Lawn Care Guides · Texas
Lawn Watering Restrictions: Keeping Grass Alive in Texas
Your city assigns the days and bans the hours. How to hit a weekly inch in two legal windows, and why cycle-and-soak is the trick.
Mandatory Restrictions•Texas Region
Houston Lawn Watering Rules & Schedule
Official irrigation schedule, municipal water waste penalties, and local agronomic guidelines for Houston homeowners.
Essential Compliance Takeaway
Irrigation in Houston is regulated by Houston Public Works. Watering outside your assigned days or hours is a citable violation, and the penalties below are the published ones.
Seasonal Irrigation Schedule
Summer Schedule (Critical Window)
Peak HeatStage 2 drought contingency limits outdoor watering to 2 days per week between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. Even addresses: Sun/Thu; Odd addresses: Sat/Wed.
Spring & Fall Schedule
Voluntary 2-day watering encouraged under Stage 1.
Winter Schedule
Watering reduced to once every 10-14 days for dormant warm-season turf.
Water Waste Fines & Enforcement
Mandatory municipal fines up to $2,000 for watering outside designated Stage 2 hours.
Houston Soil & Microclimate Strategy
Houston's high coastal humidity and sandy loam soils create extreme Take-All Root Rot (TARR) and Large Patch fungal pressure in St. Augustine lawns during spring and fall moisture peaks.
Regional Guides for Houston
Agronomic guides tailored for Texas turf grass and climate.
Lawn Diseases · Texas
Brown Patch Treatment: Fungicide Alone Won't Fix It in Texas
Brown patch treatment needs two things: the right fungicide, and the summer nitrogen habit that caused it. Fungicide alone buys you a repeat next July.
Weed Control · Texas
How to Get Rid of Nutsedge: One Pull Does Nothing in Texas
Nutsedge is a sedge, so no broadleaf or crabgrass product touches it. Halosulfuron and sulfentrazone are the two to look for — before the fifth-leaf stage.
Lawn Care Guides · Texas
When to Overseed Your Lawn — and When Not to Bother in Texas
When to overseed: late summer beats spring for cool-season lawns, most warm-season lawns should not be overseeded at all — and pre-emergent blocks your seed.