How do you cut chequers on a lawn?
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But won't the side to side rolls effectively over-roll the up and down rolls?
I was thinking that you;
1) cut all the grass in one direction
2) cut left to right skipping a row of right to left
Obviously needing to find a way to get round the outside of the grass so that you can continually go in the same direction.
I was thinking that you;
1) cut all the grass in one direction
2) cut left to right skipping a row of right to left
Obviously needing to find a way to get round the outside of the grass so that you can continually go in the same direction.
eps said:
You need to mark your lawn in to squares and then mow every other square one way and the others perpendicular to this... 
On a serious note, a lot will depend on the mower you use... If it has a roller at the back that will work better than without.
I've got a mower that does good stripes and was sure that we were missing something.. the doing every other stripe makes sense.. too late now as I tried up and downs and then side to sides and you can just see the side to sides....... ho hum.. sonder if i'll need to do another cust before the winter.On a serious note, a lot will depend on the mower you use... If it has a roller at the back that will work better than without.
Marcellus said:
eps said:
You need to mark your lawn in to squares and then mow every other square one way and the others perpendicular to this...
On a serious note, a lot will depend on the mower you use... If it has a roller at the back that will work better than without.
I've got a mower that does good stripes and was sure that we were missing something.. the doing every other stripe makes sense.. too late now as I tried up and downs and then side to sides and you can just see the side to sides....... ho hum.. sonder if i'll need to do another cust before the winter.On a serious note, a lot will depend on the mower you use... If it has a roller at the back that will work better than without.
Phew, thought this was a thread about Cheggers.
No idea about the lawn cutting thing though apart from I thought it only works properly when you are cutting big spaces like a football field. In that you mow up one square, move across to down the next square, then back up the next line in the first square and so on until you have done two squares.
Then you move onto doing the next two squares and the connecting lines are obliterated by later squares. It would be impossible to do this on a normal lawn.
No idea about the lawn cutting thing though apart from I thought it only works properly when you are cutting big spaces like a football field. In that you mow up one square, move across to down the next square, then back up the next line in the first square and so on until you have done two squares.
Then you move onto doing the next two squares and the connecting lines are obliterated by later squares. It would be impossible to do this on a normal lawn.
Here is a shot from the croquet lawn at work showing the normal straight stripes overlaid with rainbow stripes to provide the contrast. The stripes show as different colour due to light hitting the grass so that at one end a stripe will look pale and yet dark from the opposite direction. To acheive this easily a mower with a 'metal' roller is best. Mow you lawn with stripes in the first direction you want your contrast to acheive. Do this for several weeks to get the grass to retain the the stripes better. Next change the the direction by 180 degrees and again mow for several weeks. once the stripes are 'ingrained' mowing will be easy. There is an important reason for doing this anyway and that is constant cutting of grass in the same direction for long periods leaves it flattened and poorer growing. Change the cutting angle regularly and perhaps even get inventive (ripples, waves, letters). And finally don't forget to feed it at least three or four times a year as greener grass is easier to stripe!
Don't cut the grass too short as it will lessen the effect of the stripe.
All you need to know with easy to follow diagrams is here...
http://www.scag.com/lawnstriping.html
All you need to know with easy to follow diagrams is here...
http://www.scag.com/lawnstriping.html
Edited by trv8 on Saturday 23 October 07:46
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