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How do I make my grass grow slower?
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:13 pm
I have extremely thick St. Aug and if it rains that week it shoots up like wildfire.
It will go from 3.5" when I cut it to 7" over the period of a week. I just want it to slow the hell down because it holds water when it is that long and I have a hard time chopping it down.
It will go from 3.5" when I cut it to 7" over the period of a week. I just want it to slow the hell down because it holds water when it is that long and I have a hard time chopping it down.
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Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:16 pm to Hammertime
Cut it lower and lower each time
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:20 pm to Hammertime
Primo, it aint cheap but helps
You may need to look into dethatching it. There are some rotary mower blades that can do this. Will be ugly for a few weeks but would come back strong.
You may need to look into dethatching it. There are some rotary mower blades that can do this. Will be ugly for a few weeks but would come back strong.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:22 pm to Hammertime
Add some nitrogen....
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:24 pm to Hammertime
There is a chemical for st Augustine you can use that slows the growth. Yard dude puts it down so I'm not sure of the name. Catch is, ya gotta keep your yard watered and fertilized properly because if it starts to die because of a lack of water or fert....your yard is fricked for the year because if the slow growth.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:28 pm to jimbeam
quote:with a few squirts of Round Up...
Add some nitrogen.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:35 pm to Ole Geauxt
i know with rice, once you add some nitrogen, that shite shoots up and greens up like a motha
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:35 pm to Ole Geauxt
quote:
Add some salt
This
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:36 pm to Hammertime
obligatory kill it with fire comment
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:43 pm to TH03
Honestly the only place it doesn't grow is where I piss and where my dog pisses. Last year I had a bunch in bonfires in one spot and it is already full of grass. It will swallow a beer bottle in a couple of months. I can't cut it lower or it will brown over and die. I am just looking for some chemicals or something to slowthe stuff down.
As far as the thatch goes, wouldn't de-thatching make it grow faster?
As far as the thatch goes, wouldn't de-thatching make it grow faster?
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:45 pm to Ole Geauxt
quote:
with a few squirts of Round Up...
This will slow it down a bit.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:50 pm to Jibbajabba
Round-Up?
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:51 pm to Hammertime
quote:
How do I make my grass grow slower?
buy a cow.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:51 pm to Hammertime
Dethatching will make it healthier. Not nessasarily grow faster. And it will allow you to cut shorter.
Just try a small spot and see how it works. When I get home I'll see if I can find the blades and link it for you.
You can check into primo but it's expensive. Will slow down growth.
Just try a small spot and see how it works. When I get home I'll see if I can find the blades and link it for you.
You can check into primo but it's expensive. Will slow down growth.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:54 pm to Hammertime
drought
I only mowed 3 times last year
I only mowed 3 times last year
Posted on 5/14/12 at 3:57 pm to Nodust
If I would use the dethatching blades on my thick st. Aug lawn, would my yard have a clean cut look to it or would it tear my yard up.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:09 pm to fishbig
It will look like shite for a few weeks. But will look better once it heals up.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:12 pm to Nodust
I thought a de-thatcher was just a big rake that you pulled behind a mower? How do the blades get into the actual thatch? Does it have little raking teeth on the blade?
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:37 pm to Hammertime
This is a verticutter for a golf course
You may be able to rent something like this
Or get something like this for a push mower,
Now for St Aug I would just try a small spot and see how it does. St Aug has stolons, or horizontal growing stems on top of the ground. If you verti-cut too aggressive it could do some damage and make for a long recovery. I've never verti-cut st aug but it does wonders on bermuda.
Also you could try scalping it down once(cut at an extremely low height). Maybe worth a shot. And I would never fertilize St Aug with very much Nitrogen............ever.
And those rake looking things you drag with a mower are crap. They may work if you pass over your yard 100 times with it.
You may be able to rent something like this
Or get something like this for a push mower,
Now for St Aug I would just try a small spot and see how it does. St Aug has stolons, or horizontal growing stems on top of the ground. If you verti-cut too aggressive it could do some damage and make for a long recovery. I've never verti-cut st aug but it does wonders on bermuda.
Also you could try scalping it down once(cut at an extremely low height). Maybe worth a shot. And I would never fertilize St Aug with very much Nitrogen............ever.
And those rake looking things you drag with a mower are crap. They may work if you pass over your yard 100 times with it.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 8:23 pm to Nodust
I would dilute some roundup and spray it on the lawn. I have a friend that does this because he hates to mow his lawn.
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