Drip Emitter Calculator for Precipitation Rate & Area
I put together a calculator for precipitation rate (PR) and area of emitter systems that do not have continuos, evenly spaced emitters. The calculator is complete, and includes the link to the Web Soil Survey instructio…read more |
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About the Set Up & Edit Zones category
Everything you need to know about setting up and editing zones. |
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May 2022 |
| Export pictures |
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Nov 2021 |
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Oct 2021 |
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Oct 2021 |
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Jun 2021 |
| 20% Water Reduction - How to do it? |
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Jun 2021 |
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Jun 2021 |
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Jun 2021 |
| Drip Bubbler |
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Jun 2021 |
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Jun 2021 |
| Setup for Overlapping Zones |
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| Water Rationing - 20% Reduction Needed |
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May 2021 |
| Inches per hour and efficiency questions |
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May 2021 |
| Overlapping Zones…need help |
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May 2021 |
| New user: flow rate questions |
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| Flex Daily - split zones up or whole yard? |
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| Longer rain skip duration? |
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Mar 2021 |
| Can we configure rachio to change the crop coefficient throughout the year to mirror actual crop water requirements? |
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Sep 2020 |
| Emitters: Size & Number |
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Sep 2020 |
| Can’t get soil moisture to remain above 80% |
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| Desert Plants |
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| Drip line settings for 4” maple tree in Colorado |
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Aug 2020 |
| I just purchased the Rachio 3 8 zone and |
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| Soak time: how I determine the time been applied for each zone? |
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Jul 2020 |
| Enough With The Rain Skip Already |
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| Which soil type should i use for Estrella loam |
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| Schedule - water every 10 days? |
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| 2020 Settings used by Advanced and Flex Schedules |
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| Cycle and Soak w/ out Zone change? |
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| Edit sequence |
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| Zone Alignment |
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| Flex Daily with Mixed Zone Types |
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May 2020 |
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| How do I do a Catch Can/Cup Test on this yard!? |
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| Irish Moss |
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| Not enough water in the summer, too much in winter! |
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| Upgrading from Gen 1 to Gen 3 Transfer Question |
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| Scheduled Watering Issues |
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| How Do I Change Intervals for my watering schedules? |
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| Los Angeles |
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| Nozzle inches per hour in advanced features |
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| Baseline an existing sprinkler system |
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| Does zone size setting matter that much? |
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| Help setting up for drip irrigation |
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Oct 2018 |
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| New Tall Fescue Sod Install |
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| Runoff |
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Jul 2018 |
| Configuring a zone with multiple types |
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| Is the “Allowed Depletion” line in moisture charts your zone’s set value or 0%? |
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| How do I get back to what Rachio says is my soil type? |
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| Water EVERYDAY in July?! |
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| How many zones can Rachio run? |
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| Flex Daily schedule run times capped, no allowance for high ET |
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| Efficiency |
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| How do I enable zones that show disabled on Rachio 2 |
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| Need help adding a new zone |
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| Change grass type |
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| [Solved] Why is the zone not watering? |
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| Soil |
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| Crop coefficent curves vs fixed |
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| Zones not showing the correct soil moisture |
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| Rachio & drip irrigation settings |
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May 2018 |
| Exporting or reporting all my zone settings and statuses to a single table? |
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May 2018 |
| Soil type and clay |
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May 2018 |
| Moisture table updates |
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May 2018 |
| How can I upload a spreadsheet (numbers) for members to try? |
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May 2018 |
| Checking Moisture Content Against Fill Capacity |
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May 2018 |
| Sun Exposure |
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May 2018 |
| I would like to use less water! What’s the best parameter to change? |
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May 2018 |
| Soil Type Advice |
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| Add an additional zone |
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| Wiring Position(number) mapped to Zone Name |
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May 2018 |
| Monthly flex schedule frequency too long |
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May 2018 |
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May 2018 |
| Tree and warm season grass in same zone |
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May 2018 |
| Tweak Setup for Las Vegas / Desert Landscape |
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| Refresh my memory on the moisture chart |
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May 2018 |
| How does this make any sense watering day |
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| Final crop ET |
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| Water Depletion Questions |
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Apr 2018 |
| Interesting drip calculator site for setting Nozzle IPH |
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Apr 2018 |
| Suggestions for deep root watering |
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Apr 2018 |
| An Irrigation Zone w/ Shade & Sun |
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Mar 2018 |
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Mar 2018 |
| Inches/hr with new flow meter |
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| Sprinkler Rate |
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Mar 2018 |
| Vegetation type for different plants |
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Mar 2018 |
| Need help (AZ, Ocotillo area) |
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| Sprinkler type |
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Feb 2018 |
| Available Water Capacity Verification |
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Feb 2018 |
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| Evapotranspiration Variation vs. BOM |
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| Zones aren’t watering evenly |
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Dec 2017 |
| Help. Zone only Waters one minute |
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Dec 2017 |
| Crop Coefficient |
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| Trouble with Zone Names |
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Oct 2017 |
| Where to go from here |
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Oct 2017 |
| Nozzle Type is a clumsy way of specifying flow/precipitation rate |
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Oct 2017 |
| Long run times - Should I combine zones? |
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Oct 2017 |
| What happens to schedules when I update zone settings? |
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Oct 2017 |
| Allowed Depletion moved from 10% to 50% for October? |
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Oct 2017 |
| Water Bill Largest I’ve Ever Paid |
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Sep 2017 |
| Allowed Depletion changes field capacity? |
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Sep 2017 |
| 426 minutes 2631 gallons in first run. REALLY? |
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Sep 2017 |
| What soil type for Shale Rock |
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Sep 2017 |
| I HATE Hydrawise and zone question |
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Sep 2017 |
| One month with Rachio - Water usage underestimated? |
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Sep 2017 |
| What ‘Knob’ Do I Adjust to Just Increase Amount of Water? |
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Sep 2017 |
| Any AZ folks seeing poor grass growth? |
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Sep 2017 |
| Moisture Levels: Balance Never Exceeds 0.14 |
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Aug 2017 |
| Any hope for this zone without physically moving sprinkler heads? |
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Aug 2017 |
| Ho do I change the zone photo once set? |
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Aug 2017 |
| Understanding PR and Zone Area |
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Aug 2017 |
| Newly installed and already used 140 gallons |
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Aug 2017 |
| More water |
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Aug 2017 |
| Arizona Blue Ice Cypress Trees - Best Setup? |
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Aug 2017 |
| NEWBIE POST - Soil and Grass Type questions |
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Aug 2017 |
| New user; total duration of schedule lasts into afternoon |
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Jul 2017 |
| Does this look right:? |
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Jul 2017 |
| Finding water table information |
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Jul 2017 |
| What Soil Type in Rachio is CeB2—Cecil sandy clay loam? |
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Jul 2017 |
| Allowed Depletion |
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Jul 2017 |
| Zone with mismatched heads |
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Jul 2017 |
| How to recover an underwatered lawn |
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Jul 2017 |
| Phoenix AZ: Need help adjusting schedule |
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Jul 2017 |
| Heat wave and Crop Evap |
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Jun 2017 |
| Zone duration seems too long |
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Jun 2017 |
| Can you make one zone manual only? |
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Jun 2017 |
| Breaking up watering times is broken |
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Jun 2017 |
| Base AWC Values different than article? |
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Jun 2017 |
| Cant lower water duration below 50% |
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Jun 2017 |
| Precipitation rate for zones w/ overlapping rotor heads |
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Jun 2017 |
| Paspalum |
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759 |
Jun 2017 |
| Cannot schedule single zone |
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Jun 2017 |
| Possible to hide unused zones on Rachio app? |
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Jun 2017 |
| Drip math? |
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10.0k |
Jun 2017 |
| Watering zones under cover |
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1.8k |
Jun 2017 |
| Help with or recommendations for initial setup |
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May 2017 |
| Foundation Zone |
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May 2017 |
| New Setup Questions About Dead Spots and Annuals Around Trees |
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Mar 2017 |
| Best way to adjust for trees competing for water |
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Sep 2016 |
| Another Arizona Set-up help thread! |
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Aug 2016 |
| Incomplete without soil moisture %? |
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2.9k |
Jul 2016 |
| Water usage with emitters |
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May 2016 |
| Crop Coefficients |
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May 2016 |