Weekly except in drought conditions. There is no way I could go every other week.
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I agree, once a week is mandatory during peak growth season. However even here in Florida I cut back to every other week during Nov, Dec, Jan. My customers get billed 50% during this time. The extra time allows me to do mulch and bed rehabs. I actually make more money during this time of year. Plus it give me a chance for some much needed time off.:usflag: :usflag: :usflag:

 

Its a seasonal business cutting grass, don't cut your season in half.If you can fill your schedule is one thing, but if your sitting home every other week playing with Mary Palm and her five sisters,thats not acceptable.

 

You're not too far from me...this past season I had good success with flat-rate monthly contracts instead of billing per cut. That's one way you could go.

For your standard, non-irrigated lawn in our area, the ideal mowing schedule would be every 4-5 days in April and May...then scaling back to weekly in June...many can go 10-14 days in July/August...then picking up again to 7-10 days in the fall. Of course this all depends on having a 'normal' year rain-wise.

Of course not many people would pay on a per cut basis for 6-7 cuts a month in the spring...so you can promote this as you will cut as often as needed throughout the year...the client doesn't have to monitor the growth to save a few bucks...

If you don't want to go with this billing, just stick to your guns...it's weekly unless YOU determine otherwise. Yeah I see a lot of lower-end commercials being done every other week, normally this is due to a tight budget but you'll see the LCO double/triple cutting on a normal basis

 

Weekly except in drought conditions. There is no way I could go every other week.
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I hear ya!! Mowing every other week during active growing is bad for grass and very hard on mowers. If customer wants every other week I just call a friend of mine and give him the # he just does it for extra $$.

 

Weekly April thru October, bi-weekly November thru March, 42 cuts per year.

 

Why would you want to go bi-weekly? I have clients ask and I tell them I'd be happy to, but I'll charge them double.:laugh: And it won't look as good when I'm done either.

 

Every week here! Contract says the schedule.

 

I'm going to charge by the month this year, cut in once a week in the spring then cut as needed and throw in a yard clean-up in fall.

 

Why would you want to go bi-weekly? I have clients ask and I tell them I'd be happy to, but I'll charge them double.:laugh: And it won't look as good when I'm done either.

Because when we go into a neighborhood we try to get a high percentage of the yards. I don't want any other company coming into the area. In one area we have around 24 biweekly so we cut 12 one week and the rest the next week. And with the big monster motors on the machines these days it doesn't matter...17hp Kaw on 36".

 

You're not too far from me...this past season I had good success with flat-rate monthly contracts instead of billing per cut. That's one way you could go.

For your standard, non-irrigated lawn in our area, the ideal mowing schedule would be every 4-5 days in April and May...then scaling back to weekly in June...many can go 10-14 days in July/August...then picking up again to 7-10 days in the fall. Of course this all depends on having a 'normal' year rain-wise.
Of course not many people would pay on a per cut basis for 6-7 cuts a month in the spring...so you can promote this as you will cut as often as needed throughout the year...the client doesn't have to monitor the growth to save a few bucks...

If you don't want to go with this billing, just stick to your guns...it's weekly unless YOU determine otherwise. Yeah I see a lot of lower-end commercials being done every other week, normally this is due to a tight budget but you'll see the LCO double/triple cutting on a normal basis

In your area, if lawn is properly fertilized, cut weekly from 4/1 to final cut after thanksgiving, with during May going to every 5-6 days. This includes NON irrigated lawns. Key is the fert program, meaning the % and type of slow release nitrogen used!

 

Tim, typically I find the fertilized lawns are also the irrigated lawns...not too many clients do one and not the other. Once summer hits I encounter a lot of "the front grows but not the back" depending on which side faces direct sun. Anyone that ferts and waters needs weekly all season, if not a little more frequently. A lot of the lawns can go 10+ days at least in July and August.

 

Its a seasonal business cutting grass, don't cut your season in half.If you can fill your schedule is one thing, but if your sitting home every other week playing with Mary Palm and her five sisters,thats not acceptable.

That is hilarious!!

 

Weekly....for sure. How many customers do your friends have or are they just lazy. I would hate to cut after 2 weeks.....the St. Augustine would be to tall and thick......I dread the thought of it!

 

I have a few clients that are every other week and they get charged extra for that reason, also they are scheduled for Mondays only, that way even if they are scheduled every 2 weeks they still make more money for Monday that the regular scheduled costumers, just have to make sure you have enough costumers for the Monday rotation and time on the afternoon to change blades for the regular scheduled costumers. If they complain the lawn does not look very nice all you have to do is explain it looks better with a weekly mowing and they will stop complaining, if the client is a real state agent, he won't even complain other than he will be usually slow paying. Most costumers go to a 10-12 day schedule on the hot months specially if they do not have irrigation.