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Choosing The Right Portable Lawn Sprinkler For Your Lawn

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You know that watering your lawn is an important part of lawn care but you have 
limited time to do it. Other than hiring someone to do it for you, you can set 
up a portable sprinkler to do the job for you. 
A portable sprinkler is particularly useful if you have a small lawn since 
it can be chore to move it around by hand for a large lawn. If you live in an 
area with reasonable amount of rainfall, the portable sprinkler can be use to 
supplement rainfall when the occasional drought period arise. 
You can shop for a portable sprinkler easily in any well-stocked nursery or 
hardware store. Review the information on the sprinkler box. It should indicate 
the size and shape of the area it can cover. 
There are many designs for portable sprinkler and you should evaluate carefully 
which one will meet your needs. Some models allow you to cover odd-shaped lawn 
while other may have a tractor system that can move along the water hose. 
After you purchase your portable sprinkler, you will want to do a test to see 
how it performs. In particular you want to know how much water it is using to 
cover your lawn. First, place the portable sprinkler at the center of your lawn 
and turn it on for about ten seconds. You want to know exactly how much area 
it can cover. After ten seconds, turn the portable sprinkler off and place about 
seven or eight empty cups in the area covered by the portable sprinkler. Turn 
on the portable sprinkler again and leave it running for ten minutes. 
After ten minutes, turn off the portable sprinkler and check the amount of 
water for each cup. The amount in each cup will vary, as portable sprinklers 
tend to have uneven water distribution. However, the variation should not be 
more than 0.25 inch. You will use the cup that has the least amount of water 
for your estimation. Lets assume that there is 0.2 inch of water in the cup 
with the least amount of water. If you want to apply 0.5 inch of water, you 
will have to leave the portable sprinkler running for 25 minutes.
A good hose is also vital for your portable sprinkler to work efficiently. 
A good hose will roll up easily in any weather and does not kink or crack. A 
cheap hose will give you more maintenance headaches down the road as it tend 
to kink and crack after using it for some times. You will also waste precious 
water due to leakage from the cheap hose.
It is also advisable to hook up a timer between your faucet and your hose. 
You simply set up the timer and it will shut off the sprinkler automatically 
after the set amount of time has elapsed. This will prevent any wastage of water. 

Once you have everything set up properly, you will want to monitor the response 
of your lawn and adjust the water application accordingly. The portable sprinkler 
may not cover a few spots in your lawn and you will have to do the watering 
manually for these spots. Nevertheless, with the introduction of a portable 
sprinkler, the time you spent watering your lawn will be dramatically reduced 
and you can have more time to relax and do the things you want to do.

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