npalen
Elite Member
You may be right. Will try backing it off to every third day and see what happens.I think you're vastly overwatering and drowning some of the roots. I can't imagine what running a well pump over 200 hours a month is doing to your electric bill.
For starters, I'd suggest to cutting back to once a week instead of 3-4 times a week.
Looks like average rainfall for that area is about half of your goal of 4"/mo. I'm thinking the plants just can't take it all in.
You mentioned that you don't ever water once the grass etc is established. What part of the country do you live in and what is your annual rainfall?
I'm still wondering about the buildup of minerals in the well due to the filter backflushing all these years rather than passing the bad stuff on thru the sprinklers on a continual basis with no filter.