Push Mowers - yeah!!

Superb!!

Tip: to get any push mower to run better, buy comfy shoes.

My lawn was always healthiest when I had a flymo push mower. I added 12inch wheels from a push bike to mine to cut the grass long and lush.

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dirtyharry said..
Awesome. Makes me want to mow.

I can only assume that, with lawn so nice, it's not all down to the push-mower and that you also have some kind of revolutionary soil moisture monitoring system at work?

thats a VERY interesting concept! Is it incredibly easy and convenient to use?



I do use soil wetta - applied very unscientifically...

cant believe i just watched a review on push mowers and liked it.

This is my flymo cut lawn using the 12 inch solid rubber tyres (they slide straight onto the existing wheels). Flat as a billiard table, but soft and thick too. Also, almost 100% green with no strangly, shredded, brown bits.

Now we've let the secret out on how to have the best lawn in the street. Cut clean, cut long, cut often!

^^^^

I'll post a photo of the wheel upgrade tomorrow. It's dark outside here now.

I restored a very old Husky push mower (40-50 yrs at a guess based on great-grandfather-in law owning it originally). Hardly turned when I got it, all gunked up. Pulled it down to smallest pieces I could, cleaned it out, reground the blades by hand with an angle grinder, gave it a respray, tuned the life out of it, and now it sounds like a demented food processor when you push it fast and throws up great clouds of cut grass behind it that sometimes reach waist high. Extremely satisfying to use.

Post of the year so far.....
I watched from start to finish enjoyed every minute with the full feeling of being educated.
It's strange I love kitesurfing but found a vid on lawnmowing more entertaining than half of the vids that get posted here............


And I don't even have much of a lawn , But if I did .........

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MDSXR6T said..
Harrow, that is exceptional. What is your maintenance routine like?

About 15 years ago I had the top 6 inches of the yard removed because it was solid clay, and replaced it with decent soil. Before I did that, 5 minutes of rain would pool in the yard for a month. It was a quagmire, and was simply unusable from May until September.

Current routine is fairly simple. The lawn is a modern soft leaf buffalo.

1. Fertilise 2 or 3 times a year with Scott's Lawn Builder, using half the recommended amount. (Whenever it starts to lose it's depth of colour - actually I'm overdue!)

2. Only water when the blades of grass begin to shrivel, and when I do water, I walk around with a bare hose (no spray fitting) and soak the ground well. That makes the roots go really deep. Only had to water twice in the 6 week drought Sydney just had. Guess you probably can't achieve that outcome if you have sandy soil.

3. Cut long and cut often. If you let your grass grow long, and then cut short, you are left with stalks. I always use the highest setting on my mower, and cut it regularly - I cut before it looks like it needs to be done, so only take a small amount off each time. This makes the lawn thicken and stay lush and upright.

4. Remove weeds by the root by hand. If you just mow over the weeds, they will gradually spread and take over. It's not hard if you do a quick scan of the yard every few days and keep everything in check. I find it therapeutic, and the long thick grass blocks most of the weeds out anyway.

Oh yeah, buy a push mower. There is no comparison with the result.

Classic review.
You definitely are now "the King of the Cut videos"

Hey Matty
Totally agree with you on which is the best push mower.
I started on an Aldi pusher with a catcher around 10 years ago.
My next door neighbour liked it so much he researched heaps and ended up with the Flymo H40.

Eventually he gave up on it because every now and then you need to adjust the blade on the striker plate.
I showed him how to do it but within a year he'd had enough and offered it to me.
He now pays a guy to mow his lawns.
I have to say the Flymo just the best push mower.
You don't need a catcher but if you wish you can buy one for this gem.

One of the best things about these mowers is you are not sniffing 2 stroke fumes, no need for ear muffs and
you don't put your back out trying to pull start the bugger.
You don't need to sharpen the blades as the mowing process does it for you.
I agree, suitable only for small patches of lawn as you mostly need to double pass.

Waz

Another advantage is the no noise factor- much nicer for the neighbours.

Some say its better not to use a catcher as the grass cuttings act as a nice mulch- as long as you don't leave too long between cuts.

Must say I am rather pleased to see so many lawn enthusiasts and push mower fans coming out of the woodwork. Is the push mower revolution upon us?

If I had seen this 6 months ago I would have not ripped up my lawn, ive battled with my lawn for 8 years and finnaly gave up and went fake. Mind you the fake is great, my weekends are a lot easier now.

Picked up my H30 off gumtree, guy couldn't get it to work ( just needed the blades adjusting, 5 mins and good as new), best $30 spent