How to Mow a Lawn CORRECTLY
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- Stop making the #1 Lawn Mowing Mistake & get professional results mowing your lawn, even for beginners. Learn how to mow a lawn for beginners but wiht professional results every time. The Mower has NOTHING to do with it, how you use it makes the difference
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What things have your learned to make mowing your lawn easier? - New Fertilizer I use: amzn.to/3wSG2ko
To be fair, there's a lot of missing information in this. I know you make short vids, but maybe some deeper dive vids should compliment. warm season grasses being completely overlooked , almost not mentioning there are 2 types of grass. Edger use is not discussed. Scalping with a string trimmer is easier for most than a mower, and no advice on proper string trimmer technique. No discussion of optimal mow heights being different between grasses. Not really "pro-like" kinda disappointed I felt your vids have been really high quality & succinct but running into one I have a body of knowledge of has me feeling disappointed in the thoroughness. Hope this is recieved as positive criticism.
I've also come to accept that "you do need to edge your beds."
Or you just have a decorative rock/stone/concrete trim around your garden/flower bed...
What about the urban legend where you're suppose to mow half way each line instead of the full lawn mower length.
@@luckspell tbh I do this but like at a 1/3rd overlap because there's always a couple st. Augustine blades left over after some passes if I walk too fast haha
You did a fantastic job revitalizing your latest yard. It’s like a whole different yard.
I really appreciate that. If you saw my arrival video, it was so beat. th-cam.com/video/193zGwu_5rM/w-d-xo.html All my DIY stuff has let me really turn this place around and evict the mice and bats too!
I'd also suggest you learn which way your string trimmer rotates. If you go the opposite direction, the grass will kick back into the flower bed. If you go the right direction, the grass goes back into the yard.
Very important in yards with any rock features as well, as its pretty easy to kick rocks into things like house or car windows. Especially if you run a string trimmer with no guard, which is a whole nother topic
Yep, broke a storm door glasses that way... Rotation Matters. (and so did the ricochet off of the porch column to the door glass).
@@RobB-sg9wc haha yeah I moved into a place where they put pea gravel pathways around the ENTIRE perimeter of the house. I hate it so much lol I'll never put pea gravel anywhere 🤣
For once I'm already a pro at something you do and post about!
That's good!
I always alternate- E/W, N/S diagonal left, diagonal right. Learned this from George Toma- heads groundskeeper at Kauffman Stadium.
I do that with my Zoysia grass, but it makes no difference. I get wheel marks all the time.
I change directions every cut. I have a nice roller on the back end of the mower and the mowed lines look great after each cut.
@@mebeingU2 Oh. I only have a push mower.
What about upsidedown?
@@josemv25 That's for the ANZAC countries. :)
Your lawn edges look great!
Thank you, I know a full time pro can do better, but nothing is cheaper than you doing it yourself
I was told by my lawn service to mow our lawn at the highest blade setting or 6 inches.. It stops sunlight from getting to the ground and therefore weed growth and it gives the grass a chance to survive the hot dry summer days.
You're the DIY'er's best friend. I learn so much from your channel.
I use an EDGE TRIMMER, for edging. A STRING TRIMMER, for touching up around walls, etc. One week I mow in one direction, and next week the next one. When I'm done, I go around and remove whatever pesky weed is trying to come out.
4 summers in professional grounds keeping crews taught me well for life.
Hola 👋 señor Silver Cymbal!!! That was a great video, very educational and I have learned the hard way about to stop doing the mower too close to the edge causing bald spots and damaging the blade with small rocks 😢😢😢
Looks great! I mow at #4 on Ego after June 1 for Summer, Hydrotain down and looking good.
What are you overall thoughts of the Ego mower? I've had mine for 4 years and although I love the connivence of electric, the batteries started having major issues at the end of year 2.
Another great video
Love to know that im not the only one who mows my lawn in a swirl pattern
I need to get my yard looking nice it’s one of my biggest goals I want for my house.
speaking of mower blades, i just got the high lift blade for the milwaukee.
excited to test it out!
Advice is specific to cool season lawns of course. Down south most warm season trophy lawns are reel cut 0.5"-1.25". Not how the professional mow/blow/go crews would do it, its even better, how an obsessed lawn geek would do it. And a lawn geek wants those stripes!
love the lawn vids on this channel
The advice and testing from you and Project Farm can set people up for success for life.
That is really a compliment, Project Farm is amazing
I hope you get to a million subscribers soon You deserve it can't wait to see that gold play button
Good info, never thought to change directions occasionally. You have a really nice house!
Thank you I really appreciate it. It's a nice spot and the house severely neglected but it's really coming along. So many plants were overgrown for 30 years, hidden away. Nice to see them all coming back
My mom taught me to always cut the grass in straight lines going back and forth that way you don't just cut the grass you get whatever you might've missed. 🚜
Oh, ok. Just always do what mom says and never attempt to learn or employ new and different things.
You cut your lawn twice compared to a spiral cut.
A bunch of my lawn's at 2.5 feet now heading for 3.5, tough pushing through at that height. Have to break out the scythe to get it manageable for the push.
Just bought a house, half of the backyard was at 2.5 feet. Some parts were higher than the riding mower.
Changing direction is also just more interesting to do. I rotate each time horizontally and iagonally. Four different directions.
Very interesting 🤔
Thanks 👍
Hi brother, can you review the Darwin's Grip attachment for string trimmers? Would benefit your posture as i just bought one myself due to back pain from bending while trimming
How do you smooth out your lawn? I have a fairly large plot similar to yours and I like push-mowing for the exercise, but the lawn is uneven and bumpy so the mower jumps some spots. I was looking into using a lawn roller but not sure.
for large tracts, they make lawn leveling machines (basically a big hopper of sand with 2 rotating discs - alot like salt throwers on the backs of trucks if you are familiar from up north). Perhaps you could replicate that with a walk-behind fertilizer applicator. Lawn rollers seem like too much of a hassle
👍thumbs up ! I can't believe how fast you push your lawn mower 😉😵💫😵💫
Hello,
Can please tell me where you got the air gap cover for the reverse osmosis that goes into your sumpump? im finishing my basement and needs that before closing some areas...
Height matters for weed control.
You forgot “lawn striping guy”. I wanna spend an extra hour plus to stripe my 3 acres of mowable grass just so I can do it again a week later. But at least my yard will look like a checker board for a few days 😂.
What is a tip for not having all the flies fly at you while mowing the lawn? I’m thinking of getting a neck gaiter for this so they don’t fly into my neck and mouth while mowing the lawn.
Do you recommend using gypsum in lawns
Balance the blades after sharpening
You should do a review video on this Milwaukee mower! I love mine, and people would benefit from your honest review!
I like mine quite a bit too.
1st great video, thanks...
I added concrete curbing along my garden edges, never a problem using the mower to trim the edge
On electric one it is easy because there is no fuel just flip it over.... No. Seriosly firstly make sure that it is OFF. :P
on my gasoline one I just flip it over, but make sure there is less than 1/2 tank of gas.
@@MarkTrades__ I never had to worry about that with my gas mowers, as long as I flipped it so the carburetor was facing up.
Excellent advice - Are electric lawn mowers as powerful as gas ?
In the 21" size like this one, definitely. 10 years ago electric mowers were almost a joke along with battery trimmers. These ones are night and day and this paticular Milwaukee is really amazing.
Unrelated topic --- maybe make a video about washable furnace air filters - are they any good?
How do you get rid of all the weeds? We use the weed killer but three weeks later they are back again. We keep planting grass in the bare spots every year but we are just overcome with weeds. What should we do?
What is your recommendation for a robot mower?
Please make a video about cleaning your lawn mower deck. I could use some tips.
When planning a lawn, consider using a flat concrete edge that you can run the mower wheels along, preventing the need to trim that edge.
What about mowing up a hill that has a ton of bumps and a few holes. I know already how to fix the hole problem, but what do I do about the bumps with a 20 in. 79cc Gas-Powered Push Lawn Mower?
How do you like your M18 mower?
Very nice video. Good points. Not-good lower-left thumbnail item that says, “Mow like a Pro.” In my experience, never do that. “Professionals” (i.e., those you pay to do it for you) generally are focused mainly on going through motions to get the job done fast and get out as quickly as possible. (To them it’s only about making as much money as quickly as possible, not about caring for your lawn.) Most tear over your modest yard with a huge industrial, sit-on or stand-on beast of a mower that cuts too short, leaves tire tracks and skid marks. Then they do a quick, pitiful hack-job of trimming where they rip the grass on an angle down to the dirt along your house and other objects, and so-called edging where they continue to hold their string trimmer horizontally and do the same angled scalping of the grass in strips alongside the pavement or bed. (It’s as though they’re not there to take care of your lawn, they’re there to kill it.) If you care about how your lawn looks, mow, trim, and edge it yourself using the good advice of this video as long as you can. When you no longer can do it yourself and need to hire a “Professional” service to do it, good luck.
A friend of mine recalled his younger days, mowing lawns for a living. The owner of the company was intentionally scalping lawn below 1 inch during dry spells so it would not grow back for a month (less work).
Question in regards to the actual process of mowing a lawn, anyone can just push a mower around a lawn any which way, but when mowing back an forth across the lawn, is there a specific amount of overlap needed from one pass to the next? I ask due to the fact that the sharpened end of mower blades does not actually go the full length of the mower blade itself.
When trimming and edging around your beds, how do you keep the clippings out of the beds/mulch.
Your Weed-Wacker has a direction of rotation, either clockwise or counter clockwise. It will throw the trimmings either right of left. Remember that and then trim so that it always throws the trimmings back onto the grass instead of the beds.
This channel is OCD heaven!
I will argue that the mower can matter. When we moved to our current house i was using a Simplicity conventional riding mower with a 54" deck and 30hp gas engine. It leaves a beautiful cut however it just couldn't keep up and it would take 3hrs to cut 2.5 acres because I'd have to drive so slow to avoid clogging the deck. This was with mowing once a week. I then got a Ferris isx800 zero turn with a 52" deck and a 27hp gas engine. So obviously a zero turn is more maneuverable. However what blew me away is that despite being slightly less horsepower the ferris will plow through taller grass like nobody's business while running the same blades that i had on the Simplicity. It rips through a tall and/or damp yard and barely slows the engine down and rarely discharges big clumps. Whereas the simplicity would stall out regularly and leave large elephant turds everywhere. This difference in cutting ability got my mowing time down to 1.5 hrs if i'm going for a nice cut and i can get it down in right about an hr if I'm just flying through but with not as clean of a result. Now i will say the simplicity will leave a nicer finish because of how the deck is allowed to free float much more than the ferris. So the deck contours to any dips or uneven terrain without scalping ridges or leaving dips extra tall. Also the ferris which is much heavier comes with very rounded tread tires which quickly leave shallow ruts versus the simplicity has extra wide flat thread tires that never compress the ground.
50% of his advice is worth consideration. The other 50 can typically be taken with a grain of salt. Cut quality does in fact vary from mower to mower and cutting height does matter notwithstanding his advice to the contrary.
@@dalewiley9208 not only this , but if the grass can't exit the deck it will clog up the works causing stalling etc . Is the discharge chute hanging down low , or is it damaged keeping the cuttings from exiting the deck properly ?
I'm curious how many times you have won the lottery... 😜
And soon as I retire I hope to do more of this... All jokes aside I liked the video
My Honda lawnmower has a rear roller that allows me to go over the edge a little bit… but I still edge it with a strimmer.
I use that "$99 lawnmower" shown around 2 minutes in quite often as an extra tool we keep for doing the local cemetery. It cuts surprisingly well but the deck is total garbage
I have a zero turn with a 60-in deck. The deck floats so I just hang it over the edge a bit to cut the grass at the edge of the beds. 🤷🏼♂️
My entire yard is configured so I can use the zero turn. Every tree and every edge has gravel or mulch. Sold my push mower years ago. Once I finish landscaping a couple more spots, the trimmer is next. I do still clean up the edges once or twice a season with an edging shovel. K I.S.S.
That's awesome when those bigger decks can do that, can be a huge timesaver
Ah... what did we do before string trimmers or blowers? How in the world did we get by? 😅
We pushed aside the foliage as we went into and outside the cave..
@@Just1American1966 🙄
A trick for mowing the edges. Increase the height of one side of the deck by dropping the wheels. Place the heightened side inside the bed. Adjust so the deck is level across the span of the deck.
My new mower can't do that. All the wheels adjust with one lever.
I have never seen a mower you can adjust one side higher or lower than the other.
Older models have separate front and back adjustment, and newer ones have 1 lever for all wheels at once.
@@jlr1487 I use a Honda mower that is about 3 years old. Each wheel is adjusted separately.
Just to be clear, based on your narration, you mow twice a week on what looks like a large lawn, so 4 to 6 hours per week mowing your lawn?
I am trying to start a mowing business
I view mowing the lawn as equivalent of a root canal without Novacaine. My attitude is get on the mower, mow it as fast as you can, and get back in the house. If I have a few scalps, I don’t give two hoots or a holler, and if the mower blade is a little nicked I don’t care. I get the mower serviced once every year or two and that’s enough. And I certainly am not in a pretty lawn contest with my neighbor - if he doesn’t like the looks of my lawn, he can come over and do it. A lawn to me just a bunch of green stuff - a necessary evil that gives my wife something to complain to me about and an source of irritation that requires me to slavishly maintain it, when I’d rather be doing something else.
You must be fun at parties
@@Pete.across.the.street I fail to what loathing mindless yard work has to do with parties.
@@derjaeger3321 could have just stated that, no need for the grandstanding
@@Pete.across.the.street Come on Mr. Pete, one needs to have a little fun, and who is grandstanding??? I was reacting to these mow the lawn types who have to have perfect edges, no dandelions and grass at the perfect height with a consistent perfect green hue. You know the types who mainline “weed and feed”. I certainly like my house, it has a lot of curb appeal, but a perfect grass yard has never the top on my list and the lawn is not a perfect culture of blue grass or fescue. I come from a long line of family men for whom yard work possesses no appeal. I never saw my grandfather with a lawn mower, and my father detested yard work. That gene apparently is a dominate one in my family. It is odd however, that while abhoring the act, I do my best thinking while riding the Husqvarna. That mindless activity and the vibrations of the big Briggs thumper purges my brain and I can think deeply about problems at work or other family, financial, or community issues. It is like bass and pike fishing to me, I relax and the repetitive casting and retreating places me into some sort of quiet place where the thinking lobes can begin to work.
Excellent! But I will always play chicken with my beds.
They used to sell walk behind mowers with an offset to eliminate this completely but they just went away. Someone should bring them back.
@@SilverCymbal My 201- Craftsman mower has height adjustments for each wheel. I raise the mower on one side to accommodate the depth of the bed. This avoids scalping. I still have to do the vertical cut of the edge with a trimmer.
You’re wrong about summer. I live in Texas grass grow crazy fast during summer.
Why is fertilizer required if you mulch the grass (and the nutrients are returned to the soil)?
It only returns the unused nutrients to the soil
Once a week,,, switch cut path every time💰
❤👍
Leave or bag lawn clippings?
You can do both, but with some cautions, see my vid on that here: th-cam.com/video/2bLWOvyLwyU/w-d-xo.html
owners prefferance really.
Want it to look good, & take more time, bag.
Want to knock it down most efficently side discharge.
Want to try to keep the vitamans/nutrients of the lawn clippings, & utilize them as best one can, mulch.
mulching is the best because of the consistent return of nutrients in the soil that is organic & natural. It feeds the bugs unlike mined ferts.
Many would argue that the mower does matter as reel mowers or cylinder mower tend to give a better/cleaner cut.
1:50 ☝🤓 acktually it does. A cylinder mower will cut lower
That was one clean deck.
Almost looked chrome.
I have no lawn or interest in maintaining one. Still I watched and learned.
Sharpen the blade?? Balancing?? What kind of a mad man are you?! :)
2 to 3 mow per week for me
Whoa! Does that mower actually have enough charge to cut your large lawn?
Apsolitlully right about doing the edges with the mower, we shouldn't be doing it tho.
My cub cadet only worked once.
I'm not much interested in knowing how to mow like a professional. As long as it gets cut once a week, that's good enough for me. I'm happy enough just maintaining my equipment to get the longest life possible out of it. For me, there is no wrong way to mow. My yard has tree roots higher than a lot of the grass, mole hills and tunnel lines, low spots and high spots, but it wasn't too many years ago it was pasture with cows and chickens grazing and scratching in it, lol.
I am experiencing difficulties in maintaining the health of my lawn despite consistent watering efforts. The primary challenge appears to be the prolonged exposure to sunlight throughout the day, which induces stress and dryness in the grass. I kindly request your professional advice on the most appropriate course of action to address this issue effectively.
Had the same issue out here in Colorado
Until I discovered 20-20-10 . Since then My lawn is lush and long with one watering at nigh 4 days a week.
Good luck
20 Nitrogen (N) Necessary for growth and color
20 Phosphate (P) Necessary for root growth
10 Potash (K) Necessary for plant health
Find out what kind of grass you have > learn what its ideal conditions are > start creating those conditions. Can't? resod or re-seed depending on your grass type & situation.
@@ColoradoCarrolls man seems like alot of phosphorus.. I run a 22-0-4 on my st augustine grass during the summer, and a 6-4-0 or 6-6-6 for my ornatmental plants, and to add a little phosporus to the 22-0-4. I have to mow twice a week or I would start scalping my grass once we get to peak heat. But every turf is different.
@@MarkTrades__ Obviously do your do diligent on your region and dirt. Just giving you what I have done for the last 24 years in this dry, clay dirt
My landlord needs to watch this video. He mows every 3 weeks to a month and hates mowing, but he wont let me or any of the neighbors do. He drags the mower across everything and cuts down to the dirt. Then doesnt pick up any of the clippings that goes on neighbors driveway. Hes a menace to his lawn.
Great information. BTW, don’t you need some VOLT Outdoor Lighting?
I would say REEL mowers are better than the mowers you are showing. You can get them in manual, electric and gasoline. Most people do not sharpen their blades as much as you need to and what ends up happening is the spin type mowers do not cut the blade of grass correctly. It will end up tearing at the blades which is not good for the grass. Reel mowers pinch the blades and stop the tearing, which gives the lawn a better look and doesn't injure the blade of grass.
I would also say that 99.999% of people don't have a lawn smooth enough to use a reel mower, and the amount of effort and money to make it, and keep it, that smooth is also something most people cannot do. Great for small lawns or gold course greens, no so great for a .5 acre or larger lawn without a lot of effort
I just stumbled on this video and was eager to watch it, but there seems to be a problem with it.
It starts but quickly acts up with stops and go and invariably freeze. And yes, every other videos plays just fine.
Unless you got a crazy deal, that M18 mower price of $800 is "tool only." The 12mAh batteries are still $500 for the set and you'd still need the charger ... the complete kit remains the way to go.
2.5 inches? I am at 3/4 every other day sometimes every day.
Did you just clean your mower deck? That thing is spotless
No its a new mower, this was just the third time using it. They dont stay clean long
Bag or no bag?
I kid you not, my neighbor mows his lawn twice a week just out of boredom.
I see no problem
What about bagging vs not bagging? A buddy swears by never using a bag and just leaving the cut grass in the yard.
“But your cut quality will not matter”. I beg to differ with that assertion. Matter to whom? Matter for what?
Why is your channel called Silver Cymbal?? Are you a fan of the Silver Surfer comic?
Taller grass shades itself better, like longer hair shades your head better. Don’t mow too close or it could scald from the Sun.
The one third rule is more important than you think. But it's about what you do consistently. If you do follow the one third rule, then go away for vacation or whatever, you can safely cut and violate that rule. Because you follow it the majority of the time, you won't do damage if you violate it here or there. If you did it consistently, you'd be holding back your lawn.
while not directly 'how to mow' - How about how often to replace the oil in the lawnmower?
Depends on the number of hours in service.....and the engine....size, pistons...
On a typical Briggs push mower 21" deck... mowing 3/4 acre I change the oil twice a season. Plug yearly, air filter yearly....use Ethanol free gas only.... I get at least 15 yrs out of the engines with this duty cycle... they are pretty simple engines and could be rebuilt, but it isn't worth the time as the other components fail by this time frame....
Small engines usually have a 50 hour oil change interval but check your manual.
Im not sure how much longer I can edge
Can I watch? 😅
@@John-Smith02 ofc
Trying to put a calendar on mowing your lawn is pointless. Mow it when it’s 50% above your target HOC, so you cut 1/3. A day or two earlier if you need a weekend, a dry day, etc.
And just change direction every cut, no need to remember how long since you changed. Look at the pattern from the last cut, and rotate 45 degrees in whichever direction you choose, just be consistent.
Make up your mind. Either cutting height matters or it doesn’t.
I push mower it cuts grass.
*with
Obviously he doesn’t have anything todo with Bermuda
Mid life crisis become obsessed with your lawn
Mow from the outside first and work your way in .
Side discharge once every 2 weeks, there's more to life than a lawn
Then why are you watching? There’s more to life than watching something you don’t care about.
the type of mower has EVERYTHING to do with it...
Care to back that statement up at all? Or are we just throwing random opinions out there.