ball park pattern

[grandall4]

Striping from above. Not the best photo - I used my iphone This year, I'll use a better camara

My neighbor demonstrates how NOT to fertilize. He did make a nice race track pattern!

 

[azranger]

I use to have a toro 60 inch commercial zero turn, I set the deck at 3inches and mow the same way everytime. Blade tip speed actually makes a big difference I did not use a stripping kit, but they do work.

 

[TomSeller]

Striping from above. Not the best photo - I used my iphone This year, I'll use a better camara <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/lawn-care-landscaping/368220-ball-park-pattern-image-1095538949-jpg"/>

My neighbor demonstrates how NOT to fertilize. He did make a nice race track pattern!

I am with the neighbor. I don't understand why people fertilize their lawns. Then it grows, which requires mowing, a significant amount of fertilizer and herbicide runoff is from excessive treatment of lawns.

 

[LD1]

I am with the neighbor too. Last thing I want is to extend the mowing season and have to do it more frequently. I hate mowing grass. I just hate mud and erosion more. That's the only thing keeping me from using round up as my mower

 

[Gary Fowler]

I am with the neighbor. I don't understand why people fertilize their lawns. Then it grows, which requires mowing, a significant amount of fertilizer and herbicide runoff is from excessive treatment of lawns.

I fertilize mine in hopes of grass growing faster than weeds. I also put on the sprinklers during dry weather to make it grow more. I like to mow with my Ferris mower also so it gives me something to do each week. I think my Ferris is set up to strip but I don't pay much attention to that, just try to get around all my plants and trees. I keep saying I want to count all the stuff I have to mow around and yesterday while weed eating around the pond, I counted 35 pine trees within 100 feet of me which doesn't even get to the "lawn" where all the fruit trees and flowering shrubs are planted.

 

[Bob E]

I can get decent stripes without rollers or anything special just from mowing back and forth ^ v ^ v. That's the way I was taught to mow when I was a kid. It requires extra time spent turning around at the end of each swipe, but it does look nicer. Now a days I do the roundy round, it's more efficient. Less time, Less gas :thumbsup: