How can I get “baseball” effect with my grass?
Mike C asked:
You know on baseball fields where you can see the direction of the grass cuts and it makes a patteren, how can I do that with my grass?
You know on baseball fields where you can see the direction of the grass cuts and it makes a patteren, how can I do that with my grass?
The trick is ….. cut them in different height?
The different color grass you see on TV is from the grass being bent in different directions.
You need a reel-type mower (as opposed to a rotary mower, like a typical push mower) and rollers to “bend” the grass.
If it’s a small lawn, you can buy the old-style reel mowers that will do what you want - otherwise they are expensive.
You can get a similar effect with a regular rotary mower, but because the blade goes both “forward & backward” when it cuts, it won’t be the same.
everyone is asking the same question!!
don’t believe the myth of cutting at different heights, you wont get the same effect, the baseball field groundsman has a special lawnmower that has a roller on the back of it to flatten the grass, then it is cut in different directions to get different shades of green!