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It’s important to change your irrigation schedule at least 4 times a year with the seasons but it would be better to do it monthly. Slowly adjust up to your summer schedule and slowly down to your winter schedule.

We also recommend that you put plants with similar watering needs on the same irrigation stations. If you don’t categorize your stations, you’ll inevitably overwater some plants and underwater others. Here are some possible ways to categorize your irrigation stations based on water needs:
• Fruit trees
• Desert trees
• Desert shrubs
• Non-desert shrubs
• Groundcovers
• Grass
• Veggie garden
• Annual Flowers ... See MoreSee Less

Depending on the area of Sedona, soil can be anywhere from sandy to loamy. This means that to water efficiently, you will need a smaller amount of water more frequently, as water penetrates through the soil quickly.

For healthy roots, the soil needs to dry out 50%-80% before watering again! While water is important for plant roots, so is oxygen – don’t water too frequently or else you can risk suffocating the roots from a lack of oxygen! ... See MoreSee Less