lawn conundrum

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  1. Phil A

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    I've never had problems with worm casts, if anything they are good to collect up to add to potting mixes.

    Badger casts are a different matter though.
     
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        Spoken like true Gentlemen, the both of you:dbgrtmb:
         
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        Dim, down in the south west they have a saying. " If the grass keeps a`growing, you`m keep a`mowing ".:dbgrtmb: Trust me, I`m a horticuluralist.:D:D:D
         
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          Dai, do you think you could keep the subject open without reducing it to a two way conversation and contest as to who knows more than the other. I'll say it again, a new member has asked for advice with regard to mowing and with that in consideration .i.e. the benefit of the new member, I would be grateful if you would bear that in mind.:D
           
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          Pardon? How is it my fault?:scratch:
           
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          Dai, fault is not the subject. I am merely asking that you bear in mind what I have said earlier .i.e. advice that is of benefit to the originator, and others, not a two way argument of who knows better and which detracts from the subject of the Thread.:D
           
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          Thanks dim :dbgrtmb:

          To me their type of garden is not a gardener's garden but just part of their decoration of their property. That's fine if that is what they want but I can't see that sort of person being interested in coming on GC. :)

          I also get nice straight stripes on my lawn - except where I weave around the wild flowers :heehee:

          ARMANDII, I think we answered Simon's question early on :love30:. He should mow if his grass is dry enough for his mower to cut the grass - and that depends on the type of mower he has. :dbgrtmb:
           
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          Agreed, Shiney:D I was just trying to keep the Thread on track and not have it reduced to yet another two person argument about who knows more than the other which must make a newcomer take a step back in bewilderment.:DOH::mute::D:heehee:
           
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          I'm pretty sure I asked a question the other day but just can't remember what it was about and can't be bothered to trawl back through the pages until I find the question and answers if there were any.:D

          I did hear on the radio this afternoon that blighty is supposed to be returning to usual November weather next week with frosts forecast,{I know what where} by Tuesday night and our water people are talking on the radio the other day about sucking out water from our local river to add the our resorvoir as the water level is down by 56% and wea re being asked to conserve water.Next they will be bringing in a hose pipe ban:heehee:
           
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          Hi.
          When you mow a wet lawn, the outfit is BAD.
          I tried it myself.
          Time ago I tried to mow not a wet lawn.
          It was just a bit humid.
          Say that it rained some 10 hours before...
          And not a great amount of rain...
          But the result of my mowing was simply disgusting...
          As far as mowing your garden in late november, it must be considered that grass does not grow from november to march.
          Still, in winter a garden-lawn can let be anyway since it is bad in any case (due to frost, snow, ice, mud, etc.).
          So, if I were in your shoes, during winter I would take a rest and I would start doing something starting from march (some weeks before the spring season).
          Sure enough they probably tell you that something can be done even in winter (probably they find something to do in any seasons).
          Anyway...
          Sure enough, I know, for example, that - say in late february - you can cut the tips of trees' branches to get them stronger or let them growing stronger. Before spring starts.
           
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          Hi,

           
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          With half an acre of lawn I wouldn't bother to try to shift the dew with a broom/rake etc. If the dew is heavy enough for it to need brushing it's probably too wet to mow.

          If the dew dries out later in the day you can mow then as long as you have a rotary mower. It's not so good to do it with a cylinder mower.
           
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          mow it twice .... but wait till midday or early afternoon

          on the 1st pass, raise the mower

          then wait a while, lower the mower to the correct height and mow again, but don't remove more than the top 1/3 of lawn
           
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