This is the time of year when people cut the lawn really, really short and
then realise they have to run the sprinkler to keep it alive.

A slightly higher cut and the lawn does fine all by itself.

Grumble.


Dave R



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On 30/05/18 20:30, David wrote:
This is the time of year when people cut the lawn really, really short and
then realise they have to run the sprinkler to keep it alive.

A slightly higher cut and the lawn does fine all by itself.

Grumble.

I hate grass and lawns. The shorter the better, but even if you cut it
to -5mm (ie slice it off) the grass still won't die. Maybe I should try
watering with glyphosate.

A lawn does have one advantage, though - ash seedlings can't germinate
in it!

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Jeff

On 30/05/2018 20:52, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 30/05/18 20:30, David wrote:
This is the time of year when people cut the lawn really, really short
and
then realise they have to run the sprinkler to keep it alive.

A slightly higher cut and the lawn does fine all by itself.

Grumble.

I hate grass and lawns. The shorter the better, but even if you cut it
to -5mm (ie slice it off) the grass still won't die. Maybe I should try
watering with glyphosate.

A lawn does have one advantage, though - ash seedlings can't germinate
in it!


I beg to differ, both Ash and Sycamore germinate just fine in mine,
although calling it lawn is perhaps stretching a point as grass is
probably a minority constituent. Mowing at least sees them off

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Charlie Pridham
Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk

In article ,
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This is the time of year when people cut the lawn really, really short and
then realise they have to run the sprinkler to keep it alive.

A slightly higher cut and the lawn does fine all by itself.

Grumble.


Dave R

My grumble used to be the time it took to mow the thing! Hence
the main reason for scalping it - more time between mowings

Now (having moved house) I can mow both front and back in an
hour, but I stil tend to cut it short. This year I applied one
of those weed & feed thingies, and now my front "lawn" is
mainly brown dried moss and bare patches os soil

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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