Summer is a time for swimming, backyard barbecues, and—what
else?—baseball! Ever looked down at the field and wondered how the
groundskeepers of pro teams get their grass looking so perfect, with those
patterns expertly cut in? It’s a technique called striping. Striping your lawn
is merely pushing grass in alternate directions and overlapping grass cuts to
give the look of intersecting dark and light green circles, stripes, and more.
(From Man of the House)
So How Do I Make Those Stripes?
Make a first pass of your lawn with consistent speed and
super-straight lines. Self-propelled lawn mowers and tractors like the Snapper SPX Push Mower or
the Ariens Classic
LM do this best. The rest of your striping’s gonna be relative to that, so
no swerving! The overlap is key to getting perfect stripes and you only want to
overlap each previous pass by six inches or less.
Do I Need Special Grass for Striping?
Longer grasses with thin leaf blades definitely lay best
(that’s flattest) for striping. Check out Briggs & Stratton’s guide
to grass to find the best one for your region.
What About Special Gear?
Both riding and walk behind mowers can be outfitted with
striping kits that are attached right behind the mowing deck. While many have
success with do-it-yourself solutions made of PVC, lumber, or even rubber
flaps, tons of companies offer specialty lawn mower attachments (check out Toro's striping system) and even striping mowers.
Proud of your lawn? Show me your best striping work!
Now that winter is here, I won't be doing as much lawn mowing as I regularly do. When spring hits again, I will have to try this our. Thanks!
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Our company has been looking for a good lawn mower that could help give us nice stripping to make the place look better. We have started looking for a good company that can give us reliable service. Our company has a lot of grass that grows like a wildfire.
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I recently laid my sod lawn down about a month ago. When am I able to mow the lawn? I don't want to tear the lawn up by taking care of the lawn.
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I had no idea it was so easy to make the stripes in the lawn. We don't do our own lawn maintenance, but now I won't feel bad about asking a lawn care company to make those nice stripes. We would do it ourselves we are just getting older and it is so much easier to just hire a company now. http://www.mbmmaintenance.com.au/services
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I've been taking care of lawns for over 30 years. Stripping makes a yard look really nice. The owners of the grounds are thrilled when their property looks great. In fact, the more people that see what you do will want you to do it for them too.
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