Irrigation Systems in Lake City, Ellisville, & Providence, FL

Lawn irrigation is a way that bullies trick nerds in 80s movies and a great way to keep your lawn and other plants healthy. But while sprinklers work better as a teen comedy punchline, often the best irrigation systems for your property look a little bit different.

At Custom Acres, we install both sprinklers and drip irrigation systems. Both can benefit your landscape and have their applications, but we’ll help you pick the right one for your situation.

Of course, assuming you’re not an 80s teen movie villain, you may be wondering why you would want to bother with an irrigation system. We’re so glad you asked! So here we present for you the Top 9 Ways Irrigation Matters.

Irrigation Allows You to Water Evenly

You may have the steadiest hands and best eye this side of a John Wayne western, but chances are that if you water your lawn the traditional way, you will not water it perfectly evenly.

There are too many variables. For example, how dense are the soil and the plant life? What is the gradient of the land? How much water does each plant need?

When we install an irrigation system in your lawn or garden, we will set it up to ensure that every plant is getting what it needs, regardless of the grade of your property. And you don’t need to worry about your eyes or hands, pilgrim.

Prevent Overwatering, Erosion, and Nutrient Loss

Along the same lines, some spots will be overwatered when watering without an irrigation system. Overwatering can create drainage problems, erosion, and nutrient loss for the soil.

All of those problems further lead to a less healthy lawn. Erosion causes the soil left behind to become denser, which causes more drainage issues. The cycle continues and leads to bare spots.

Water What You Want

Usually, when you water your lawn, you’re watering everything in it, the good, the bad, and the ugly. You may not want to nourish those weeds, but you can’t prevent it when you’re hosing down the lawn. But what if you could focus the water where you wanted it to go?

Drip irrigation is an underground system that uses small pipes to get water to the plants you want, not the ones you don’t. Not only that, but the water goes directly where the plants need it; their roots! That also means you need less of it!

Weed Control

Besides focusing the water stream precisely where you want, irrigation helps you control weeds in an additional way. As a result, irrigation creates a healthier lawn. Why does that matter?

The number one way to stop weeds is to make your lawn’s environment inhospitable to weeds. Where is it hard for weeds to grow? Where there’s already a lush, thick, healthy lawn, there is no room for weeds to take hold.

A healthy lawn leaves no space for weeds to grow. So what’s beneficial for your property is bad for your weeds! That’s what we call a win-win!

Make Your Lawn and the Planet Greener

Getting your lawn perfect has some unexpected benefits. Greening your yard also has some greening effects on the planet. But how can watering a lawn be environmentally friendly?

Irrigation systems are better for the environment because they use less water than traditional watering methods. Less water used, less water wasted.

Plus, the fact that fewer weeds mean fewer pesticides. Add it all up, and you get a cleaner, better, happier earth.

Schedule Watering to the Right Timing

Irrigation systems are also more convenient for you, the homeowner. You can set up your sprinklers or drip irrigation to water at a particular time of day without your direct input each time.

Scheduling watering means not only do your plants get watered at the right time, but it’s also one less thing for you to remember. In addition, you don’t even have to be in town for your irrigation system to water on your schedule, so that’s one less task for the house sitter.

Save Water, Save Money

Saving water also means saving money. As we said, it’s almost impossible to water perfectly by sight. So if you are trying to get it right, you may accidentally overdo it.

Even if your overwatering doesn’t cause your lawn any health problems, the wasted water adds up. Plus, the other benefits irrigation provides to your plants’ health make it less likely you will need to spend money on weeding or soil amendments.

So that’s one more way to make your money last longer.

Prevent Fungus and Plant Disease

We’ve already told you how drip irrigation gets plants watered where and when needed. So what happens when you water in the wrong way at the wrong time?

When you water plants by hand, droplets can collect on the leaves (or grass stalks in the case of grass). As discussed, that’s not the best way for plants to absorb water. But it also can lead to fungus and plant disease if the water doesn’t evaporate or get soaked up.

When you use drip irrigation, your plants absorb the water, preventing them from growing fungus from excess moisture.

Healthier Plants

We’ve saved the most obvious reason to install an irrigation system for last. Irrigation systems give you healthier plants!

If you spend time and money on landscaping, you care about your yard and its plants. With an irrigation system, your plants will be healthier, your yard will look better, and it takes less time and effort than before you installed the irrigation system.

That’s a lot of upsides!