Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread

SmashMouth · 07-10-2023, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by K Major

Nice.

How often are you watering now? I noticed a small, brown spot a few days ago so I decided to upgrade with a Rain Bird 360-degree nozzle so that I had full sprinkler coverage in that specific area.

During the height of the heat wave (no rain) we had here, daily, since I have a couple of flower beds sharing the same zones. When it rains hard, as it did yesterday, not at all. Real rain is always better than irrigation. I can't wait a week to mow, however. It's really every three days, maybe four. And I raised mower height to 3 inches, from 2. Can't really cut it short when it's that hot. Also can't cut too much at one time. It'll promote those yellowing spots. While I considered mowing lower, like 1.5 inches, at the end of the day, one needs a level lawn, a reel mower that's not a push mower, and more effort and work. It's just like keeping one's hair short and neat, it's more work than you think.

07-10-2023, 07:59 AM	#10
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,479 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Official 2023 OFFSEASON Thread Originally Posted by K Major Nice. How often are you watering now? I noticed a small, brown spot a few days ago so I decided to upgrade with a Rain Bird 360-degree nozzle so that I had full sprinkler coverage in that specific area. During the height of the heat wave (no rain) we had here, daily, since I have a couple of flower beds sharing the same zones. When it rains hard, as it did yesterday, not at all. Real rain is always better than irrigation. I can't wait a week to mow, however. It's really every three days, maybe four. And I raised mower height to 3 inches, from 2. Can't really cut it short when it's that hot. Also can't cut too much at one time. It'll promote those yellowing spots. While I considered mowing lower, like 1.5 inches, at the end of the day, one needs a level lawn, a reel mower that's not a push mower, and more effort and work. It's just like keeping one's hair short and neat, it's more work than you think.