Lawn Mowing Attleboro, MA

This is the beginning of a lawn care series that will walk you through how to maintain a beautiful lawn, it will also give you an inside look at how this Attleboro landscaper maintains and creates beautiful lawns. In this article we will discuss mowing techniques and tips to have a beautiful lawn.

~ Weekly Cutting
The first tip is to only cut 1/3 of the height off the lawn at a time. If you cut more that 1/3 the grass can react in adverse ways such as turning brown or thinning out which makes it more susceptible to diseases. In most cases you can say ahead of the growth of your lawn by cutting once a week. This depends on irrigation schedules and lawn health. Here a T.J. Landscaping Inc. we encourage a weekly mowing schedule so that we are not have to remove more that 1/3 the height.

~Grass Height
Mowing height is another thing to consider. Most of the norther varieties of grasses are to be cut between 2 and 3 inches. If the the grass is cut too short it will be prone to weeds and dries out, if it is allowed to grow too tall it will thin out and fall over. This landscaping company cuts most lawns at 3 inches and just before winter we cut between 2 and 2.5 to prevent winter disease.

~Mowing Patterns
When you mow the lawn, mow in different directions and patterns this helps the lawnmower from forming ruts in the lawn. It also helps the grass grow upright, if grass is constantly mown in one direction it will start to grow in that direction. Also it is more ascetically pleasing, it gives you that basket weave or checkerboard pattern on your lawn. At our company we mow a different pattern ever week.

~Mulching vs. Bagging
The northeast is the only area of the country that bags or collects the grass clippings. In most cases people do not like the clumping or the look of grass sitting on the lawn. Which I agree is very ugly and will kill the lawn by blocking sunlight and moisture. Collecting the clippings does make the lawn look nice but it can have side affects. On the other hand there is the myth that mulching the lawn adds to the thatch layer in reality it feeds the organisms that break down the excess thatch (we will discuss this later in the lawn care series). Some of the mowers on the market now are equipped with special blades and closed off mowing decks that allow the grass to be chopped up very fine. This enable those clippings to fall down through the grass and compost nutrients back into the soil. This debate seems to be raging between the two sides of whether to bag or mulch the lawn clippings. Our company is set up for both scenarios, we also recommend that every lawn is mulched about once a moth.

~Sharpen the Blades
Make sure the mowing blades are sharp. This allows for a clean and even cut. When the blades are dull they rip the grass which slows the healing process which in turn makes the lawn less disease tolerant. For a home owner blades should be sharpened at least once a year. When sharpening blades if you do it your self it is important to balance the blade so that it spins evenly, putting less strain on the blade shaft or spindle. This company sharpens blades every 30 cuts on average.

I hope that this post has been helpful to you, and that you put these tips into practice to keep your lawn beautiful and healthy.

Timothy Kaiser,
Service Manager