Mowing Deep Grass
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- Mowing Deep Grass
Came home from a one week vacation. We had 4" of rain while I was gone. Good fertilizer and RGS makes my Turf Type Tall Fescue happy!
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Thanks for watching! I appreciate you!
“THAT AINT NO WEED!” My favorite comment in the whole video… Keep them coming!!
Herman Lyons LOL
@@GCITurf the grass is tall not mulch only collect with your mower
I miss this long beautiful Tall fescue
This man has the most perfect grass I have ever seen and he has 17,000 sq yard crazy
Hey Pete, You may not want to hear this..........but my Christain friends and I mow each other's yards when we are away on vacation or out of town unexpectedly. That way we stay on schedule with mowing. Bless you Brother as you catch-up on your yard!!!
Hey Pete! That is one beautiful lawn. Thanks for the education and Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary Pete. #Gotyourmarriageright!
Thanks Pete for letting me know that those seeds were tall fescue plants...I thought they were weeds. I keep asking myself self, where did all these weeds come from?
I am glad you told us.
Hey Pete, love the videos, the words of encouragement, and the education you put into your channel. Hope you had a good vacation and happy anniversary. And also, thank you for recognizing the freedon portion of 4th of july, not just the grill and the beer. It means alot to those of us who put the uniform on and fight for it. Have a great day and keep up the good work.
Just wait till the July 4 video!!!
Looks good. Nice recovery of a excess growth situation. I did it last week, its just what you do to give people (their grass actually) what it needs. mowed Tuesday, got caught in torrential rain and made a mess. Went back Thursday to blow off and pick up the mess.
I know of one other outfit in my area that cares THAT much about the grass health.
I am extremely thankful that I have came across your channel. Thank you Sir for being so informative and helpful by sharing your knowledge, you have no idea how very appericative and Thankful I am to you. Have a Great Weekend.
I really enjoy these videos! Lots of respect from the gulf coast with the St.Augitine turf the rain is killing us as well hats off to you brother!
I have never enjoyed a video as much as I just enjoyed this one. Nothing like seeing some beautiful thick TTTF flying out the side of a good lawn mower. Happy anniversary and thanks for the great content man, amazing work!!
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My grandmother used to say "GREAT DAY IN the morning!!!"
LMBO!!! I miss her to pieces.
Best way I’ve found when I come across an overgrown lawn is to do the initial cut then take the big backpack and blow a bunch of small piles and rake up what I can. Then follow up with a second cut.
Mowing one's lawn is sooo therapeutic.
Love your videos, personality. God, family, country. Keep up the great work. Happy 4th!!
For this situation my tip is to mow slower, especially if it’s moist, to give the deck more time to feather out the clippings evenly... and maybe go at it with a different direction on 2nd pass.
Hello brother Pete. I've really enjoy your channel. I've watched all your video's and I do believe you need your own tv show. There are million's of people across the country who would love to see this. I'm calling Hgtv right now. Lol
Tyrone Spruiell call them! I’ll do it!!! Lol
i appreciate your vids on fescue im in S.C. growing fescue yard always have. and love nice stripes. not braging but see a lot of others try to immulate. but they start in the spring as you say its year round. im retired run about 35 accounts not counting my 3 acres gotta love it. thanks for your time.
Great video. Speaking of rain Pete.
Looks like there's plenty more coming our way.
I think I see some stars and stripes in your future 😉😉
Thanks pete. I know you had this question a lot. Good tips
Good job. Looks great. Happy Anniversary. Your good work is paying off.
Yea what he said Pete, hearing protection do it. Also wanted to say you are a stand up guy for not omitting this situation you had with being gone for your anniversary and having clumps laying on your turf. Some other guys might have call the crew over to the emergency and got it taken care of and not showed off a real world situation we all run into. Even though you care so much about your turf you took time out to go with the wife and make an anniversary trip. Just got my GCIA Natural Adjuvant and nozzles box in the mail just minutes ago....yeha Spring is just around the corner.. VA
Earnie yes sir! Just about time to rock and roll!
That yard is just amazing lol. Damn thats some good grass.
I enjoyed watching, very entertaining, thanks for sharing❤️
Years ago the company "Simplicity" had people doing double cuts; the Simplicity Double Cut. I've been doing that any time the grass gets to high (like when too much rain or vacations, etc). Thank's for showing that you do the double cut.
Oh Pete, 36 years is a good beginning. We're coming on fifty. Not bad for a woman I met about 8:pm on a Wednesday night and we decided to marry about 4:30am Saturday morning. No regrets. I have been blessed beyond measure. Love is a verb; the action of one's will. And this from a confirmed bachelor who lived by himself for nine years.
Beautiful garden
In northern Ohio we use creeping re fesscue, perrenial rye and blue grass. I pretty much did what you do with a bit of exception. I cut all year at 3 1/2" and when I went on vacation I might "forget" to mow be fore I went. Coming home after two weeks, I cut the grass as high as I could. - about 5 1/2" on day one, if it doesn't "clump" I will recut it in two days at 5" and recut every two days until I get down to 3 1/2". Each cut is at right angle to the previos cut. So I end up "mulching" the grass but the clippings are dispersed LIGHTLY.
I use a lawn service for fertilize and weed control. The material is organic and the folks that do the service are a bit OCD. I used to get a call out of the blue "How's your lawn doing? Go barefoot and look around. And call back." Now, being properly trained, I do so. I have some neighbors who have bird feeders and their seed contains thistle. NUT! But there is a very simple way to deal with these weeds: Use a small - 1 to 1 1/2 quart - sprayer and wet thm down. Then sprinkle some ordinary table salt on them. In two dayss, or less, they are black and DEAD. My service also tests the soil every year.
When the lawn is just down right aweful - which seems to be the case every time I move - I plug aerate and slit seed for two years in a row. The cheapest thing you will ever put on your lawn is good grass seed. With this house, the lawn was aweful so I had the service take some samples and send them out to the lab - way alkaline. We put some sulfur down and the problem was solved.
To put in the perrenial beds in the back of the house, I had a real challenge - no topsoil and my house is built on the ridge of a large quarry so there were lots of rocks. Schneebor makes a great rake with teeth that are far apart - great for picking rocks. Then a lot of peat moss, Millorganite, Sweet Peet and Holly Tone - and I mean a lot. Till it in and then mulch - twice a year for the first two years and then once a year thereafter.
I thatch modestly to help pull my turf up after missing a mow or two. Thanks for the upload!!
With a pull behind thatcher rake
Pete, Hey... Happy anniversary
When I know I have to double cut, on the first pass I raise the deck higher. Second pass is at normal 4 1/4” and seems to help from clumping
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Happy anniversary.
Thanks for sharing!
some of the best lawn care videos...period...happy Memorial Weekend..
Buy a chute blocker for your mower.Bag and make a compost pile or compost your grass and then reuse the compost. Natural fertilizer.
Your landscaping, and lawn, look so good 😊
LOVE YOUR LAWN JUST BEAUTIFUL
Just so you know I just bought my 1st zero turn (hustler 54") and cut my fescue at 3 inches. Now I gotta wait until I'm at about 6 inches so I can it at 4.5 ... I'm dying to use my new mower! Maybe I'll fert and water it tomorrow lol
Pete, Enjoy your videos. I am fairly new to mowing and I had client that would let their grass which use to be good turf grow to a height that I thought I was in a paddock. It took most of the day on a Toro 48" but what we did was start at the highest setting (5") and cut in opposite directions. Now we are Mulching so a little different to side discharge, but we would then lower the setting by 1/2" and do the same procedure, same lines. Until we go to within 1/2" of desired height for the grass species, then lower the setting by 1/4 ". For some of the grasses that I am mowing have a recommended cut height of 2" and I usually cut those at 2 and 3/4", but there is very little moisture on either the ground or grass when I do this, so it maybe of assistance, it may not. Usually get the clumping if there is moisture somewhere.
Pete you need a walker mower man! It will pick it all up 😎
Pete, I drive a truck gone 5 days each trip, it take 2 day for me to get the yard under control. Neighbors want to cut it for me to help, I just tell them that I will get it when I get home. LOL
Congrats on the wedding anniversary. Me and my wife just celebrated our 20th on May 23rd. Btw, I ordered the 5 gallon RGS from you today. Looking forward to spraying mine and my parent's lawn. Also, please keep us updated on your N-ext testing.
I've experienced the same thing, tall damp grass, I started out mulching, but it was too tall and damp, so I bagged the grass so that I wouldn't have to deal with those wet clumps of grass. I'm aware about returning the clippings to the grass, but I erred on the safe side. I worked too hard renovating my lawn to jack it up now.
Totally enjoy your videos, and have learned much...even though I have Bermuda, and it is looking fantastic. You have a beautiful place as well. I am just a regular guy...retired. I am not in the roofing business either. I can't help but notice you have roof mold on probably the north side of your house. Your neighbors have it too. Very common down here in GA. It usually shows up on the north side of homes. I had it as well.
Had a roof cleaner take care of it. It was inexpensive, and done in a couple of hours. My roof looks brand new. The guy just used a spray, with no pressure washing or scrubbing. He told me it would be back in a few years unless he puts a copper strip on my roof. I declined. Told him I have enough holes in my roof...haha. It has been about 4 years, and there is just a hint of it coming back. Going to give him a call to remove it. It was a great investment IMO. When you get a chance look up roof mold. You will see why you should remove it from your roof.
Again, totally enjoy your insights and videos!
Very nice ! Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend Pete !!!
Man that is some tall grass. Thick too. I just may have to do some odd jobs so I can afford to get in the Academy and get on a program. I am just doing things here and there; not so much of a real program. My lawn looks good, but holy moly! Your lawn is on a whole new level! Thanks for sharing bro, hope have a nice holiday weekend!
Toby Howard you as well bro!
I don't bag the clippings either, nor do I have a mulching blade. I run into the same thing in the spring where you can't move often enough it seems and the grass gets really high. My solution is similar. I cut twice but I have a pull behind sweeper to pick up the excess clippings. I was hand raking but the sweeper works pretty well for me.
16K too!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOM!
Its great to see someone mowing, double cutting, and taking the time to fluff up matted and clumped up grass the right way. I've been mowing this way since forever so it is second nature. Just how I know it should be done. I see "pros" mowing in my neck of the woods leaving that mess behind for a full week or more. It makes me cringe. They get the same matted mess trying to bag an entire property, too. So why even bother with the bag part? I do not know.
I watched the first one you uploaded before you deleted it, but watched again because knowledge.
I feel your pain Pete! I don’t have a bag I mow twice a week and still have to blow out entire lawn to remove clumps! A lot of if work brother 👍
It's hard having a tall thick lawn and leaving it. I'd have to have someone cut it for me because I have to mow every 4 days with this Bermuda lawn in Texas. It's going to be 105 here next week and under my pecan trees I have a patch of St. Augustine that is in an epic battle with Bermuda. And the only way St.Augustine hangs around is it in partial shade.
Great videos. I’ve never had a lawn that looks as good as yours, but I’ve had to deal with super tall, thick grass where it looks like the discharge chute is making hay bales. To keep the mower from bogging down, I would make a pass in the center of the yard, then only throw my clippings to where I had already cut, and sometimes only use the left 1/2 of the deck to cut so the other half could cut the clippings finer before they came out of the discharge chute.
Welcome home, Pete! Glad you had a good anniversary/vacation with your wife and no kids. ;-)
I'm glad that you showed what is a tall fescue seed looks like because I saw something like that in my yard and thought it was anna poa weeds so I bagged my grass when I cut it so as not to spread that weed in my yard. Maybe in another video you could compare the two (the seed and the weed) to make sure everyone who might incorrectly identify a fescue seed for a weed like I did knows the difference.
Vacation's over, Pete. Back to work! :-)
Sounds like a good video bro!
Hello Pete! I just came across your channel today and been working my way through your videos. I sure have enjoyed all your advise so far such amazing work you do. By the way I though I heard you speak of a club or membership I could join but not sure how. Thank you for taking the time to make all of these amazing videos! I pray God continues to bless your business and entire family in Jesus mighty name! Have a blessed night. -Paul
Brother Pete, I know you are a Pros Pro. But please use hearing protection. I didn't use it in industry and now I have constant ringing in my ears. The worst part is I can't always hear what my wife says. That creates a cluster of knots on my head. 3M earplugs are what I use. Maybe if I took them out I could hear her better. I don't know man.
99% of the time I have my head phones on....just did not for some reason here. Great advise!!!
Rob Hawkins
I agree, my grandpa has tinnitus now because he used to be a metal worker and they didn't have proper ear protection back then. No one goes near my equipment without all proper PPE. If you lose your ears or your eyes you never get them back so protect them all you can ;D
JWN Lawn Care yea I have a little bit of tinnitus. When it’s quiet I can hear it when there’s some more background noise it’s not bad or really noticeable. I’ve had hear issues since I was a kid so I was screwed from the start but not I try to take care of myself. I’m almost 22 and already have this shit. At least it’s not bad but you don’t want it.
I use radio ear muffs, 3M I think. They were a little pricey but worth it. I have Tinitus from years of working with Military aircraft when young and not so conscientious. I am fanatical about Protective equipment now. Always wear hearing, eye and hand protection (gloves) now (and for last couple decades).
Unfortunately, sun protection a must now also, 50SPF on face and arms, longs pant and real shoes, no flip-flops, very large brim cowboy style hat. Yes, I look ridiculous but when I shut the equipment down, I can hear, see, and not have to head to dermatologist for more cutting/freezing.
I wish I wasn't so tough when I was young, it's the hard way to get smart. Young macho guys, are you listening?
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#GetYourYardRight really enjoy your videos, your tips have helped me out with my 4 acres of grass, Keep it coming!
if you idle down the mower it will not clump as bad, especially when the turf is moist
Start mowing higher on first cut, cut it each day and drop the deck each time tell you get back to the right height.
Happy Anniversary
Mow in race track pattern just this once no nice stripes. Blow all clippings inward then you can chop them up real good and rake up whats left if its too heavy. Or just bag it. Sure your taking some nutrients but better than the dead spots from the lawn being buried in clippings.
Morning. I am enjoying your videos. Question. Do you always cut at a height of 4.5 inches? That seems pretty high to me. Also, if you do not collect the cuttings does the high cut height prevent thatching & moss growing? Maybe this is a specific issue for wet Scotland? Good wishes Graham
I like your style you are teaching me how to maintain my lawn ,I live in Florida and it rains here at night sometimes,I watched your video about watering at night ,Im still a little confused, do I water at night or leave it for the timer which is set at alternate days????
The best mulching mower I have owned is the Toro Super Recycler.
call in ur boys next holiday time? to help ya out-- trust shows em confidence.
s Buzz I mow my yard. Lol
You've made me move my deck all the way up to about 4 1/2 inch cut. My yard looks pretty nice this yr. I've always mowed low. Never again.
I like to leave my clippings on my grass as well.
I do think the, this might have been a time to mow inwards as much as possible to try to get some wind rows then hand rake the yard after first cut.
I know it sucks. I use to hand rake my yard all the time, every mow. ( not doing that again).but I do think that's one of those times where not having a bigger (like me) hand raking might save you DAYS of extra traffic on that pretty yard. Plus it'll fluff up your yard to allow air flow through the stems.
What's your thoughts on that?
Hi brother. This video was helpful. Would you mind in your next video sharing more specifically how to differentiate between a weed (such as poa annua) and the grass seeding as it gets tall? If you had said that was the TTF grass I would have thought that was poa annua. I have had some of that in my yard this spring in New Hampshire because I haven't been using pre emergents because I have been doing so much overseeding.
For those narrow strips of grass it would be great to have a rear discharge riding mower. My neighbor had an 80's model wheel horse rider that did so....I have never seen another. I wonder why it did not catch on.
I just cut it, then run the lawn sweeper over it when I let it go to long. But my grass is not anything like Pete's lawn. I dont treat it and it's just domestic plants (weeds mixed with grass). I just try to keep it looking as nice as I can with what I have.
Mulching works if you mow more often and it's better to do in the warm environments where grass can grow all year
Pete would it not be advantageous to cut the high grass with an intersecting diagonal pattern. With this method you are cutting and recutting all in the same step. I do this with my lawn when it gets too high and using this method I do not get the clumps of grass left behind. Also it is easier on the mower because it is cutting high grass for short intervals.
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hey....Mr. Pete. i think what i would do in your situation i would have let the clumps dry up and re mow it instead of blowing it. depends on the heat and how quick the clumps dry out. if you really want some "throw" on the discharge run an x blade set up with high lift. it will send clippings 2x as far, great video and love your property that fescue it awesome.
Thats exactly what I did. I just blew out where the clumps were matted down
Im not sure where you are but in the eastern united states i cut like 3 inches and it grows to about 8-9 inches every week, on fertilized yards like 11-13 inches
I have a Husqvarna ZR5424 and with the deck all the way up it's only at 3 1/2". Is there anything I can do to fix this? Awesome yard. Looks like I have a lot to learn from you, Pete!
What I absolutely hate is that when I mowed semi thick or semi long grass the tires of my riding mower mat down the grass and it doesn't look good! And I don't remember having trouble with grass getting matted down last year it seems to be more of a problem this year
With the outstanding turf you have, I'm suprised you don't have a quality reel mower.
Your lawn looks PHENOMENAL! Is there any Kentucky Blue grass in there?
I'm wondering if it may have been less work to just bag it this one time and put the clippings in the compost pile. I'm sure you would have had to empty the bag almost every other pass, but you would have avoided having to deal with all the clumps. Really nice yard. Your hard work is paying dividends.
Barry Wuthrich I get this. BUT. it would take me 3x as long to mow if I bagged it. Good idea though .
Great video!!
Nice bud👍
Pete, I'm so glad you talked about that Fescue seed head at 3:15I have some of this in my yard and I didn't know what it was... some people told me it was Poa Triv and some said Quackgrass... and one guy did tell me it was a Fescue seed head like your just said. .But I still have some questions about this, and I figure you know as much about Fescue as anybody, so I wanted to ask you....1.) What makes that one long stem with the seed head grow so tall (like 8" in 5-6 days)?2.) In my yard, these are only in some places here and there and not growing out of every Fescue plant...I have some places where these are every 3-4" and then some places where there is none at all? What makes them grow out of some Fescue plants but not others?3.) After mowing, when these are chopped off, can they germinate like regular grass seed?4.) One thing that made one person tell me this was POA Triv was that the Seed Head on mine has "purple" edges like I've heard that POA Triv does...or maybe I'm confused???.
I wish you had a video on this, lol.
I'm not sure what you had that had seed heads with purple edges, but that's not tall fescue, sounds more like a bermuda grass seed head to me. TTF seed heads are light green, they're also sterile so they won't germinate. They will add some good organic material back into the turf when you mow.
PS The next time that you go one holidays, fence up your yard and place a mob of sheep. Not only the sheep will mow the grass, but also fertilize it. God bless freedom!
I think if you tried to bag that you would be frustrated with a clogged bagger hose. I wonder how a lawn sweeper might work at fluffing up your lawn?
WAIT!!! Came back from vacation, kissed the kids; told them you missed them.???? And the lawn is overgrown? Sorry buddy, you LOST parenting! Kids are the best lawn mower (Snow shovel-er too) like a scared crew is the best boat bailer. All for fun!
man that is a thicccccc lawn
Pete! Are you not using the Big League roller on the ZK anymore!?
Charlie Lancaster I do. But I do not use it every time I mow Especially when the grass is this deep
4-1/2” is too long, IMO. Harder to walk in. Ever try 3-1/2”? I think it would be much better. Maybe that extra half inch would help on the heat stress.
Snapper makes the best mulching mower, hands down. You don’t even see the needles, because it chops them up so fine. Now, if you’re cutting three inches off, you might have some issues. You could always use a mulching blade on a side discharge mower, as well. It just wouldn’t mulch as well.
Here’s what I did when I had a situation where the grass was too high and thick, and I was using a basic, side- discharge push mower:
I would start by taking two or three swipes in the middle of the yard. Then I would blow the grass from the sides of that clear strip into that 4 to 6 foot area. Resulting in all the excess grass clippings being in just a small area.Then go over them over with a bag on the lawnmower and bag the excess clippings. Your yard will look perfect. The job I did when I was a teenager, I didn’t have a bag attachment, so I just raked up the excess clippings.
For your situation here, I would just wait two or three days and then mow it again. You’ll chop up all the dead grass clippings. Your grass must be on steroids, to grow four-plus inches in a week.
Im get those same clumps of grass after I mow... First time I have need to bag all the time otherwise my mower can't mulch. Even after 2 days of sunny days and dry, the soil just keeps "sweating" making the grass wet and clumping the mower... what a pain!!!
enp83 afternoon like 3-4pm because of what you just said. To avoid the humidity/wetness from morning time.
Freshly sharp blades and clean deck as well
I mow mine at 4 inches. Fight me. Lol 95 degrees and my grass is the greenest on the block.
Pete, with heat stress in a TTTF yard, is it ok to water during the hottest part of the day for 15 or 20 min just to "cool" the turf down? I know you dont want TTTF to be wet which leads to brown patch, but i think if i watered it at 1 or 2pm it will be completly dry by 5. Is this a good idea?
Stegs I have a video from last year about cooking the grass off. I’ll try and find ot
Spraying a PGR before you leave sure would help.
I do not put PGR"s on my yard.. We do it for clients from time to time though
I know people have watched but I can't get it to play for anything. Everything is fine on my end, internet, restart and all other videos on TH-cam are fine.
Jeff Williams having a little trouble as well. It'll play just buffering
Mine is only buffering but won't play at all. I have 100mbps internet too. It's super fast. I'll try again later.
Is it playing now?? This is strange
No sir, nothing yet. Just buffering. It is strange. I've never seen any of your videos do this. What about on your end, if you try to play?
This is a 4K vid...not sure if that makes a difference???
I can tell by the close up shot with your ruler ,that your mower blade is not sharp enough. Its ripping the grass blades rather than cutting them.
I feel your pain brother. I'm cutting my grass at a minimum of twice a week. Even at that frequency, I sometimes have to bag, if the weather was favorable for growth just to avoid the clumping. At least my compost pile appreciates the extra clippings.
Question? What mower has the highest settings for cutting TTTF. Looking for a z-turn that would cut y’all. Is something available that mowes 6inches?
David Cranford Wright ZK cuts at 5.5”. But I feel 4.5” is plenty high for fescue
If my yard gets too tall I just bag it.
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