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Posted by adrian on March 4, 2014 at 5:07pm
Hi. I have just joined. Set up my garden maintenance business over the last few months and started work last week. Gained a diploma in horticulture, pa1/6 herbicide license and a lantra brush cutting certificate after receiving redundancy from my last job. Anyway when can we start to cut grass? I'm guessing a couple of weeks.
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  • Paul McNulty March 4, 2014 at 8:21pm

    Hi Adrian, and welcome.

    When can we start cutting grass? Depends on the area, the conditions, and varies from one garden to the next. Certainly not the ones I've been to this week, despite the sunshine!

  • Matt Johnson March 4, 2014 at 10:04pm

    welcome to the community

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    Phil Voice March 5, 2014 at 10:56am

    Hi Adrian

    Welcome to LJN.

    The short answer is, when it needs it.
    My rule of thumb is always never to remove more than one-third of the leaf blade at any one time.

  • adrian March 5, 2014 at 12:01pm
    Thanks. We are supposed to have a couple of good weeks weather so hopefully this will help dry out the lawns. Is there a test you can do to test the lawn for suitability of mowing?
  • Colin Hunt March 5, 2014 at 1:21pm

    Welcome to our world Adrian and good luck with your business. Now PLEASE don't take thisthe wrong way, but I am assuming that the Diploma in Horticulture doesn't cover grass maintenance. If not I am wondering if there is a course that does cover the very basics of Garden Maintenance across the board.

  • adrian March 5, 2014 at 2:17pm
    Well it is the basic city and guilds diploma. It was a total of 96 learning hours at bishop Burton agricultural college ( a college highly regarded) it covered aeration and scarifying and mowing techniques and the different types of mowers available and their different uses (I.e. rear roller, cylinder etc.) Also practice experience with mowers and brush cutters. I also did my lantra brush cutting course there. As far as I can remember it didn't cover any specific information on conditions for grass cutting and what to look for. I don't pretend to be Alan Titchmarsh or percy thrower I was just hoping for some advice.
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    Phil Voice March 5, 2014 at 2:24pm

    Not a test as such but you will know instinctively given a bit of time.

    When it's obvious not to mow:

    When there's standing water on the surface
    Immediately after heavy rain
    After very heavy dew
    When frost is covering the surface of the lawn.

    If you can, wait until the afternoon or at least until any surface moisture has dried up.

    adrian said:

    Thanks. We are supposed to have a couple of good weeks weather so hopefully this will help dry out the lawns. Is there a test you can do to test the lawn for suitability of mowing?
  • adrian March 5, 2014 at 2:34pm
    Thanks pill. I was wondering if there was something i didn't know but it seems i waspretty well clued up after all.
  • adrian March 5, 2014 at 2:35pm
    Stupid auto correct phill ! Not pill
  • adrian March 5, 2014 at 3:08pm
    Thanks Andrew.
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