Is it really grass cutting season.....lets see your stripes

tarheelmatt

It's tough to have nice grass in the south. I tried for years and dropped a ton of money on it. Really need good irrigation,  but I have a good bit to mow and up keep. 

Summers are brutal.  Fescue will go dormant,  then the common Bermuda takes over. 

I looked into sodding with zoyisa,  but that's expensive too. 

After one last bout with Bermuda,  I sprayed the front three times with glyphosate,  tilled, and removed the thatch. Sowed with some of the best blend quality fescue.  Germinated great and was a nice stand of grass. 

I be damned if the Bermuda came back with a vengence. Lol. I gave up. 

Here's some from the good ol days. 

YEMTrey

Oh man.  A basket of golf balls and a wedge on most of these lawns would be a good time. 
I'm still about a month away of warm weather for mine to look like these.

Fred19Flintstone

My lawn stinks like sh!t.  Come to think of it, it's brown and lumpy from moles.  Kinda like a grumpy.

SGH

Some of you rich folks spent more on your yard than I spent on my home. It must be nice my friends. Sadly I will never know. 

tarheelmatt

SGH said:

Some of you rich folks spent more on your yard than I spent on my home. It must be nice my friends. Sadly I will never know. 

I get jealous when we go to Ohio and almost all lawns look really nice and green. I asked them do they do much to their yards and the reply was not really. Their soil is much better there than where I am. 

The key to success here is if you think you put enough lime down, put another half ton on it to be sure. 

billt01

Its all about what you like to do...

I spend my weekend time at cheer leading, softball, or at the lake.....

I do , however, cut my weeds every week to the same length.

i treat my yard like democrats see Americans....weeds and grass...their all the same and should be treated as equal...

 

Teefus

It will be several weeks before I'm mowing. The yard is getting aerated and seeded today. It will be pretty ugly for a while.

tarheelmatt

Teefus said:

It will be several weeks before I'm mowing. The yard is getting aerated and seeded today. It will be pretty ugly for a while.

Mine is in the same shape. I plugged, lime, and fertilized last weekend. I should be getting some action popping up by end of the week. I don't like to seed in spring, but didnt get around to it in the fall. 

Hopefully I'll get a good root base before it gets balls hot. 

poster

I wont be cutting for another 6-8 weeks, and i am already cringing at the thought of it. My lawn is 2.5 acres. I try my best to never cut on the wknds cause i hate it. It gets cut about once a week, weeds, sticks, rocks and all as low as i possibly can in hopes it gets stunted and i can get 10 days to 2 weeks between cuts

DaveRichardson

I need to cut ASAP!  I like having the bottom of my shoes visable when I walk thru it; guess I've spent too much time on football fields.

I use a 22" McLane Reel from time to time, but the Snapper gets most of the work.  That reel is a beast, but she gives a nice cut.

tarheelmatt

DaveRichardson said:

I need to cut ASAP!  I like having the bottom of my shoes visable when I walk thru it; guess I've spent too much time on football fields.

I use a 22" McLane Reel from time to time, but the Snapper gets most of the work.  That reel is a beast, but she gives a nice cut.

You have bermuda or zoysia? 

DaveRichardson

Matt-  I have a Bermuda Hybrid.  I had friends who were Turf Scientists at UGA back when we bought the place and they sprigged my with a Hybrid Bermuda Turf in the front that makes a great turf for light traffic areas; it just wouldn't hold up to the heavy traffic of fields.  They stopped its study for mass production.  I keep overseeding and filling in areas with Bermuda I grow from seed in a hot box each spring.

fishlessman

in the last 18 years ive pretty much turned my yard over to the woods 1/10th acre of woods

Rte1985

Wife did first mow of the season yesterday with jd lx277 aws. I was at friends house cutting some trees down.  Never gets straight stripes with the rider but still comes out nice.  Love the first month of mowing!

SkinnyV

Did my first cut here in Seattle. Said goodbye to the Honda HR21 finally 30 years old, and picked up the Kobalt 80 V mower, trimmer and blower. Happy as a clam , great start up , mower is 1/2 the weight of the Honda and. No more gas.

northGAcock

SkinnyV said:

Did my first cut here in Seattle. Said goodbye to the Honda HR21 finally 30 years old, and picked up the Kobalt 80 V mower, trimmer and blower. Happy as a clam , great start up , mower is 1/2 the weight of the Honda and. No more gas.

Didn't know they used mowers to cut the grass they harvest up there in Seattle? 

Lit

My HOA mows the yard. So nice not to have to mess with that.

Rte1985

Not only is it mowing time but also getting the garden prepped with the old 317.  I love spring and being able to get outside and do stuff!

WeberWho

Lit said:

My HOA mows the yard. So nice not to have to mess with that.

A few times a year I wish I had that. Other times it gives me an excuse to go sit on a seat, listen to tunes, drink beer, and do mindless thinking. Almost relaxing and it accomplishes something. I hate push mowing though. I'd have no problem pushing that off to someone else....

NEKEgger

My yard is still covered in snow.   But it's melting!

Killit_and_Grillit

I think I see a few popping up. 

AlbertaEgger

The yard was drying up nicely, still some frost in the ground, was planning on possibly doing some grass thatching this coming up weekend as it should be nice out. Then I woke up to a small blizzard, didn't last long, snow will be gone again my this afternoon or tomorrow I am sure. Definitely looking forward to summer.

 

AlbertaEgger

However... under that snow still shows my cut lines from last year, had some visitors over the weekend and they asked me if I had already cut the grass this year.

SGrabs33

Anyone else in the sub 1" club???

michigan_jason

This was from last summer. First time I let my 12 year old use the mower. He did alright. 

ryantt

@michigan_jason I'd say he did more than alright.  

Cookbook_Chip

Here's my try. Not quite the golf course summa you guys have!

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

SGrabs33 said:

Anyone else in the sub 1" club???

No but I'm on the fence about it. Sent you a PM with a few questions regarding reel mowers if you don't mind. 

SciAggie

If my wife sees any of these pictures I'm toast. I hate y'all I'm just happy my yard is green. 

Jeepster47

Stripes?  Don't need no stripes!  I have zero-turn mower and haven't figured out how to mow in a straight line.  I have four trees near the house and I start by mowing around one of them (changes each time) and just keep going in circles until the lawn is done.  The security camera caught the first part of this year's mowing.



So, if you are checking the Washington area on Google Earth and you see what looks like crop circles, it's probably just me.

Oh yes, speaking of spring, I noticed that some of the trees are starting to bud out already.