Hi all. I like the ability Rachio gives me to control my sprinklers easily using my phone/tablet. But I am the kind of guy that wants complete control since I know the minimum water my lawn needs to stay green. I also want something I can set up once, and be done. Here is my idea of a perfect setup, and not sure I can do this with Rachio.
Setup watering schedule by month. For example:
Jan: Water Fri morning 30 minutes per station. if 1" rain total in last 7 days, don’t water. if .5" rain total in last 4 days, don’t water. If .25" rain total last 2 days don’t water.
Feb: Same as Jan.
Mar: Water Tue and Fri morning 30 minutes per station. If 1" rain total in last 6 days, don’t water. if .5" rain total in last 3 days, don’t water. If .25" rain total last 2 days don’t water.
Apr: Same as mar,
Jun: Water Mon, Wed, and Fri morning 30 minutes per station. If 1" rain total in 4 days don’t water. if .5" rain total in last 3 days, don’t water. If .25" rain total last 2 days don’t water.
Jul: Water Sun, Mon, Wed, and Fri morning 30 minutes per station. If 1" rain total in 3 days don’t water. if .5" rain total in last 2 days, don’t water. If .25" rain total last 1 days don’t water.
etc,
etc.
Then if its extra cool, or extra warm, adjust scheduling up or down.
is something like this possible? I know I can set up several schedules and enable/disable them at the beginning of each month, but I often am enabling rain delay since a long winter rain will keep my lawn wet WAY longer than 1day. But a summer rain, 1 day is enough.