New seeding

Here in ocean city NJ, when we seed for new grass we need the water to come on twice daily to start germination. When I set my Netro to “new plant” and the soil type to “sandy clay” which is the top layer, the controller had only been watering every 2.21 days. The soil is dust dry. I don’t want to have to make gross adjustments. That is why I bought Netro. What’s wrong?

Answer From Netro Support

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Netro Support
 Updated at 2018-10-13 06:03:30 UTC

Hi Douglas, the "new plant" method tries to keep the moisture level very high (above 85%), but doesn't ensure watering every day. Neto does not water that frequent as expected due to weather, soil types, etc.

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Joshua Berk
 2018-10-13 17:47:17 UTC  
Maybe a nice new feature would be to have a 'new grass' mode that keeps it wet (ensures every day)

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j w
 2019-02-27 06:42:34 UTC  
I agree in Arizona I feel like we should set up a program for new seeding when we add winter Rye as it requires a lot of water the first couple weeks while it germinates three times a day 10 to 15 minutes a day and then once it starts sprouting after the third week go back to smart watering

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Jonathan Price
 2019-05-09 14:57:10 UTC  
When I set the Smart Zone mode to "New Plant" it estimates that it will water "Every 0.31 Days" and will "Water For 8.74 Minutes". But I also find it is only watering ever few days. Why doesn't it follow through with its estimation?
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Netro Support
 2019-05-10 09:21:50 UTC  
Hi Jonathan, T
he actual watering duration might change due to weather and season conditions, for example, the humidity. If the new plant mode does not meet your expectation, you can set the "customized "mode to personalize your watering duration.

Regards,
Netro Support

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Rich Christenson
 2019-09-21 14:47:04 UTC  
I agree with others, new grass and overseesing seems to be a big error in the scheduling. Further, when I try to manually make a schedule, it conflicts with another schedule I created, even though I turned that schedule off.

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Douglas Ely
 2022-05-01 15:03:07 UTC  
Im still waiting to see how to tell the algorithm to "increase watering schedule by XX%" The algorithm doesnt seem to be very accurate sometimes and requires too much manipulation. A simple "increase" or "decrease" function would solve this I think.

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Douglas Ely
 2022-05-01 15:06:19 UTC  
For new seeding, the surface moisture is the most important parameter. Soil moisture is usually unavailable to new seed and needs to be corrected for.