I want to make sure I understand the relevance of root depth for zones. It would seem to me that the greater the root depth the larger the amount of water to fill the “filed capacity” of the zone, correct? If I reduce my root depth by half, does the amount of water needed to fill up the moisture level get cut in half as well? My challenge is that while the IRO “knows” what nozzle types I have, it has no idea how many I have on each zone so it cannot know how much water is going onto the zone. I am thinking that gradually adjusting the root depth may be a simple way to get the watering times just right.
i would not adjust root depth to adjust watering times.
if you search on this forum you will find exactly how it is used, but combined with soil type, percip rate of your heads it knows how much to water to saturate the root zone, which is all you are trying to do.
square footage is only used for estimating gallons used for the graph. do not consider this to be hyper accurate as some have.
when you define your heads, that is based on percip rate, which includes square footage and the count of heads as the percip rate is the rate at which water will fill a cubic square. the important part is to make sure your percip rate is correct, if it is not, iro proposes some pretty inaccurate watering suggestions. also, make sure your soil type is correct…that also has a big impact on run times.
