Welcome to another Saltos Landscaping LLC blog. Today we want to share the top four lawn mowing patterns with you.
Mowing is an essential task in the care of natural grass, along with irrigation and fertilization. This is why you need to learn how to do this the right way. If you are ready to improve your garden’s appearance, then let’s continue with this blog.
Mowing the lawn is the most basic and most frequently performed maintenance task. In other words, it is essential to maintain a quality lawn. If you want your garden to have a professional look, then you should consider implementing some patterns.
When cutting the lawn, the direction must be varied each time you do it to promote vertical and horizontal growth. You should know that the stripes you see on a lawn are caused by light reflecting off the grass’s blades. That is to say, if your grass hasn’t been cut to a different height, then it’ll make your grass have a striped pattern. These patterns are made by bending the blades of grass in different directions.
Scroll down if you want to learn which are the best mowing patterns.
4 Lawn Mowing Patterns That You Should Consider for Your Garden
Keeping a garden in perfect condition is not easy; we know that.
Mowing the lawn, scarifying, pruning, and transplanting are some of the processes that must be carried out in green spaces. Doing it in the right period, with the right tools, and in a certain way, will be some of the key factors that will determine this process’s success.
Do not waste your time; let’s continue with this blog to discover the top lawn mowing patterns to consider:
- Stripes are the most used design.
- Consider checkerboard patterns
- Diamond pattern offers an elegant appearance.
- The circular pattern will make your garden look professional.
You can implement many cutting patterns on your lawn, but we wanted to focus on the main four. We are sure that any of these options will make your garden the envy of your neighbors.
Next, we will explain how to achieve each of these patterns and the benefits it can bring to your garden. Here are some of the mowing lines that you will achieve if you follow our lawn care tips.
Stripes Are the Most Used Design
Lawn strips can give a patio an elegant and artistic look. It also adds a unique visual geometry. The beauty of grass strips is that they are not hard to come by. Most residential lawn band systems come as a simple accessory that attaches to the back of a lawnmower.
To achieve the basic grass strip shown in the image above, you must first cut around the grass’s perimeter.
Then, starting from one side of the lawn in the direction you want the strips to follow, cut a straight line across the entire length of the lawn. When you reach the end of the line, turn the mower over and cut the adjacent strip in the opposite direction.
Maintain mowing in alternating strips until the entire lawn is finished. Once you have covered the whole lawn, you can look back at everything and see the beautiful grass strips you created.
Consider Checkerboard Patterns
This is one of the most common patterns, but it is also one of the most difficult to achieve. The only drawback of making this cutting pattern is that it will take a lot of time, so we recommend calling an expert to help you.
Again, it would help if you started by cutting the perimeter around the lawn. Then, it would help if you made a strip and then another strip precisely perpendicular to the previous one. This will create a checkerboard pattern in the grass.
The stripes you’re creating by cutting a checkerboard pattern are really just an optical illusion. The striped appearance is due to how the light reflects off the blades of grass in each row.
Diamond Pattern Offers an Elegant Appearance
Diamond patterns are very similar to the stripe pattern. This pattern is created by cutting the patterns diagonally.
To start, you must cut a single strip from one end to the other, and immediately you must cut another strip diagonally to create the diamonds.
You can also start by drawing a diagonal in the center, from corner to corner. Then add a double parallel line in the opposite direction and complete the terrain with a simple double. When you finish, you will have to repeat the same pattern.
We know it doesn’t sound very easy, but with the proper tools, you will do it easily.
The Circular Pattern Will Make Your Garden Look Professional
This is the most complicated option; circular patterns are created using short push grass. Therefore, you must call an expert to help you form this pattern on your lawn.
Push mowers are the ideal tool for creating circles and spiral shapes on your lawn. To start, you must create a ring on the garden’s outer perimeter, and gradually you must make small circles towards the interior.
Now that you know more about these lawn mowing patterns, it is time for you to choose one for your garden. If you are thinking of doing it yourself, then we recommend the striped pattern. But if you want something more complex like the chess pattern or diamonds, then call an expert.
