1st cut of the year !

squadro

Fired up my new mower yesterday. First cut of the year. Oh the joy of of self propelled mowing. Grass had got very long, wouldn't have liked to tried cut it with my old machine (rip). At a guess 25+ years old sterling service.

Bigcheeze

do you do anything different with the clippings for first cut ?

squadro

Just fecked em in to the compost heap. Didn't use the mulching thingy yet. I'm no expert on lawn care btw.

PeteFalk78

Deleted User wrote: »

When did you last cut it?

Late Oct

Actually didn't go too bad. I mulched it at the highest level and went around again at a level lower. Looking much tidier now.

Zardoz

Cut mine yesterday
Didnt take much off it but it looks nice and green after the winter .
I gave it a spray of Iron sulphate in January and that seems to have kept the moss at bay .

magicbastarder

i'm going to give mobacter a try this year as a way of knocking the edge off the moss.

beertons

Got my first cut done Friday. Delighted to see the lines from the mower on the grass again. Now, how soon to aerate?

SCOOP 64

My last cut was 20th dec, thats the latest ive done a last cut, heavy rain last week will try to leave til April for first cut.

delthedriver

beertons wrote: »

Got my first cut done Friday. Delighted to see the lines from the mower on the grass again. Now, how soon to aerate?

Judging by my golf club, they were aerating the fairways 2 weeks ago! I guess now is a good time??

NIMAN

1st cut today after a few days of dry weather.

Using mulcher, cut at highest level, then went back around on a notch down.

Garden looks so much better with the lines and same height all round, it looked like a field before it.

looksee

Just got mine done, and a good bit of tidying up, yesterday. Looks like a sheep was at it, but I will give it a couple of days for the grass to recover from all the trampling on it then cut it again a bit lower.

NIMAN

Think I will give mine a feed too in the coming weeks.

squadro

I have a bag of chicken ****. Any idea when I should throw this on the grass?

looksee

looksee wrote: »

Just got mine done, and a good bit of tidying up, yesterday. Looks like a sheep was at it, but I will give it a couple of days for the grass to recover from all the trampling on it then cut it again a bit lower.

Person/people who actually did the cutting and tidying were inclined to mutter a bit about my sheep description. I am unrepentant, but the work was very much appreciated!

alchemist33

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm going to give mobacter a try this year as a way of knocking the edge off the moss.

Same here for the mobacter, but I believe it needs to be a good bit warmer first.

Will do first cut this weekend, and a second soon after to keep it lower than last year.

squadro

This mobacter sorcery yis are mentioning. Is it the dogs bollix for sortin out the dreaded moss?.

magicbastarder

couldn't tell you. haven't applied it yet.

PeteFalk78

I've just put down sulphate of iron but will be keeping an eye on this thread regarding mobacter. Keep us posted Magicbastarder

delthedriver

Any suggestions for elimination of daisies in lawn...........looks like they will be this season's scourge.

delthedriver

delthedriver wrote: »

Any suggestions for elimination of daisies in lawn...........looks like they will be this season's scourge.

if your putting a 5in1 or 4in1 weed and feed on it that will take care of them. I find mortox50 deals with a lot of these weeds too

magicbastarder

squadro wrote: »

This mobacter sorcery yis are mentioning. Is it the dogs bollix for sortin out the dreaded moss?.

Worth mentioning that mobacter isn't a general weedkiller, it's a general feed and moss treatment.

Mike Litoris

Did mine on Saturday. 1st time it didn't look half burnt to shíte and actually looks quite swell.


I dug it up and relayed grass about 6 years ago and didn't do a great job so its a bit knobbly. The last cut was early November during a nice weekend so it hadn't grown as long as previous years.


I tidied up the hedging and weeded the flowerbed too but got bit by ****ing horseflies.

tampopo

Woo-hoo!!! Did my first cut today, the latest ever. Can't tell you how pleased I am. Such a feeling of accomplishment. Esp. with rain due.

I can keep on top of it now. Dug out a dozen dandelion and one marestail. I've learned to accept the clover and moss.

I'm delighted. Bring on the summer....

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

Worth mentioning that mobacter isn't a general weedkiller, it's a general feed and moss treatment.

i finally remembered i had this stuff buried behind other stuff in the shed and tried it a couple of weeks ago. does seem to have made a difference, i'm getting good grass growth and the moss seems far less prevalent.