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Venice lawn care irrigation tips.  As most homeowners or property mangers know irrigation is a very important component in keeping your lawn and landscape healthy and thriving.  As the studies show turf in Venice requires more water that landscape, trees, shrubs and such, and with irrigation restrictions in Venice because of a seven year drought and over watering our auquifer has been taxed to the point of wells going dry, deep wells drawing air leaving us with no choice but to conserve.  Please take your irrigation seriously, never over water.  Here are some tips on when yourVencie lawn needs water.  Grass has adull grey look to it, Foot tracks remain in grass, Leaf blades are folded in half on atleaset a third of turf, Soil samples are dry or crumbly, landscape plants are dry looking and drooping.  Keeping your Venice turf  fertilized four times per year, keeping ph optimum, this can be done by taking asoil sample to your extension service one time a year, and follow their advice, make sure you know the total square footage of grass, this will make fertilizing much easier.  Back to irrigation tips have a certified water auditer research your property and find the effeciency rating of your irrigation system, this will tell you if your irrigation system will support your landacape and turf .  Poorly designed irrigation systems will just keep problems going and end up costing you more money which will never solve the problems you may have, mowing your lawn at proper hieght or fertilizing four times per year wont bring positive results without  well designed Sarasota sprinkler  systems.