Tips
Tips On Mowing Lawns
Here are some handy tips for mowing your lawn and keeping your grass in good health:
- New lawns should be allowed to develop good leaf are before the first cut (at least five centimetres tall).
- Never mow too low. Don’t remove more than one third of the leaf in any one mowing.
- Don’t mow when it’s very hot or very wet.
- Remove lawn clippings or use a mulching mower.
- Keep mowing equipment clean and in good condition.
- Wear suitable clothes and safe footwear.
- Watchout for thatch. Thatch is the build up of old grass and other dead material that collects at the base of the grass plants. Scraping it away will allow air movement around the grass plants and reduce the incidence of disease.
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Sutha
Yates site member
12:07, 10 October 2011
i uses Bindi but still there are weeds
Cathryn
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01:41, 19 December 2011
can you tell me how the lawn should be mowed. My husband always mows the grass in one direction, but I want to know if this is OK or should it be varied and why?
Adrian
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22:33, 09 January 2012
Hi Cathryn, yes it is better to mow the lawn in different directions because if you want a good grass coverage, then mowing it in other directions will encourage it to grow wider not taller and depending on the growing conditions (summer-autumn is best most at a mininmum of 2 days a week to give it a better chance of growing wider, in winter mow at least once a week and raise the level of cutting due to the fact that some grass species do not like the cold so much as others, in spring go back to the same cutting height as summer and give it a light scarify to get rid of any thatch build up as well as top dress the lawn if there are any uneven areas. make sure you also give it a fertilise once in a while as well to make sure the grass is getting the required nutrients. Most of these practices are used everyday by golf courses, sporting fields, stadiums, and bowling greens
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