--- title: Green Meadow Lawncare Learning Center | Irrigation description: Irrigation | Learn everything you need to know about lawn care and lawn services. Topics include pest control, fertilization, and overall lawn health. --- [![GreenMeadow](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/hubfs/Green_Meadow_LawnCare_January2019%20Theme/Image/download.png)](http://www.greenmeadowlawncare.com/) ## Learning Center ## [When Should I Water My Lawn?](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/setting-my-automatic-irrigation-system-beginners-guide) Posted by [Brian Gerber](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/author/brian-gerber) on Jul 16, 2020 3:23:57 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Irrigation Schedule](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/hubfs/Irrigation%20Chart.png)](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/setting-my-automatic-irrigation-system-beginners-guide) ## How Often Should I Water My Lawn? ### As a general rule of thumb, water your lawn about twice a week.  Water deeply and infrequently.  ### How often and for how long you water your lawn can be different for different types of soil.  For example: sandy soil requires more water and clay soil requires less water. Don't fall into the trap of "more is better".  One of the top causes for lawn diseases that we see is actually from very well intentioned customers accidentally over watering their lawn.  [Read More](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/setting-my-automatic-irrigation-system-beginners-guide) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/setting-my-automatic-irrigation-system-beginners-guide#comments-listing) Topics: [Lawn Watering](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/tag/lawn-watering), [Irrigation](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/tag/irrigation) [All posts](https://blog.greenmeadowlawncare.com/all) ### Top Learning Center Articles [Get a Quote](https://go.greenmeadowlawncare.com/request-an-estimate) [Refer a friend for a $25 account credit!](http://www.greenmeadowlawncare.com/refer-a-friend) Green Meadow Lawn Care, LLC, 100 West Road, Ellington, CT, 06029, United States860-870-5700[sales@greenmeadowlawncare.com](mailto:sales@greenmeadowlawncare.com) [Refer a friend for a $25 account credit!](http://www.greenmeadowlawncare.com/refer-a-friend) Green Meadow Lawn Care, LLC, 100 West Road, Ellington, CT, 06029, United States860-870-5700[EMAIL](mailto:sales@greenmeadowlawncare.com)