Does anybody know how to mow veritical stripes on a grass lawn. I have a rotary lawn mower with a roller but cannot seem to get the hang of it.

Ta

Try horizontal ones first ;)

Found something:

Stripes
To get stripes in your lawn, you need a mower with an attached roller. First of all, mow along the edges of opposite ends of the lawn. After that, mow in straight lines from the two mown sides. Don't push and pull the mower. Keep going in a straight line. Slightly overlap each time so you don't miss any grass.


Try 'lawn stripes' in Google for more :thumbsup:

You need special lawn paint, it comes in two different colours and can be bought from any good Garden Centre. :|

If the garden centre happens to be out of lawn paint :hihi: and you can't afford a new mower, you can just buy a roller. You will have to mow the lawn first as normal and then go up and down with the roller. They are big and heavey but don't cost too much second hand.

I knew a tree surgeon who also laid lawns. He tells a tale of a woman passing comment on the nap of the turf as it went down. His colleague told her this was how stripey lawns were made :hihi:

Originally posted by owdlad
You need special lawn paint, it comes in two different colours and can be bought from any good Garden Centre. :|

Or you could get two different shades of turf.:rolleyes:

I always thought you had to adjust the height of the blade on alternate stripes to get the "different colour" look.

At the risk of sounding thick, is the lawn paint that owdlad suggested a wind-up?

owdlad?! Wind-up?!

Never heard anything so unlikely in my life.:P

the roller gives the striped effect,but for better cut and effect buy a cylinder mower,powertech 332 langsett road ,hillsborough,quality professional advice

I have a Flymo Hover type mower, Just cut your grass as normal, then use a rake and drag it up then down your grass to get the stripes.

Why don't you just use 'stripey grass' grass seed?

Originally posted by saxon51
owdlad?! Wind-up?!

Never heard anything so unlikely in my life.:P


Thank you Saxon, there have been far to many frivolous answers to this serious question, such as Jamie's idea of stripey grass seed:huh: :huh: :huh: :|

Hey. Don't laugh...

http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1446.html

Available only in green, it seems, and named after the Bonanza actor.