Some embodiments provide systems and methods of controlling irrigation, comprising: communicating an assumption broadcast from a first irrigation controller to each of a plurality of other irrigation controllers defining assumed states of control elements, wherein the control elements are shared with one or more of the first irrigation controller and the other irrigation controllers； determining whether a reply is received from one or more of the other irrigation controllers in reply to the assumption broadcast； identifying, from the reply, a correction to a state corresponding to a first control element； updating state information corresponding to the first control element in response to the identifying the correction； and communicating a subsequent notification from the first irrigation controller to each of the plurality of other irrigation controllers of the irrigation system, where the subsequent notification comprises the updated state information corresponding to the first control element.
