Can my lawn really go 12 days without water in Southern California?

[azdavidr]

@adamkos

I have soil with a lot of clay

Have you confirmed this ? I thought the same here in Arizona until I researched it a bit. The whole soil type thing can be pretty confusing. Anyhow, here’s a link that might help, assuming that you haven’t already seen it or something similar.

Using Web Soil Survey to define your soil settings

I found through my own experience that setting an incorrect soil type can have a dramatic impact on the watering duration and frequency of flex schedules. I’d lived in my home for 22 years and always assumed we had a lot of clay in our desert soil. Through these forums I found that was not the case, and instead we have sandy loam. Changing that setting really had a big impact on my scheduling. Finding out your soil type can be confusing, but I personally found the USDA Web Soil Survey site t…