So lawn-gods here’s the situation, after having a very anticlimactic falling out with my “lawn guy” I have been thrust back into performing the task myself. While this isn’t an issue I want to finally take the steps to improve things, and with that … my questions:
1) What kind of grass do I have? (I believe it is tall fescue, however, I am equally sure I have no clue)
2) I do not own a bayonet and thus would like to stop leaving trenches deep enough to commit morally ambiguous war crimes in. Is it my mower or perhaps the grass is too tall? Previously when I cut it shorter it had spots that looked almost burnt after several days (with water).
3) I am fairly certain I have crabgrass and clover, thoughts?
Location: Northern Alabama
by AdventurousStock1704
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Alternate mow patterns to avoid the rut’s, looks like a tall fescue
This looks like mostly tall fescue with some Bermuda mixed in. The close up picture you can kind of make out a couple Bermuda sprouts.
Yea, there’s some broadleaf maybe creeping Charlie in there that you can knock out pretty easily with a selective broadleaf herbicide
Trenches are because you been mowing the same exact path for who knows how long, and your grass is taller.
To fix it? You’d need to level the lawn.
To stop it from getting worse or happening again after you level? Mow in a different direction every time your mow.
Yeah most likely your mower leaving the trenches. It’s pretty tall so thats probably making the trenches more noticeable. I’m in the south as well and lawn needs to be cut pretty often (twice a week) if you want to keep it short, cutting too much of the grass blade makes it look brown, consistency is key.
I am equally sure I have no clue. Gettin that on a t-shirt.
Changing your mowing patterns will help with trenches. Mow perpendicular or diagonal to your normal pattern.
All you need to do is mow your lawn over and over again dropping height 1 notch at a time and go a different direction each time until your mower cannot go any lower. Trust me