How Do You Make Patterns When Cutting Grass?
Lawns with stripes or checkerboards mowed into them are healthy lawns; only thick, lush grass can be mowed in patterns. Still, it is not the grass that produces the pattern but the sunlight reflected on bent grass blades. Grass bent towards you will look darker than grass bent away from you. The trick is to cut the grass, then bend it over with one push of the lawnmower. Professionals use heavy rollers in front and back of the mower. Commercial lawnmowers (used to mow office lawns) have larger wheels than home rotary mowers, so more grass is pressed down, creating a patterned look. It’s not difficult to mow a pattern into your own lawn, but it is time consuming. Use the debris flap behind the mower’s back wheels to press down the grass as you mow. The flap is wider than the wheels–which can also be used to flatten the grass, but limit the pattern to stripes. Mow the perimeter of your lawn. Mow the entire lawn either vertically or horizontally by going back and forth across it with the
