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Ok... so my neighbour has gone on holiday for 2 weeks and he always cuts the lawn out the front, he did this just before he went on on Monday.
I have always wanted a petrol mower so when my wife dragged me to a local car boot on Sunday I found my new toy...All excited when I got home I really wanted to try it having never used one before so I fired it up. I immediately did a line down the front garden which was so noticeable I carried on. When I had finished my wife rushed over in a panic to say where was the lawn.
It seems to lowest setting that it was on is really low and has actually more rotavated the lawn than cut it. I thought it was hard to push
I have 11 days left, will it grow back or do I need to re-seed ?? It looks like mud with a few patches on which have now gone brown/white colour.
I have always wanted a petrol mower so when my wife dragged me to a local car boot on Sunday I found my new toy...All excited when I got home I really wanted to try it having never used one before so I fired it up. I immediately did a line down the front garden which was so noticeable I carried on. When I had finished my wife rushed over in a panic to say where was the lawn.
It seems to lowest setting that it was on is really low and has actually more rotavated the lawn than cut it. I thought it was hard to push
I have 11 days left, will it grow back or do I need to re-seed ?? It looks like mud with a few patches on which have now gone brown/white colour.
It will mostly recover, although it won't look like it did in just 11 days. As above, keep it watered but avoid over watering; think moist rather than saturated. A light feed will also help recovery.
I would take the opportunity to get some grass seed down as well. It'll help thicken the turf faster and the end result will look better than it did prior to its scalping. You can then claim to have planned it all along
I would take the opportunity to get some grass seed down as well. It'll help thicken the turf faster and the end result will look better than it did prior to its scalping. You can then claim to have planned it all along
jagnet said:
It will mostly recover, although it won't look like it did in just 11 days. As above, keep it watered but avoid over watering; think moist rather than saturated. A light feed will also help recovery.
I would take the opportunity to get some grass seed down as well. It'll help thicken the turf faster and the end result will look better than it did prior to its scalping. You can then claim to have planned it all along
But don't do what I did any buy the wrong colour grass and not spread it evenly enough or it's going to look even worse with patches of new grass and patches of old grass that's a different shade! I would take the opportunity to get some grass seed down as well. It'll help thicken the turf faster and the end result will look better than it did prior to its scalping. You can then claim to have planned it all along
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