How how long a time to water St Augustine grass with lawn sprinklers in SW Louisiana during drought?

Answer 1

I used to live in Houston and had lawns. If it didn't rain in a two week period, I would water. However, sprinklers are not the best because of the evaporation in the heat. Doing it at night may cause your lawn to get diseases. My best way (my neighbors thought I was crazy--but the grass was alive and green) was the trickle method with the hose. Leave it on at low for several hours in one place. This will water deeply over time, which is best for the grass. I would check it every hour or so and move the hose. For areas by the curb, I would hand water those before leaving it for shorter trickle times. August is the time to put poison down for chinch bugs (brown circles).

Answer 2

............i have St Augustine grass in sunny Ca....in the summer months it get almost all full sun during the day.....I water for 15 min once a day, if I skip a day the sun seems to burn parts of it, but if you water the next day it comes right back.....very durable grass..........in the winter it basically goes dormant, then I water maybe once a week.....