![]() If you don’t find what you’re looking for here, then we also have guides to the best robot lawn mowers if you’d rather not do the heavy lifting yourself, the best strimmers for tidying up those edges and best chainsaws for tougher jobs. Believe me, once you’ve pulled the start cord you’ll soon come to appreciate the power it has to cut through practically any height of grass, not to say the near endless amount of time the engine is capable of running, even on a single tank of fuel. The vast majority are also more than powerful enough to tackle even long damp grass that might flummox some cordless models. Most petrol mowers are easy to use and some even come with self-propulsion for effortless mowing. They are also much cheaper to buy than their cordless brethren, especially those with large cutting decks. Lawn maintenance over summer can be simple with the right gear and grass types, so check out the Lawn Solutions Australia network of member growers and resellers and contact your local site for the best information for your location.With an engine-powered mower you can mow the mow for hours on end – or as long as you have a can of unleaded fuel to hand (or better still some Aspen fuel which you can read about at the bottom of this guide). Petrol-powered lawn mowers are perfectly suited for use on suburban and country lawns which are invariably bigger than the average urban sward. Better yet, you might want to take a look at getting a striping kit for your mower like this one… Rollers can be purchased or rented from your local hardware store and water-filled ones are the best as they are easy to move around when empty. To really get the grass blades to bend and stay though you will need to look at using a roller to push the blades down for more definition. Whilst you may not get the look completely like they do with your rotary mower, you can still get a similar effect that will still look great through regular mowing in the same patterns. Keep in mind the stripes will disappear as the grass grows, so they will only last a couple of days during the growing season.įor more information on cylinder mowers click here. To make your stripes stand out even more, do a few passes over the lawn (known as double cutting or triple cutting) to push the grass right down and give it a really high quality cut. The best looking grass stripes are ones that are really straight. This, along with regular mowing in similar patterns will help the roller to develop more distinction to the stripes that are left behind. Cylinder mowers cut the lawn very cleanly and will provide a neater finish to the grass blade. More often than not when you see a lawn with stripes, a cylinder mower will have been used. This allows them to create stripes a lot easier than a standard rotary mower. The professional jobs you see on the likes of the MCG, Golf Courses and many other sporting grounds are done so with highly-specialised mowing equipment with inbuilt rollers that bend the grass blades when mowing.Ī cylinder mower will usually have an in-built roller and tend to be heavier machines than rotary mowers. Doing your first pass parallel with the curb and then turning around and mowing in the opposite direction for the next strip and visa versa. For instance, if you want them running parallel to the curb, mow your lawn in this same pattern. All this means is you have to bend the grass blades opposing ways to create the stripe effect. The way to do this, is to mow your lawn in the direction you would like the stripes to face. Blades bent towards you look dark, and blades bent the opposite way from you will appear lighter. The reason stripes appear as they do, is as simple as the way the light reflects off the grass-blade. ![]() Please check out our other posts on how to improve the overall health and look of your lawn if it’s struggling with its condition before looking to get those stripes appearing. The number-one thing you must have before you start, is a healthy, thick lawn as the stripes won’t look anywhere near as good on a patchy or discoloured lawn. Although it looks like there’s a lot of work involved, creating that striped-appearance is relatively easy to achieve. Luckily for you, it’s not just the curators of our biggest sporting oval who can create the beautiful striped-look on a lawn you can give it a go too. The stripes and variation in colour really do stand out and look great something many lawn-lovers aspire to achieve in their own yard. It is the dream of many Aussie-lawn-owners to have their grass looking like the ‘MCG’. ![]()
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