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Power raking and vertical mowing can damage grasses spread by surface runners like centipede grass and St. Augustine grass. Use a machine that has correctly spaced knives for these grasses. Aerate
The grass is medium to light green in color and has a coarse texture with short upright seedhead stems that grow to about 3-5 inches. Native to Southern China, it was introduced to the United States in 1916 [1] and has since become one of the common grasses in the Southeastern United States and Hawaii. It can also be considered a weed. [2]
According to turf experts at Texas A&M, the ideal range of mowing heights for tall fescue is 2 ½-4 inches. For bluegrass, the range is 2 to 3 ½ inches.
Mowing height, which today is 3 to 6 mm. Due to the demand for faster greens, top courses are striving for even lower cutting heights. In the 1960s, green mowers were not capable of cutting below 6 mm; today they can cut below 3 mm. Rolling, though excessive rolling will compact the grass.
Mowing "Mowing the leaves breaks them up into smaller pieces, which help add organic matter to the soil," says Elizabeth McMahon, Horticultural County Extension Agent, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension .
Sod is grown on specialist farms. For 2009, the United States Department of Agriculture reported 1,412 farms had 368,188 acres (149,000.4 ha) of sod in production. [9]It is usually grown locally (within 100 miles of the target market) [10] to minimize both the cost of transport and also the risk of damage to the product.
Mowing can be performed every 7–10 days, with no more than 1 ⁄ 3 of the blade cut at one time. Recommended mowing height of this grass is between .75 and 2 inches (1.9 and 5.1 cm). Recommended mowing height of this grass is between .75 and 2 inches (1.9 and 5.1 cm).
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