🌧️ Monsoon Season Tips: How to Adjust Your Irrigation System
Monsoon season in Tucson brings a dramatic shift in the weather, from relentless desert heat to sudden bursts of heavy rainfall. While this rain can offer welcome relief to your landscape, it also creates a new challenge: making sure your irrigation system doesn’t overdo it.
For homeowners across southern Arizona, adjusting your irrigation system during monsoon season isn’t just a good idea—it’s essential. Not only can overwatering harm your plants, but it also leads to runoff, wasted water, and higher utility bills.
Here’s how you can prepare your irrigation system to work smarter (not harder) during Tucson’s wettest months.
🌦️ 1. Watch the Weather—And Use a Smart Controller
If your system is still running on a manual timer, monsoon season is the perfect time to upgrade. Smart irrigation controllers adjust your watering schedule automatically based on live weather data. They’ll pause watering when rain is forecasted and resume only when conditions require it.
This keeps your landscape hydrated without drowning it, and helps prevent wasteful watering during or after storms.
✅ Conserva Irrigation Tucson installs smart controllers that can cut your water bill while boosting system efficiency. Ask us how to upgrade!
💧 2. Reduce Watering Frequency
In Tucson’s dry months, you may water every day or every other day. However, once the monsoons arrive, that schedule needs to change. Most desert-adapted plants thrive with deep, infrequent watering, and with rainfall in the mix, your system can often skip days or even a whole week.
Switch to watering just once or twice a week and let the natural rain do its job. Less is more when the storms are doing the heavy lifting.
🌅 3. Water Early or After the Soil Dries
If you must water during monsoon season, the best time is early morning—before 6:00 a.m. This minimizes evaporation, giving plants time to absorb the moisture before the sun rises.
Avoid watering during or immediately after a storm. Overwatering after rain leads to erosion, root rot, and pooling. Always check the soil first—it should be dry at least a few inches down before you water again.
🚫 4. Turn Off Zones in Drainage-Prone Areas
If your yard has drainage channels, slopes, or swales, these areas likely collect plenty of rainwater on their own. Zones near these areas can be temporarily turned off during monsoon season to avoid excess runoff or flooding.
Adjusting these zones prevents wasted water and protects both your landscape and hardscape from unnecessary moisture damage.
🔍 5. Inspect for Clogs, Leaks, and Runoff
Monsoon rains often stir up soil, clog heads, and move emitters out of position. After the first heavy rain, inspect your system for:
Clogged or sunken sprinkler heads
Broken or leaning drip emitters
Overspray onto sidewalks or driveways
Signs of runoff or water pooling
✅ Conserva Irrigation offers mid-season system checkups to catch these problems early, before they become costly repairs.
💦 Protect Your Yard & Conserve Water This Monsoon Season
Smart irrigation doesn’t mean watering less—it means watering right. By adjusting your irrigation habits during the monsoon season, you can take advantage of natural rainfall, protect your plants, and save water.
Not sure where to start? Let Conserva Irrigation Tucson help. Whether you need a system audit, smart controller install, or zone adjustment, our pros are here to keep your yard green and water-efficient.
📞 Call now to schedule your Monsoon Readiness Check at (520) 492‑2626
🌐 Visit ConservaIrrigationTucson.com
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