly dew should me sufficient moisture for a dormant lawn. Quite often people think a yellow or pale lawn is dead when it is actually in dormancy for the winter. It will come back..you'll want to water it about twice a week when heavy growth occurs later in the spring. Too much water can be a problem for the roots, and it's really a waste of a precious resource. Source :- answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070126133850AA9S3Hj What You Want To Say On That??? _________________ Last edited by harveyc : 11-27-2013 at 01:59 AM. Reason: remove spam in quote

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