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From: Ace on 6 Jul 2010 08:40 On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:18:55 +0000 (UTC), Switters <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:03:41 GMT, Ace wrote: > >> You're cutting it too short, is all. In hot weather you should really >> have the mower on the highest possible setting, with the intention >> being more to cut down the weeds than the grass itself. > >Could be that. I've been using the lowest setting possible. Look at a cricket pitch to see the difference. On a good ground the outfield will be cut to around the 'high' setting on a domestic mower, and will remain nice and green. The square will be cut to around the 'low' setting, and despite regular watering will become brown over a prolonged hot dry spell in the season. The pitch itself will be cut well below what a normal domestic mower would be able to achieve (on a normal domestic lawn) and will need to be reseeded after just a few days' use. >Mind, the first rain in weeks came on Sunday and there are clusters of >growth all over the place. Have you tried using a sprinkler?
From: Ace on 6 Jul 2010 10:00 On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:39:48 +0000 (UTC), Switters <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:40:44 GMT, Ace wrote: > >>>Mind, the first rain in weeks came on Sunday and there are clusters of >>>growth all over the place. >> >> Have you tried using a sprinkler? > >And waste water on a plot of grass? Are you mad? Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe bans and drought warnings, is it?
From: wessie on 6 Jul 2010 19:43 Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote in news:9md636l6fo3db99gsesr8rs156bu033tdv(a)4ax.com: > On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:39:48 +0000 (UTC), Switters <me(a)privacy.net> > wrote: > >>On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:40:44 GMT, Ace wrote: >> >>>>Mind, the first rain in weeks came on Sunday and there are clusters of >>>>growth all over the place. >>> >>> Have you tried using a sprinkler? >> >>And waste water on a plot of grass? Are you mad? > > Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe bans > and drought warnings, is it? > Yes. Ironically, the only area to declare a hosepipe ban is the Lake District, scene of floods a few months ago. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: CT on 7 Jul 2010 05:23 Ace wrote: > Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe bans > and drought warnings, is it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm -- Chris
From: Krusty on 7 Jul 2010 08:27
Switters wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:23:49 GMT, CT wrote: > > > Ace wrote: > > > >> Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe > bans >> and drought warnings, is it? > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm > > "It is not a decision we have taken lightly, but a hosepipe can use > as much water in an hour as a family of four would use in one day." > > Who the hell runs a hosepipe at full blat for an hour? <waves> Well quite a bit longer than an hour. Only when I'm changing the water in the pond though. -- Krusty |