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Mowing - Stipes or laps?
June 19, 2024, 11:09 AM
ridewvMowing - Stipes or laps?
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Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
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Originally posted by mark123:
Don’t bag your clippings. Go over it a second time if you have to. Side discharge is as good as mulching.
Do you dethatch it in the fall?
Keep in mind thatch is roots that come to the surface, generally from excessive watering, then die. It's not grass clippings.
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June 19, 2024, 11:16 AM
hudrThree laps around the house, throwing grass away from it. Then back and forth as best I can. All the time dodging propane tanks, equipment, wet spots, and the like.
June 19, 2024, 05:32 PM
reflex/deflex 64quote:
Originally posted by mark123:
Don’t bag your clippings. Go over it a second time if you have to. Side discharge is as good as mulching.
Stripes looks like you care. Laps offer nothing in terms of time saving especially if you discharge into the middle.
A customer sent me a picture of his lawn. He inadvertently got the neighbor’s lawn (to the right) in the photo. I fertilize both with the same product and rate at the same time. The neighbor to the right hired me because she wants her lawn to look like his. But she bags her clippings. She basically undoes everything I do and she won’t change.
Not to argue, but varietal differences in bluegrass can easily explain the color. Our sod nursery changed cultivars and we quickly found out that was a problem if you had to resod an old job. The new was dramatically improved in about every way to include color.
I’d let that sleeping dog lie, rather than spend any effort to mulch.
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June 20, 2024, 03:23 AM
pbslingerHow come we don't have programmable self mowers that remember the route taken and repeat it?
June 20, 2024, 05:49 AM
LeemurStripes with side discharge. Bagging would take me all day. With a ZTR, laps just don’t make sense in my head. I’ve been doing it long enough that I have it down to a science. My yard can’t be seen from the road so it’s just routine at this point. I take better care with my MiL’s yard next door. She likes it and she’s up by the road.
June 20, 2024, 06:26 AM
Bulldog7972quote:
Originally posted by pbslinger:
How come we don't have programmable self mowers that remember the route taken and repeat it?
We do. I have a part time job where they have them. They are programmed to go out into their assigned area and cut until their computer tells them that their batteries are getting low. Then they return to their charging stations, recharge themselves and when fully charged, resume cutting grass. It's pretty cool to see them in action. They do not look like traditional mowers but instead resemble little green turtles or aliens. IIRC they are made by Husqvarna and are not cheap.
June 20, 2024, 06:29 AM
Bulldog7972quote:
Originally posted by ridewv:
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Originally posted by Bulldog7972:
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Originally posted by mark123:
Don’t bag your clippings. Go over it a second time if you have to. Side discharge is as good as mulching.
Do you dethatch it in the fall?
Keep in mind thatch is roots that come to the surface, generally from excessive watering, then die. It's not grass clippings.
That's interesting. The part of my lawn that I think needs de-thatching I never water.
June 20, 2024, 07:12 AM
mark123quote:
Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
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Originally posted by mark123:
Don’t bag your clippings. Go over it a second time if you have to. Side discharge is as good as mulching.
Stripes looks like you care. Laps offer nothing in terms of time saving especially if you discharge into the middle.
A customer sent me a picture of his lawn. He inadvertently got the neighbor’s lawn (to the right) in the photo. I fertilize both with the same product and rate at the same time. The neighbor to the right hired me because she wants her lawn to look like his. But she bags her clippings. She basically undoes everything I do and she won’t change.
Not to argue, but varietal differences in bluegrass can easily explain the color. Our sod nursery changed cultivars and we quickly found out that was a problem if you had to resod an old job. The new was dramatically improved in about every way to include color.
I’d let that sleeping dog lie, rather than spend any effort to mulch.
In this case it comes down to cultural practices.
June 20, 2024, 07:48 AM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by pbslinger:
How come we don't have programmable self mowers that remember the route taken and repeat it?
There are a few 'Roomba' style mowers out there. No idea on how well they work.
In my case, I don't know that I'd trust it to not fall in the pool.
The Enemy's gate is down. June 20, 2024, 09:47 AM
gpbst3Riding mower and stripes. My yard is not set up for laps. I bag the grass because the mornings the dew soaked clippings will stick to the dogs paws and end up in the house.
June 20, 2024, 11:27 AM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
There are a few 'Roomba' style mowers out there. No idea on how well they work.
In my case, I don't know that I'd trust it to not fall in the pool.
Have you considered the combination unit? Lawn mower / pool cleaner? I hear good things about them.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים June 20, 2024, 11:32 AM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
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Originally posted by P250UA5:
There are a few 'Roomba' style mowers out there. No idea on how well they work.
In my case, I don't know that I'd trust it to not fall in the pool.
Have you considered the combination unit? Lawn mower / pool cleaner?
They have a 'Roomba' option of both of those. Why not a combo. Shark Tank here I come.
I had the same concerns [aside from the $$$ cost] on the 'Roomba' pool cleaners. We have a sloped beach entry in our pool & I'd worried about it climbing out & cleaning the yard.
The Enemy's gate is down. June 20, 2024, 11:38 AM
CoolRich59quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
When I had a lawn I would mow it in stripes and then mow it perpendicular the next week. I didn’t mow in the same direction on consecutive weeks.
This is what I do too.
I do it just because going the same direction gets boring. But, for some reason my wife likes to see the different pattern and always comments on it.
Simple pleasures.
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