Frequently Asked Questions

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Watering Schedule
Problems, Questions, and Concerns

When To Do Stuff

Watering Schedule

Silver Fern Landscaping Suggested Watering Schedule

These schedules are starting points. Every yard is different & will need adjustments!

Drips

Assumes bushes have 1 GPH heads & trees have 4 x 2GPH heads

60 minutes

3 start times - at least 1 hour apart

Daily in mid-summer to every 4 days in winter

If trees are on a separate line, in winter trees can be every 6 days

If cactus are on a separate line - every 14 days in summer to every 28 days in winter

Pots, sprayers, bubblers need less time - between 3-15 minutes

When plants are first installed, water daily, 3 start times, 60 minutes summer to 20 minutes in winter

Sprinklers

Assumes regular pop-up sprinklers

From about 15 minutes in mid-summer to 5 minutes in winter

2 start times - around sunrise at least 1 hour apart

5 days per week in summer to 1-2 days per week in winter*

*Please do not schedule sprinklers to come on for the weekday we do your maintenance

*If overseed in winter, then need 2 days per week until spring (once it is established)

Rotors or MP rotators need 2-3 times as many minutes as pop-ups

When sod or rye seed is first installed, water daily with 3-4 start times

When bermuda seed is first installed, water daily with 7 start times

POSSIBLE AVERAGE SETTINGS - Depending on the yard, the type of plants, the type, size & number of heads

Jan = Drips 2 days per week (60 minutes)

Feb = Drips 2 days per week (60 minutes)

Mar = Drips 3 days per week (60 minutes)

Apr = Drips 4 days per week (60 minutes)

May = Drips 5 days per week (60 minutes)

Jun = Drips 5 days per week (60 minutes)

July = Drips 5 days per week (60 minutes)

Aug = Drips 5 days per week (60 minutes)

Sep = Drips 4 days per week (60 minutes)

Oct = Drips 3 days per week (60 minutes)

Nov = Drips 2 days per week (60 minutes)

Dec = Drips 2 days per week (60 minutes)

Jan = Sprinklers 1 or 2 days per week x 5 minutes (depends on overseed)

Feb = Sprinklers 1 or 2 days per week x 10 minutes (depends on overseed)

Mar = Sprinklers 3 days per week x 10 minutes

Apr = Sprinklers 4 days per week x 10 minutes

May = Sprinklers 4 days per week x 12 minutes

Jun = Sprinklers 4 days per week x 15 minutes

July = Sprinklers 4 days per week x 15 minutes

Aug = Sprinklers 4 days per week x 12 minutes

Sep = Sprinklers 4 days per week x 8 minutes

Oct = Sprinklers 3 days per week x 8 minutes

Nov = Sprinklers 1 or 2 days per week x 5 minutes (depends on overseed)

Dec = Sprinklers 1 or 2 days per week x 5 minutes (depends on overseed)

For both drips and grass - at least once per week there must be 2 consecutive days with no watering to allow soil to dry out

What if I Have a Problem, Question, Concern, or Want Something Done Differently?

We want you to be happy. Please be nice to us - we'll do our best to help. The most effective way to reach out regarding changes, quotes, requests, problems, etc is by calling our direct office line at (480) 753-4703 or emailing us at info@silverfernaz.com.

The foreman will knock before starting service to ask if there's anything you'd like to be done a little differently today; but for permanent changes, payment questions, scheduling, more significant issues, or if you're not home during service, we encourage you to contact the office by phone or email.

We appreciate it when you let us know about something you've noticed. Because you're probably at the house far more often than us, we assume you'll see things that we don't.

The most common special request is to trim bushes more, less, frequently, or at a certain height. Please just let us know what you want. The guys are only equipped to trim up to about 6 ft.

Everyone has different opinions on how to maintain their yard, and all landscapers do stuff differently, so please let us know what you're thinking. What seems obvious to you, may not be how most other people want their yards maintained, or what is included in your price, or how we have chosen to do business. If you would like to request something be done differently, please just contact us. If we can't service your yard as you desire, we'll be honest with you and you can cancel at any time (although we'll be sad to lose you).

Please be patient with minor problems, in landscaping we are never able to achieve perfection.

If we break something, we will generally pay to replace it. Valuable or fragile items need to be put away while we are working. Leaf blowers blow air at about 200 miles per hour so old or plastic landscape lights will fall apart. Sorry, but we can't stand behind those (or other similarly fragile things).

If there is a warranty issue... We will stand behind our work. For issues with maintenance & clean-ups, we will need to know within 48 hours so we can evaluate and correct the issue. For tree trimming the warranty is 15 days.

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The best times of year to do stuff:
- January/ February:
Weed killer in lawns AND in the rock areas
Freshen or install rock
Any kind of design and installation work
Stumping bushes
- February/ March:
Trim Citrus trees
- April:
Fertilize all plants & trees
- May/ June:
Trim, thin, and remove trees (except citrus)
Irrigation repairs (including valves, timeclocks, PVBs)
Weed killer in lawns
- July/ August:
Trim palms
Weed killer in the rock areas
- September:
Fertilize all plants & trees
- October:
Overseed grass with winter rye
- November/ December:
Trim, thin, and remove trees (except citrus)
Replace drip systems

Frequently Asked Questions

Warranty Watering Schedule Problems, Questions, and Concerns

When To Do Stuff

POSSIBLE AVERAGE SETTINGS - Depending on the yard, the type of plants, the type, size & number of heads

For both drips and grass - at least once per week there must be 2 consecutive days with no watering to allow soil to dry out

Warranty
Watering Schedule
Problems, Questions, and Concerns