This week I'm helping a guy who's out of town. Nearly every one of his accounts had gosh awful long grass when I arrived. On the last account yesterday I was so frustrated I got out and measured the grass...it was 11 inches!!!! SUPPOSEDLY he mowed it last week at 3.75/ .Yes we've had hurricane rain, and more rain after that but none of my properties looked like these the past week. B4 I bust his chops when he returns today I wanted you ask if any of you have seen the grass grow 7 inches in 7 days??
Can the grass grow 7 inches in one week?
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What type of grass is this anyway?
Even under prime conditions, water, soil, light, nutrients, 7" seems very extreme, maybe not totally impossible, very very unlikely. Is it only at the one account? Anyone else in that neighborhood have a similar growth situation. Is there a UFO parked in the driveway, or a test grass sign in the yard?
Even under prime conditions, water, soil, light, nutrients, 7" seems very extreme, maybe not totally impossible, very very unlikely. Is it only at the one account? Anyone else in that neighborhood have a similar growth situation. Is there a UFO parked in the driveway, or a test grass sign in the yard?
Its our typical morhtern mix...mostly thin bladed fescue with some blue. Actually most of his accounts looked this way..but not as high as 11". I cant believe Truburn fert'd all of these.
Even my own yard which grows real fast doesn't do an inch a day...like you said RG...highly unlikely
Going to ask him if he turns the blades on when he mows....
Even my own yard which grows real fast doesn't do an inch a day...like you said RG...highly unlikely
Going to ask him if he turns the blades on when he mows....
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Nope. I mowed one yesterday that got lost in the scheduling and was let go 16 days. The front wasn't bad but the back lawn is down by the creek. I was cutting off 3 to 4 inches back there. The Toro doesn't chop up the clippings so I could see what was being cut off. This wasn't fertilized but it is well established bluegrass.
I have a blanket of clippings on the lawn. I'll reschedule for 7 days to disintegrate the clippings. What did you do. Rake? bag? bale?
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I have a blanket of clippings on the lawn. I'll reschedule for 7 days to disintegrate the clippings. What did you do. Rake? bag? bale?
Dave
Dave....he wanted it cut to 3.75...double cut was not adeqate....I had to go over the entire lawn I think 4 times and there was still a slight blanke of clippings left..bagging was out of the question since it was so large...on the last pass I said to h---with it and and quit.....and its a big one...about 1.5 acres...high end neighborhood...yep there's something fishy with this picture
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I'll probably have to phone my son in a couple of hours to wake him to come to work.
It's still dark here. Is the sun up in NJ? PA?
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I'll probably have to phone my son in a couple of hours to wake him to come to work.
It's still dark here. Is the sun up in NJ? PA?
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"I wanted you ask if any of you have seen the grass grow 7 inches in 7 days??"
Yes. Earlier this season we measured for a few weeks & it was growing an inch per day. We were cutting them at 5 days & still had to double cut. They're growing about 1\2 - 3\4" per day now that it has cooled off & we are still getting above average rain.
Yes. Earlier this season we measured for a few weeks & it was growing an inch per day. We were cutting them at 5 days & still had to double cut. They're growing about 1\2 - 3\4" per day now that it has cooled off & we are still getting above average rain.
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7 inches in 7 days?
Yes it's called Kudzu.
Yes it's called Kudzu.
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Kudzu grows 7 ft in 7 daysOriginally posted by Black Water
7 inches in 7 days?
Yes it's called Kudzu.
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