Any Wethead Lawn Freaks?

kevin_5

I was just saying the other day that grass will only get so high, and then lay down. Noone ever looks at a beatiful meadow and thinks the grass is too tall. In my book, mowing is a monumental waste of time. Landscaping and trees are an investment in your future, and are gorgeous, but ignore the grass for ten years and you haven't lost much. Kevin

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Mike T., Swampeast MO

My bluegrass keeps going to seed just when it's at its most beautiful in mid-spring and gets filled with ugly brown seed sprigs/heads.

"Me-powered" reel mower; mowed at 30mm every 2-3 days in spring. Well-fertilized but not too much herbicide as it's dense and my main "weeder" is my pocketknife.

Local climate such that neither cool nor warm season grasses truly thrive. Keep mine at least green during summer with irrigation--little spray heads in true full overspray pattern (dedicated 1" meter, 1¼ RPZ backflow) so it IS watered deeply and as infrequently as possible.

Any way to prevent it going to seed?

Steve Ebels

I was once told that

Too much potash/phosphate in your fertilizer makes grass seed out prematurely. Don't know if it's true or not. The guy was a college ag professor so who knows?

eleft_4

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Paul Cooke

Mike, just say no to lawns

Mike, if you had asked if there were any "Wehead Grass Freaks" instead of "Lawn Freaks" you might have received more replies. I say this only after going to Chicago and attending Wetstock II. Only kidding. ;-)

Seriously, though, unless you have a teenager around who likes to mow, it's best to let the grass go to seed, throw a few wild flower seeds out there and call it the "Meadow Thing".

flange

when was the last time you added lime, soil may be way off ph levels with all the weed killer

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Thanks for the ideas

Annual bluegrass may be part of it but am not totally sure as the plants seeding look the same in color--it's straight varietal Kentucky Bluegrass--and the seeding is all over.

Haven't tested the soil in a 5 years, so chemistry may be out of whack. Soil here tends to be quite alkaline as we're over pourous limestone. When I checked before planting everything was absolutely depleted and I added tons of organics; peat, blood, manure, bone and decomposing matter.

Yea, meadows ARE nice, but can't exactly do it in the front yard like I do in a couple of terribly steep parts of the back. Actually, I used to be of the "astroturf or green concrete" school of thought before the reel mower. Allergies made me HATE mowing with a power mower but I actually enjoy it with the push mower.

Brill Luxus mower if anyone is interested. Only 17#, super-easy height adjustment, "silent" design, up-front plant guard, 3-4 year sharpening interval.

Pat Clark

Lawn Care

As an old Mexican once asked me . . . .

Do you Gringos water your lawn so that you can mow it? Or do you mow it so that you can water it?

The point being, no mowing and watering means more time for siesta.

Pat

Patrick Kozak_2

Enviromentally Green Powered Reel Mower

Mike, check out the brill battery powered reel mower. you'll still get the exercise of pushing it, but the powered reel does a fine job of cutting, especially in the tight corners. one charge covers about 4,000 sq. ft.two battery packs will do most lawns. only $75.00 a battery pack and they last 1,000 charges.

UniR

Mike, what you need is some tempered water going through a pex-AL-pex underground irrigation system all controlled by a TekMar Garden Pro 8 zone drip and popup system with motion detector activation for keeping postal carriers and errant creatures from taking shortcuts acrossed it. hehehe