Sprays
Pop-up spray heads deliver full, even coverage across small to mid-sized turf and garden zones. Pair a spray body with the right nozzle and you control exactly how much water lands where - no more soggy corners or dry edges. Shop commercial-grade spray bodies built to handle the pressure and pop-up cycles of daily irrigation, sized to match standard nozzle threads for an easy swap or a full-zone build.
Sprays
A pop-up spray head is the body that everything else in a spray zone attaches to. It sits below grade until the system runs, then pops up on a riser, delivers water through the nozzle threaded into the top, and retracts once the cycle ends. The body itself doesn't set the pattern — the nozzle does — but the body determines pop-up height, pressure handling, and how well the head stands up to daily cycling.
Spray heads are the standard for smaller, tighter zones: strips along a driveway, garden beds, small lawns, and anywhere a full-radius rotor would waste water on hardscape. Because they apply water quickly across their whole pattern at once, spray zones typically run shorter cycles than rotor zones covering the same square footage — worth factoring in if you're programming a controller with mixed zone types.
Pop-up height matters more than it might seem. A 4-inch body works for turf that stays mowed short; taller plantings or groundcover call for a 6-inch or 12-inch body so the spray clears the foliage instead of watering leaves and stems. Getting this wrong is one of the more common causes of a zone that looks fine on paper but waters unevenly in practice.
Most spray bodies are compatible with standard nozzle threads, which makes swapping a nozzle a fast fix for uneven coverage or a head that's drifting off pattern — no need to dig up and replace the whole body. If a head has stopped popping up fully or is leaking at the base, that's usually a wiper seal or spring issue inside the body itself, not the nozzle.
For larger, more open turf areas, Rotors are typically the better fit. Not sure which zone type fits your yard? The Learn HUB has planning guides for laying out a new system or troubleshooting one you already have.
