Good Question: When Should You Water Your Lawn?

CBS Minnesota

July 15, 2022

We love our green lawns in Minnesota. According to a survey from the Metropolitan Council, more than 40 percent of people with sprinkler systems in the metro area water their lawns every other day.

So, when should you water? Good Question.

There's a giant moveable canopy at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus. At the first sign of rain, it automatically moves to cover patches of thirty different kinds of grass. Grass experts are using the canopy to mimic 60 days of drought. The idea is to see which grasses (all available at local stores) do the best under drought-stressed environments.

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