I mow in squares and circles and don't stripe my lawns this is why
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- On my last 4 videos, you Guys have been asking me why I mow in squares and circles and not in a pattern and how come we don't stripe our lawns, so, in this video, I answer your questions about my business not stripping our mowing customer's lawns
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Squares and lines are the only way
I always stripe, just something about riding down the street, and seeing them 45s or diamonds looking back, makes the job look sexy, lol
I have worked on a golfcourse since i was a kid. My grass gets stripes. Our last apartment had green carpet. I striped it with the vacuum
Scott Smelko I do that with the carpets in my house and car it’s quite fun 😂
Lmfao
I'm not the only one.
I just finally pulled the trigger in starting my own lawn care company. I love watching your videos man, have given me alot of ideas and you guys just straight up kill! Pop smokee!
How’s it going
I hope you have been successful
I want to know too, Barbaros. How is it going?
I don't understand why people in the north try to tell the south how to cut. Totally different grass type... Great job guys!!!!
Thank you for your service. Greatly appreciated.
I always cut a different pattern each visit. It avoids ruts in the yard. The diagonal cut gets a lot of attention too.
I love watching you because you always have a reason for doing things the way you do them an i can appreciate that its usually motivated by your desire to make the lawn look its best. Thanks for your support on my channel!
Nice set up my guy , you keep your trailer clean . Definitely the way too be , I've got friends in the lawn Care is and it always looks like he just tosses his shit in his trailer lol
It's a taste thing I think. We have several customers that have asked us NOT to stripe their lawns. They prefer a carpet appearance.
We tried striping but our turf type doesnt allow it and the carpet look is preffered here, thanks for your comment and I love your videos and watch them all.
Feeling is mutual man. We watch all yours as well!
Up here in Kansas, we have a lot of Fescue and Bluegrass which is not as thick as Augustine or Bermuda or Zoysia. Our problem is turning quickly on wet ground which will cause wheel tear on the grass. When the ground is still wet, I always mow in circles. When the ground is relatively dry, I always cut in stripes and then reverse the stripes the next time I cut. Like the man says, you do each lawn the way its designed or laid out.
And I'm not going to lie I love striping grass especially here in Columbus Ohio because it's so pretty but I also understand that grass is different all over this country and from what I see you boys down south do a good job with them lawns
cbanksmowing heyy neighbor!!
Central ohio here too and yea I like leaving some nice stripes myself
cbanksmowing he also mows these babies down to like 2.5” and that’s about a whole inch shorter than what we keep our weekly accounts in Mi
I agree with the no stripe look...Solid green is so much better imo. Old school guy I guess.
Love when you say there's no right or wrong just different styles of doing the work and that couldn't be any truer
I love that too, because soo many people think their way is the only way and that just isn't true!
Wow thank you very much for volunteering for the troops you're a very great man.
Thank you!
I don’t stripe either. Rural Southern Tn...... mainly weeds. Most customers just want it low. I do have some nice yards but those customers don’t care about stripes either. Like you said... either way is neither right or wrong, it’s just different parts of the country. Awesome thing you do for the troops by the way!👍🏻👍🏻
Humboldt?
I've been watching you for some time now months months months. And I've never told you thank you for your service you're a great young man...thank you
Just wanted to say that I signed up for Project Evergreen just now...I put you as the resource that made me aware of it. I’m a volunteer!!
Awesome, thanks!
I want say you do a wonderful job and you care so much about your customers
You guys are a really great crew! Never thought that I would I would care to watch a grass crew work. Also, you can tell a lot by the way he keeps his shop. Your mobile “shop” is so well organized.
GREAT JOB
Reminds me of Curtis over at Weed Wacker Lawn Care talking about striping - he took the camera around the neighborhood - not one property striped. He doesn't stripe because the kind of grass he cuts doesn't hold stripes very well and the customers don't want to see stripes.
Sara Llewellyn Oh Curtis got down with the striping thing ..lol
I'm here in Texas also...no striping around here
Up here in Maine you won't find any striped lawns.
For that matter, this past year Maine has become a cash cow for new lawncare companies. They're popping up like weeds. I've lived here all my life and I've seen more riding mowers in the past four months than in the past 20 years.
It was bound to happen - lawns up here are weeds, 80% by volume. Clover and dandelions and crabgrass everywhere. People up here don't even know what edging is most of the time. There are so many lawns to be mowed and brush to be cleared and weeds to be trimmed that everyone's making money.
Since the 1980's, everyone up here used to mow their own lawn with a 20" push mower.
Last summer I was standing outside and I heard what sounded like an airplane taking off. I walked around looking for the source of the sound - it was some guy on a 60" riding mower. What the heck, I thought. He's obviously in the wrong neighborhood!
I am originally from Indiana. Now I live in Florida. You do not cut a Georgia lawn the same way you cut Bluegrass in Indiana. Midwesterners have no clue how horrible the green stuff is in the south. It's ugly as hell green crap weeds. You can't stripe it. It does not have BLADES to lay down...big difference. I had a huge yard in Indiana that was manicured. In Florida we just hack it low and landscape with great plants. I love the way you politely tell people they don't know what the HAY they talkin' about because this Hoosier knows you can't stripe weeds. Keep on keepin' on bro!! Love the love u put into this channel. ❤ You teach me a ton!!!
Wow, thanks a lot!
Awesome brother. And thank you for your service. I just retired from the Army as well.
Good video. Definitely laughed several times every time you paused the music for Quest to interrupt the shot with his edging haha
Where I live doesn’t matter how you cut we’re just thankful to have something to cut
I live in very dry area don’t use edger only trimmer but maintain full garden service that’s how I keep going in Brisbane Australia
Nothing like a stick edger look..no striping here in Texas either and like you say every yard is different..we are having some stressed trees that are dropping leaves so we circle it then raise deck just like you ..then sometmes feather middle with blower ..✌
Thank you Sir for serve our Veterans you did a wonderful job for sure. I just wouldn’t know how to even mow unless I stripe a yard because it will make average grass look better and good grass look great plus it’s just as quick but I’ve never seen a type turf that shouldn’t be stripped so I mainly see tall fescue so I really don’t know anything else.
Some lawns certainly look better without stripes however striping isn't just for looks it's actually the best way to evenly distribute clippings not to mention it's probably the fastest way to mow
Strips yard looks nice
I agree!
I signed up and now volunteer here in Mobile Alabama. Thanks for info for supporting my fellow veterans!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the preop check of the sprayer. Thank you for the tip about not striping the lawn. Love how everything has a place. Reminds me of being in the Navy. HOOAH
Have always been surprised on the emphasis on striping, I don't like it, I want my finished product to look like a smooth carpet, sharply edged, just saying.
I agree!
How do you not have stipes of some sort? I have no kit on my mower, but between the tires and deck, there is always some sort of stripe effect.
@@MrAirtaz Almost looks like the goal is to avoid striping with an odd mowing pattern, thus actually making more work. Respect for the business though my bro. Get that 💰
How do you know when your a boss? When you can make your CZcams video with one hand, and park your mower in the trailer with the other hand. Skillz. Good video.
Ya We always ask our customers if they want tripes or not because it all comes down to personal preference. Most all our yards here are Kentucky blue grass .from west Kentucky
I think striping looks much better on kentucky bluegrass, no so much with centipede, bermuda or st augustine. its personal taste, some folks like it, some dont. its important to change up the mowing pattern. you and your crew do fantastic work - keep up the great job!
In my area, it's cool season grass which goes dorment in July and August. It's a tough sale to keep the customers on a weekly service because there's just no growth to cut. It does make things tough when so many switch to bi-weekly. I try to push other work like tree pruning, mulch, etc to make up for it.
Need work? Call Aunt Grace
Up here in the Midwest(southeast Mi) I have to cut weekly unless there is a drought mid summer then it may be ever 2 weeks for July/Aug. I cut the bluegrass up here at 3.5. I only strip if the lay of the yard makes it time effective. In 13 years of business I have never had a customer say they need there lawn stripped or you didn't stripe it well enough.
Thanks for sharing!
Different grass calls for different treatment but that grass looked long and green enough to lay down some pearls, especially since you double cut it. We keep our lawns around 3.25” so we are definitely laying stripes in Mi...plus striping it makes the job look more professional IMO and looks like a design rather than just simply being uniform. Different strokes for different folks! Great video!
I clearly understand your point, but the reality is that even if we try and tripe it only lasts 10 to 20 minutes due to the growth characteristics of the turf. It tends to pop back up really fast making our efforts useless. Thanks for your comment 👍
Can’t stripe bermudagrass, zoysia, etc Doesn’t work like other grasses.
I stripe St. Augustine and cut very tall it comes out beautifully. I'm just south of Houston, Texas. The grass is thicker the roots are better and it is complimented on the professional look.
When lawn services do not stripe it makes it easier for neighboring diy'ers to dominate. I love it!
Thank you for this video also, the camera footage of using the growth regulator was great for me to see. Also there was a video of yours that I was watching it was about quoting a price for a new yard. On that video you told the exact price you were going to charge. Johnny, I was so very pleased that you did that because I need more I sight in that area. Thank you dearly Brother, please keep the videos coming, brother.
Cool, thanks
Different strokes? I like that!
We stripe lawns customers pay extra they love it
I just registered for Green Care for Troops... glad I watched this video
Great video. We always blow off the AC units
Good topic the reason I don't stripe and cut in circles or at an angle switch up every now and then so I won't leave Inprint of my tires on lawn
Different strokes for different folks
Here in Florida we have to cut every week during the summer. Most houses here like the stripes so we also do stripes here. Almost every lawn care company in Florida does stripes
Good to know, glad I'm not in Florida 😂👍
We live in North Florida 45yrs, I’ve never seen stripes 😂 only carpet
Since I only do my properties I have bama what they look good at summer stripe someone else stripe and I would assume that the client how the client want their yard if they want to strike for not most of them really don't care one way or the other as long as they cut it looks like I know you do a nice job so you don't have to worry about that. Take care of your tools because they take care of you and then the money maker. Take care of each other and mostly take care of yourselves. Good luck everyone
We do everything the same in Florida. Striping looks cool but not the way we do it.
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Nice trailer setup. Very organized!
Thank you!
I stripe my yard (south alabama) no roller just did the single double pattern with the zero turn. Can see stripes but it doesnt look like low and high sections of grass. Looks like a nice rolling valley.
Cutting in strpes looks much better and customers love it
can you plz go into more detail about the shrubs and Plant Growth Regulator? I have a lot of bushes and hedges to tend to, and am interested to know the product and application rate that you are using to control the growth. I'm also assuming it doesn't burn or damage the shrubs with warmer temps because you are doing this video in July?
I'll eventually do a detailed video on what I use, but I don't apply it on every shrub until I try it out at home and I do not apply it if the temperature is above 85. I apply it in the mornings so that it can be absorbed by noon, hope this helps
Gotta have beautiful stripes here in Michigan.
Love my stripes,with sharp blades(Grand Rapids,Michigan).
I cut nice diamonds sometimes for my customers! Redford, Detroit, Canton, Dearborn and so on👌🏾👍🏾
Same here in Indiana
Very informative, good stuff
Nice! I dont know why I laughed so hard on the bird zoom
Odom's Lawn Service cuz ur easy to entertain
Here in the UK we don't stripe at all. We also as far as I'm aware the first business to be fully cordless using EGO products and they have been amazing day in day out. I'm a big believer in the stripes can make any lawn look great as they are taking the eye away from the fact you have a poor lawn. I'm one for a nice thick green looking lawn.
Bought my first riding tractor (Lt 1500 ) this summer for a trade chainsaw & $100 it never work right valves we're all out of whack plus steering column, put it up for sale on Facebook Market place $170.00 sold in two days 😯
4:38 I live in Detroit and the "bird-birds" here do the same thing every time I mow. Some times the line up on the fence watching and waiting patiently until I am done then the swoop down to investigate what meal they can get.
Ive gotten almost 26 yards of the month for just strips. They bring the appearance but make sure you rotate the cuts.
Thanks. Our grass doesn't stripe well so it's not required or expected in my area.
@@Bladesofgrasslawncare Tru. I live in Florida grass grows crazy here even in winter. I also love that carpet look too. You do a great job. Love your work
@@EpicPlayzTV Thanks and wish you the best as well!
I’m the Tri State area, you lose jobs if you don’t stripe correctly. Watching this hurt my eyes haha but not in a bad way since I’m used to the striping here lol
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This absolutely drove me crazy watching this not striping it lol I love to strip but good vid , the yard looks really clean nice
Carpet cuts here In Georgia. No lines.!! Carpet looks much better. Great Job
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesomeness
What height did you mow this yard on, & what height do you mow at on average? Just curious. Y'all do great work though. Its nice to see someone take pride in what they do!
This on was mowed at 3" this time of the year we try to keep them at 3" thanks!
You have a decent bit of time for between yard shrub trimmings and mowing also. We couldnt do that we was tooooo busy
Looking good as usual.
Thanks, Jeff!
It’s hard to rotate your cuts if you don’t do some sort of stripe, grass ends up growing like shit after a few days of growth if you don’t cut in different patterns. Especially on a stand on that leaves noticeable tire tracks. (I cut a 3.5”)
Honestly can’t imagine any customer spending $40+ on lawn care and have it look boring.
I’m up in West ga, no one wants to commit to a weekly lawn routine. Very few will.
Mine 7" or moreI cut three weeks ago on 5
It needs to be cut but theres been no rain.
Mine the longest on the whole street but it the greenest and all the cut yards are dried up. Other uncut yards on this street they got the spraughts stickin up .
They never groom theirs though. I got a couple but I dont like that kinda grass anyway and dig it up when the spraught.
What is the stuff called you are spraying on the bushes that allows them to hold their shape longer?
Atrimmec plant growth regulator
I hope that stuff goes a long way, it sure is expensive. I suppose on contacts where shrub trimming is included , but on regular lawns it seems it would cut into profit
I don’t really like stripes I like that carpet looking grass
4:41 paid actor🤨
Lol!!!!
Buen trabajo parece alfombra ....yo también tengo negocio de limpieza de patios aquí en puerto rico
Saludos, Purtoriqueno! Gracias.
That’s right G, different location different way of doing things. And I cut the exact same way you do. Must be a Southern thing. I need to try out some of that spray you putting on them hedges.
I agree , Down here in the south you rarely see striping because simply put you can't, Yeah you can get some lines lol plus most of the times down here the front yard has the best grass but it is so small you will leave tear up the grass trying
we stripe in tennessee
Good work men!
Looks amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Mowing in a pattern scatters the clippings and is faster and we never blow everything to the inside... It's harder on the mower and you have to go over it again
Do you mow in squares and circles every time you service the lawn? Or do you change the route?
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!!
Do you polka-dot? Plaid?
Or maybe go retro and lay down some Paisley?
Hah, I kid. You guys do nice work!
I double diamond alot cause it always been backnforth but now either way theres trails. So its circle cut next time from the center out.
What kind of spray do you use and also the backpack spray what brand
Quoc Phung I use Celsius and the sprayer from green touch industries
Stripe or not it makes more sense to me to go back and fourth. If it makes a stripe so be it but it gets dispersed better and more even the first time over then to cut a giant square raise the deck then disperse it around. If it’s too tall or too thick do one whole pass this way.... turn around and do half a pass that way.... one and done.
Several things: shrubs need to be cut back, the beds could use a courtesy blow of clippings, huge weed on the side of the house, and definitely could stripe grass. Client would appreciate the extra step I’m sure.
Different stroke for different folks
Hi! What is this cool lawn mower that you stand on?
It's an Exmark Stand On
Hey what's up
I would've mowed first, before edging. Because the mower could smash the edge back down to the sidewalk, causing the look of a missed edge spot. Which it did smash Some of your edges, closet to the Drive way. Other than that great work i like your channel
What grass type is this? And is it possible to get that carpet look with Bahiagrass?
This is Centipede grass
What would you recommend for a traditional riding lawn mower?
I haven't look at one in years and I would be guessing, so my advice is a good warranty and a close repair location, because all equipment breaks eventually and you need your repairs done fast, hope this helps.
Hey bro, one question.
Do you need to be certified to spray the shrubs? Thanks man and nice video 👍🏻
Yes!
Nice work. How much do you charge to trim those shrubs ? What is your reason for putting growth regulator on your shrubs after trimming? Love your setup in your trailer. We have Tall Fescue turf in my area we strip without trying.
We do yearly all-inclusive grounds maintenance so the customers don't care about the frequency of trimming all they care is that it looks good all the time. By spraying our shrubs I minimize the labor frequency of trimming.
Blades of Grass Lawn Care, LLC , what did you charge for a yearly maintenance for just that property you sprayed with the growth regulator? Is the mowing prices included as well?
Is it just me or is no one saying 'stripe'?
i think striping yards is really a waste of effort... i retired for this 22 years ago and did it for 20 plus years and not one person asked me to stripe their lawn... i cut and bagged my yards for mannny years... final couple of years i just mowed/mulched... no stripes... but i guess if i started today a couple of people would ask for it... and if it took more time i would charge more... but again i never once gave it a thought...
I will stripe for a while and then do circles. Its like clearing my canvas for a new painting
Great analogy!
The mower lays the grass every time you drive over it. It's impossible to not put lines in it even if you circle it. And every grass type can be stripped. Even St Augustine grass. If you mow a circle half the lawn would be dark the other half light. You can also change the strips every week.
I strip and I'm from Texas I strip on burmuda and St Augustine and true every two weeks the way to go
Good on you for helping the service members. That's awesome!
Watching your guy grab that cable for the trailer gate made me cringe. I know it’s easier because you don’t have to bend over but if that cable is frayed even a little bit you can come up with a pretty nasty sliver.
We realized that and are trying to stop doing it, but I must say that we are accustomed to it and it's hard, lol!
Maybe wrap some electrical tape or shrink tubing around it. I have no idea if it will hold up but it may just serve as a visual reminder not to grab it.
Keep up the good work!
Putting the clippings back on the lawn eliminates the need for fertilizing. All the nutrients go back into the soil. Just makes sense to me.