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My Mowing Season Started today in Eastern NC for me

5.9K views 28 replies 26 participants last post by  ccash  
#1 ·
Today 17 Feb 2007 my mowing season started in Coastal NC. I can't believe it. All last week customers were calling saying come mow the grass. We've had good rain, the temps have been in the 50's, 60's and 70's, and the grass has jumped. I can only say that each one who's grass has jumped are customers who I put winterizing fertilizer down for back in the late fall and winter. It just goes to show that if you do the business correctly, it can make you money and kick your season off early. Good luck when yall start your season's.
 
#3 ·
Well I still have a foot of snow on the ground, and the furnace is still kicking on every 5 minutes, so I got a while. I love NC, go there every year for the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte.
 
#4 ·
Well I still have a foot of snow on the ground, and the furnace is still kicking on every 5 minutes, so I got a while. I love NC, go there every year for the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte.
you a lucky man, cant wait to get the season started.

GOOD LUCK :)
 
#16 ·
snow and ice everywhere ground is frozen grass in brown everywhere, and its sopost to be -10 towmarow, dont think well be mowing till late april early may....
 
#17 ·
If it is like last year, we will mow right up to the Christmas time frame. Also last year we got started at the 1st of March. I was shocked customers started calling. My only problem is trying to do spring clean up while kicking the mowers into high gear.

All yall in the Northern part of the country, just think, we give up snow plowing for an extra long mowing season. If memory serves me right it hasn't snowed here to accumulate anything since 2003.
 
#18 ·
Mow"N"Bud said:
Today 17 Feb 2007 my mowing season started in Coastal NC. I can't believe it. We've had good rain, the temps have been in the 50's, 60's and 70's, and the grass has jumped. I can only say that each one who's grass has jumped are customers who I put winterizing fertilizer down for back in the late fall and winter.
Are these lawns that you put annual rye on or just what kind of grass is it? The temps in New Bern just aren't nearly high enough for Centipede or Burmuda to grow yet. Here's a graph showing New Bern's temps for the month so far.

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#20 ·
I know later this week it's going to be rolling back up to the mid to upper 60's and Im hoping its gonna stay getting warmer..Id love to be cutting by at least mid-march.
 
#22 ·
Supposed to be 75 this Sunday here in Raleigh. We shall see...you know how those Doppler 800000000000000000's work lol
 
#26 ·
50s and 60s here this week. All the snow is just about gone and hopefully Ill head out at the beginning of next week and start some spring cleanups. I usually start mowing the second week in March.