Why is their grass greener?

[classic33]

A cylinder mower (the more blades the better) is the bee's knees, depends on the quality of your turf.
regular feeding etc will help greatly.
Easy to google..
me?
I use a rotary for my postage stamps
I used to do amenity maintenance for a living (council grass cutter)

Cylinder mowers cut the grass finer than a rotary mower as well.

 

[classic33]

Cylinder mower, adequate irrigation, aeration, dew switching, vigilance, rotary mower, SHARP BLADES, regular fertiliser, aeration, SHARP BLADES, aeration, lawn sand, correctly set sharp blades and lastly....

Time!

It's my job to make a show lawn, and it's dead easy.

I don't have a single blade of grass at home!

What about your garden though?

 

[Milkfloat]

And to add to the tips, get the moss out and don't cut your grass too short.

 

[craigwend]

Have you thought of looking* from your neighbour's house who wonders why .. the grass always looks greener in your garden?


( * You will need permission for this or you may facing the Green of Dixon Dock or something like that)

 

[Mrs M]

Scarifier takes up some amount of moss

 

[ayceejay]

Cylinder mowers cut the grass finer than a rotary mower as well.
Not strictly true as the type of grass plays a part here. What is commonly known as meadow grass that is a broadleaf and grows very quickly will prove this statement false. This type of grass is often used by contractors on new sites. Another thing that will effect the cut from a cylinder mower is the flatness of your lawn

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Cylinder mowers cut the grass finer than a rotary mower as well.

The more blades the better a roller for lined effect..

 

[classic33]

The more blades the better a roller for lined effect..

Finger Bar with smaller Toes in that case!!

 

[Dave 123]

What about your garden though?

Gravel & raised beds!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Cylinder mowers cut the grass finer than a rotary mower as well.
Not strictly true as the type of grass plays a part here. What is commonly known as meadow grass that is a broadleaf and grows very quickly will prove this statement false. This type of grass is often used by contractors on new sites. Another thing that will effect the cut from a cylinder mower is the flatness of your lawn

Mostly rye grass mixes I used in my last job,
finer grasses like fescues and bents and of course, level ground needed..
sadly annual meadow doesn't take long in invading the sward if not maintained regularly.

Takes hard work and dedication, and that's why I use a rotary

 

[Dave 123]

@Sandra6

The first pic is of a small lawn that we cut with a rotary mower. I took the pic about 2 weeks ago. The mower has a roller on it. Just at the left edge of the bench upright is a mystery spillage.....

This next pic is of New Court lawn, again a couple of weeks ago. This was the first cut with the cylinder mower blades lowered slightly. We go down maybe a couple of mm for a few months

This next pic is the same lawn from a different angle. It's cut a bit shorter(some time last summer)

So, in the next few weeks I'll apply lawn sand, then a week later I'll scarify. This will remove any moss and thatch (dead grass). The lawn will look like crap for about a month.

In the last pic, just to the left of the left hand arch there has been a 1metre deep test pit dug. In august the lawn above will have a diagonal trench dug for new power cables as there will be a kitchen refit. The temp kitchen goes on New Court lawn in December for a year.

The first picture- that garden will be dismantled in late Sept and becomes a builders compound for 18 months.

By Sept '19 all the lawns and gardens will be reinstated. It might be done by me if I'm still there!

So why am I bothering scarifying etc....? I have an apprentice that needs to learn the ropes, otherwise I may not have bothered!

 

[Dave 123]

I want to know if @Dayvo's grass is greener than @Dave123's. Does @dave r have green grass? Infact, do you have to be called Dave to have green grass?

Festuca glauca is where it's at!


View: https://youtu.be/e4Ao-iNPPUc

 

[summerdays]

I commented only this evening that I wouldn't like to be the next door neighbour to Colin who lives in the road behind us. Between him and his neighbour there is no fence or any plants but the demarcation is very clear.... his lawn is immaculate, and he was even out there this evening as he is most days doing things in the garden (it's not even that the neighbour's lawn is really overgrown, it's just the comparison). The gass board dug up the green area on the corner last year, and he kept the new seeded grass watered and mows that section and keeps it neat.... now if only I could get him to adopt my lawn!! (The only bit of my garden he coverts is my apple tree but I share those with him anyway.

 

[classic33]

Grass is greener where the cows have been shiteing !

Burns it.

 

[KnackeredBike]

My observation with lawns is that you can go three ways.

Option 1 - OAP/football groundsman - have unlimited time to read up on lawns and bottle feed any sickly blade to ensure that, even though you can't see through your cataracts, you produce a sea of uniform, stripey green. Wage constant war against neighbourhood cats crapping on the grass.

Option 2 - my in-laws - get all neighbour competitive and buy so many chemicals from B&Q that the UN starts monitoring your activities. End up completely buggering up the grass in the process and fret forever about the fact your lawn is now patchier than a thirteen year old's beard.

Option 3 - do absolutely nothing to the lawn other than attack it with the cheapest lawnmower they sell in Argos. Definitely mow over various bits of the flowerbed when you try and turn because the lead is about a metre shorter than your garden. Lawn is verdant albeit because dandelions are still green and daisies are probably good food for butterflies.