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Firstly I am going to be slightly pedantic and say that mowing a 50m x 50m, which is nearly two thirds of an acre, with a walk behind mower is not efficient to start with, whatever approach you might take.
But if I were forced to do it, then I would do the headlands first to create the turning area and I would mow along the longest length of the area, so less turning overall. So just up and down, back and forth along the longest aspect.
Yes makes sense. I have seen some people cut then go up the other side of the lawn and so on and I wondered if it was for efficiency. Probably just over thinking it.
That's a big mower you got , 46 " !!!
Firstly, is the most efficient way the best for the lawn and your client's view of it ? I usually do it in the way that looks best aesthetically whilst mowing in different directions to reduce the amount of grass growing sideways.
With a four wheel mower you have to ensure your wheels don't follow the same path time after time otherwise you get rutting or a washboard effect. That will be most evident when you come to scarify the lawn and the low parts are not touched.
Ah sorry good point. I mean cm don't I. And yes agree that maybe it is better to stripe so it looks well.
46 inch or centimetre?
CM my mistake
I cut a 35 x 27 metre area of grass that was divided into sections by a low wall and paths using a rotary mower without a roller in ever decreasing circles, as recommended by Honda to avoid leaving uncollected cut grass on the half of it I picked the grass up on and lines of cut grass on the other half I mulched.
Andy
I always go with appearance as the priority. Once that is decided, I then find the most efficient way (which on a square lawn would normally be up and down, working my way across). Hope that helps.
Presumably one of the reasons for buying a roller mower, other than not falling into the flower beds, is to get a striped lawn which is normally achieved by going up and down.
Yes Andrew you are quite right. If you go up and then start to go down again 3 lawnmower widths over and then back down next to the original line. You still achieve a striped look but it looks much wider. I was just wondering if people did that for a reason.
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