💧 Winter soil holds moisture longer, evaporates less, and needs a completely different watering routine than summer. Get it wrong and you either dry the lawn out or invite root rot in the beds.
📉 Cut the frequency, not the depth
Halve how often you water through winter, but keep each session deep — 15–20mm in one go. Frequent shallow watering in cool soil sits on the surface and does the roots no favours.
Water in the morning
Evening watering in winter leaves foliage wet overnight in cooler temps — exactly the conditions fungal disease likes.
Beds need less than lawn
Established garden beds with good mulch cover often need no supplemental watering at all through a normal Coast winter.
Shaded areas dry slowest
Watch for over-watering in shaded corners — they hold moisture far longer than open lawn and don't need the same schedule.
Check the system
Winter's the easiest time to spot a stuck sprinkler head or leaking dripper — the ground shouldn't be wet between scheduled runs.
Deep and infrequent beats daily and shallow, every winter.
🧑🌾 Not sure if your system's set up right for the season? We check irrigation timing as part of every winter visit — no extra charge.