Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by bmitc on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:20PM
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Thanks. I use a battery powered mower, but because the fescue and clover retain so much moisture and has grown so thick, it has been really struggling (I think any mower would really) to mulch except at the highest height setting. I let it grow unhindered in the spring, and since it's been raining like crazy, I can't stay on top of it. (I should note that my lawn is probably only a 1/4 of my property.)
What reel mower do you use? Does it have height adjustments?
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by 23B1 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:46PM
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Its just a Scotts and yes it adjusts – you could also try scything if you wanted to truly scare the neighborhood kids ;-)
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by tguvot on Sunday July 16, 2023 @12:50AM
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try to use some PGR. Like primo-maxx (or generic). it should make things easier
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by bmitc on Sunday July 16, 2023 @03:18AM
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What are the environmental repercussions of that? I don't do any chemicals, weed killer, or chemical fertilizers. All I do, to feed the soil and not the grass, is dolomitic lime and organic fertilizer.
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by tguvot on Sunday July 16, 2023 @03:35AM
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none that i saw. it just suppresses growth hormone of plants for a couple of weeks so they grow at half speed or less. less mowing. less watering. less fertilizers. etc.
for plants that are not grass pgrs usually slow down vertical growth and promote later branching/density
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by greedo on Sunday July 16, 2023 @10:43AM
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PGR is just so expensive to use.
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by tguvot on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:09AM
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yea. generics cost 1/3.still not cheap. yet, i decided to try one this summer, because mowing grass that grows as crazy on the hill (frontyard) at 90sh weather - it's just not my definition of fun
Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished
by dylan604 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:50PM
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>I never have to mow,
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> I mow it with a reel mower once a week.
Maybe you mean you don't use a 2-stroke engine to mow as the point you were making, but if not, what the huh? There's evangelizing, and then there's just being the crazy guy on the corner making stuff up that sounds like evangelizing. You're leaning towards the latter with these kinds of non-ambiguous contradictory statements.
WRT other things taking over the yard, it's been rainy as hell here past few weeks and so the weeds have deff. sprung up unaccounted for; I just spend a day weeding mechanically, using a weed grabber tool.
Both count as my workout. Headphones + podcast = no gym membership required.
You'd be interested to know that this month I'll be finishing a huge trellis on the south wall of our house to let vines grow. This will reduce cooling costs and look beautiful (I hope).