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new lawn watering laws

Any one know what they are and how they effect vegetable gardens?

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Permalink Reply by Stacy McKenna on April 21, 2009 at 11:54pm

LADWP has details about their mandatory water conservation measures/rates here:
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp011946.pdf
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp011945.pdf

As for laws in the City - no lawn watering between 9am and 4pm, and for no longer than 15 minutes. It also prohibits washing down concrete surfaces or washing a vehicle without a trigger nozzle.
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp009868.pdf
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp010983.pdf

In short, I don't see anything specifically prohibiting watering of gardens, but I'd not make a big show of doing it with inefficient sprinklers or taking a prolonged time about it. Your garden plants will likely do best with a low profile watering technique anyhow, and often will do best with an evening/early morning dose anyway so they have time to soak it up. Definitely consider mulching to help prevent excessive evaporation.

Permalink Reply by GreenFrieda on April 22, 2009 at 12:46pm

I was wondering that, too. Perhaps they're making a distinction between watering landscaping and watering gardens grown for food? I can't imagine they'd enforce the Monday/Thursday rule on you if you're just trying to keep your tomatoes alive.

Permalink Reply by Stephanie on June 3, 2009 at 9:58am