Information technology's at present easier than e'er to make your lawn the envy of the neighborhood with eye-catching grass patterns created past Simplicity® lawn tractors. Equipped with a Free Floating™ mower deck with full-width rollers, every Simplicity tractor lets yous create lawn-striping patterns that complement a cute lawn.

Full-width rollers, mounted at the rear of the mower deck, back up the weight of the mower and bend the grass blades downward in the direction traveled. Light and dark lawn stripes are created past the mode sunlight reflects off the grass. Stripes coming toward you will announced darker green; stripes mowed away from you will appear lighter dark-green.

Simplicity Lawn Striping

A beautifully striped lawn can have enormous curbside entreatment. Here are some tips on how to create professional person-looking ballpark stripes:

  1. Start past planning the grass design on a piece of newspaper. Calculation different shades of green to each ribbon of grass can help yous visualize what the lawn striping pattern will wait like. Equally you lot become more experienced, yous tin can create the patterns equally you mow. Go along in mind that what works on paper may not work in the grass — allow trial and error be your guide.
  2. Never cut more 1/three of the grass blade when mowing. If necessary, mow more oft to achieve this status. Make sure the mower blades are very sharp to clinch a make clean cut as deadening blades tear the grass and stress it. To clinch turf health, mow equally little as possible when grass is under oestrus stress.
  3. Mowing patterns and designs can be uncomplicated (straight lines or checkerboard grass patterns), or something more circuitous (diamonds or bullseye backyard stripes). Permit your imagination be your guide. For simple designs, you tin marking off the get-go stripe using a slice of string. The key is to mow a straight line and and then use it as a guide for the residual of the stripes. With practice, mowing straight lines without string will exist easier — only option a point in the distance and mow toward it. If a line is crooked, or a mistake is made, get back two lines before it and beginning over.
  4. Making sharp turns when mowing tin impairment grass, so mow in slow "Y" turns and line the mower up well earlier starting the side by side backyard stripe. Once the design is completed, make several "clean up" passes around the grass pattern to create a edge and smooth out the turnaround areas. The number of passes will depend on the design and yard.
  5. Mowing each line one time is sufficient every bit besides much creates article of clothing and stress to the lawn. With the mower deck disengaged you tin can go back subsequently mowing and run the full-width rollers over every other stripe to etch in the pattern. This can as well be washed to freshen up the entire pattern at any time without mowing, as it's the rollers that brand the mowing patterns.
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  6. One tip for enhancing the grass design is to spray a light mist of water (for ane minute or less) over the turf prior to showing it off to guests. The water droplets will assistance reflect light on the blueprint and add contrast to the light and dark sections.
  7. Always alternating the mowing direction every two weeks or sooner, depending on how oftentimes the grass pattern has been mowed and be sure to avoid any "grain" in the grass, which can adversely touch on its health. Also, changing the pattern reduces habiliment from tire marks and improves overall turf quality.

If yous want more inspiration, bank check out these crawly lawn striping photos from Simplicity tractor owners or find more how-to manufactures on mowing grass patterns now.