So you have your main water irrigation supply shut off, and then when you turn it on several of the zones turn on for a few seconds?
1st- turn the valve on slowly, never quickly
2nd- sounds to me like you have a leak in the main line or a weeping valve. Check your water meter leak detector
They just keep spraying - not just for a few seconds even when the controller is turned off. As soon as the main valve was opened they rose up out of the ground and just started spraying with almost full pressure.