Split watering program to allow better water absorption and limit runoff

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Jper

June 12, 2020 14:00

I was researching watering best practices and came across an article that suggested dividing up deep watering cycles to allow for better absorption and decrease run-off (e.g. don't water 1 zone for 30 minutes, but water for 15 minutes and then come back and water a second time for 15 minutes).

I have implemented this with the copy/duplicate feature and by manually calculating start and stop times, but it would be a nifty/helpful feature to allow this to be done with a checkbox (e.g. split watering cycle into 2--or more--segments).  In my case I have 4 grass zones that get deep watered twice per week so I have set up my system to divide up the watering time and go through a watering cycle of the 4 zones and then immediately start over and go back a second time (e.g. done this with 2 programs for each day).

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  aa_aan June 15, 2020 21:40 (Edited June 15, 2020 21:40)

  This is already implemented. It's called "Cycles and Soak" in program config.

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  Jper June 15, 2020 22:22

  Perfect!  Thanks.

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