How to stripe your lawn! Make your lawn look great, and keep it healthy with these simple steps.

How to stripe your lawn! Make your lawn look great, and keep it healthy with these simple steps.
We will show you how to mow stripes into your yard. During your next mow (week 1) pick a starting point and mow a line. Then come back right against that line, so you have alternating stripes right next to each other. Repeat this process over your entire lawn.
When you mow next (week 2) follow those same lines and they will look even bolder.
Then alternate your pattern (week 3), instead of going up and down. Go left to right and now you’re creating that checkerboard pattern look. I personally like to mow angles instead of the checkerboard look.
Then (week 4) follow the patterns of the previous week to bolden them even more.
Then start at week 1 and run the same process over and over. I like to mow more often than once a week as it keeps the lawn looking clean, I would recommend cutting twice a week when your schedule allows it.
Striping your lawn is all about bending the grass, and the changing how the sunlight hits it. You’ll even notice your stripes will look different from different angles, depending on the time of day and where the sun is in the sky.
Hopefully these tips help you have the best looking lawn in your neighborhood.
Let me know if you have additional questions!
Striping kit used - bigleaguelawns.com

[@geraldmcshepard3286]

Great video. Loved it!

[@GetonmylawnMN]

That’s great! Happy mowing.

[@jeremyherkenhoff694]

I follow the stripping guide of mowing in the same direction two mows in a row. There is a small section of my lawn that I can only mow north/south due to a fence. Any recommendations on how to handle areas like that?

[@GetonmylawnMN]

Yeah, I mow a skirt around my perimeter. It’s also similar in my front yard along the curb. Keep mowing north/south, just change the pattern back and forth every week or every other week, that will stop the grass from matting in one direction. I like to put in the stripes, then mow the perimeter to cover up my turns.

[@jeremyherkenhoff694]

@@GetonmylawnMN got it thank you! Would adding a stripping kit help at all from preventing the matting?

[@GetonmylawnMN]

@@jeremyherkenhoff694 so the striping kit will actually cause it to lay down more. But still stripe the edge, just alternate the cut so it doesn’t lay down too much.

[@johndehart8787]

Where did you get your roller? Can't seem to find it through John Deere.

[@GetonmylawnMN]

It’s made by Big League Lawn, it’s called a checkmate.
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[@johndehart8787]

Thanks

[@GetonmylawnMN]

@@johndehart8787 of course. Good luck with your lawn this summer!