ARE WE FAILING AT LAWN CARE? | No Mow May | Lawn Association
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Are we failing at Lawn Care? David discusses the yearly trend of No Mow May - Should we or shouldn't we?
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Your knowledge is clearly incredible and appreciated. Im not sure of the vendetta and bias towards people who have a preference for dwarf rye? Its just a grass? Surely someones preference is that persons choice and should be respected? Surely the lawn association is for everyone and people who like a specific grass should not be belittled or excluded? We all love it. But, Its only grass.
Totally understand your points, but we are an educational platform based around sustainable lawn care. There is no vendetta against rye but we offer advice on what you will get (or most likely wont) Over-seeding every year has a carbon footprint (seed being harvested, fuel, etc etc) as well as more carbon footprints down that line and its our job to inform people of that. You also have to be an obsessive for rye to be successful, which is fine should you wish but if you dont then you need to know. Advice is advice and will always seem negative....
What do you think of creeping rye species? Think they are fairly new
@@mattr23848Hi Matt, they’re not new at all and are about 10-15 years old. They are hopeless tbh and sales would be sky rocketing if they were any good. It’s a clever sales idea but will not take off….
@@lawnassociation You know what... I'm right with David on this. There have been a few key RUclipsrs who have discovered the explosive germination of Rye and the quick results you get... and have shared their success of it. Other lawn care RUclipsrs have seen these videos, and have preached the same message... and repeat, and repeat. If you search for Bent Grass... there's actually more content on how to get rid of it... and hardly anything on just how amazing it really is (apart from here). "It's just for 3mm Golf Greens"... "It won't take traffic". In fact... in order to get a Bent/Fescue mix... you actually have to order a Golf Green mix... or "Luxury Lawn"... or "Ornamental"... and I think people talk themselves out of it and go for "Hard Wearing" or "Easy Germination"... as it seems a safer bet.
My grandparents lawn always looked sensational - all my grandad did was cut it with his Suffolk Punch.... it looked just as good as all these RUclips lawns... it never had any seed since the war!
As usual, I'll be doing my spring renovation when it warms up a bit... but this time... not with Rye... I've got my Bent/Fescue mix all ready to go. Hopefully it'll be the last time!
Love that meadow, must looking amazing by now (august). 👍
the steady heavy deluges have flattened it too well but we hope to do a video assessment soon
Every lawn enthusiast I know and see online didn't follow the now mow may. The 1/3 rule is a basic obviously. Here in The Netherlands I believe they did started doing no mow may in public spaces for the first time. Together with the drought period it basically killed off big areas alongside the roads. Till this day in august certain patches are black & yellow. Other parts somewhat recover but it was a disaster to look at for months what would be supposed to be alll nice and green being it spring and summer.
Our council have done this for the second year on our estate. Its just an excuse not to cut the grass. Its looks a bloody mess.
Of course. Any obsessive lawn person wouldn't stop mowing but as you can see from the videos, when using bent fescue, you can let it go for a while and also bring back very easily too
A very interesting video.
I will be doing a lawn renovation in September (scarify, overseed and top dress) and wondered what would be your recommendation for a grass seed mix that will give a dense sward next year?
A dense sward for today and tomorrow, where all that is required each year is a 'prune', would be a bent fescue. We will be doing our own mix in the next few weeks as so many have asked and seed companies don't sell.
@@lawnassociation Thanks
i have decided that this year i would like to change my lawn from its predominantly rye grass status to something more sustainable. is it as simple as regular over seeding with bent/fescue, or do i need to do extra steps to allow the slower growing grasses time to establish? also, would you recommend using just bent or bent and fescue? thanks!
we will be doing a small video on this soon, but its tricky to integrate as although rye can be (and mostly is, thin) the remaining plants can often still grow very tall. Each lawn is different, every soil is different so it depends on your starting point.
@@lawnassociation I look forward to seeing your video on it. I’m kinda hoping that I won’t have to kill it all off!