What can I expect to pay for artificial turf/lawn?
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Comments (38)Posted by v1rtu0s1ty 5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 23, 07 at 22:44 okcdan, just curious, does your neighbor ask for tips on how you take care of your lawn? Well, to the north, the old retired couple apparently just don't care much about their lawn, but a couple other neighbors have commented & one even came to ask what I was doing, so there I am explaining about protein based feed grains and feeding the soil microbes & I'm getting weird looks like I'm from outer space! But, after seeing my results last year, this year, that same neighbor's gonna try to step away from the chemicals and use grains! Your lawn is a very beautiful lawn! I can't imagine how you were able to make the slope so flat perfect. Can you please share? I mow with a reel mower at .625" on my bermuda. Since you live up in Illinois, I think the only grass you could grow so that you could mow that short would be bentgrass, like greenjeans grows. If I remember right, you have KBG & it'll perform best for you when you mow very tall.... 3" is good, taller would be better, but for my bermudagrass, the shorter the better. :^) Good day, Dan...See MoreBest artificial turf for dogs?
Comments (5)I've had the K9 Artificial grass in my backyard for 6 years now. I posted photos in the other thread. It's been fantastic. I have three mastiffs, and believe me in 6 years that lawn has seen a few thousand gallons of urine and more than it's share of poop and there is no smell, no "stinking mess" at all. Rake up the poo and maybe once in a while, spray it down with a hose, if there's no natural rain to rinse it. It doesn't hold in heat and the dogs haven't damaged it at all. Here is a link that might be useful: K9 Grass...See MoreResearching artificial turf
Comments (18)Seems like having to install an irrigation system just to cool down artificial turf is a little counterproductive. I think the stuff would be great to use in shady areas where grass won't grow well, but it is hot in the sun. Our local High Schools and several public playing fields installed it in the last few year. I'm not a fan of the AT. It's much hotter to play on than grass, even the surrounding area's air gets hotter. The little black rubber bits in between the blades got into players uniforms and even underwear(!) so it is dropped all over the floor where ever they go to change and shower. And you do have to add more of the rubber bits over the years. I think it's a great choice for shady areas as I said above, and for areas that are just for decoration that don't get a lot of use, but not for actual walking and playing on. And I'd be worried that those little rubber bits could end up in the pool. IMO....See Morewhat kind of lawn can i expect?
Comments (14)When I measured using a tuna fish can it took about 20 minutes to get 1/2 inch of water in the can, which penetrated to about 3 inches. If you want to penetrate to a depth of 6 inches one inch of water is needed. Do you think you might have misinterpreted the directions? Guidelines for lawn watering in central Texas "LAWNS: Creating a deep root system is probably the single-most important goal during hot weather. Lawns should be watered to a depth of 6 inches during each irrigation. To calculate the length of time to run irrigation, collect several empty tuna fish cans or cat food cans and set them randomly around the yard. Run the irrigation for the length of time you are used to running it. Check the amounts of water collected in the cans and calculate the average amount. Next, dig down in the soil to see to what depth the water reached. Now you can calculate any adjustment that might be needed in water time. Let’s say you collected an average of ½ inch of water in the cans in a 15 minute time period, and the water penetrated the soil to a depth of 3 inches. You can now calculate that it would take approximately 30 minutes, or 1 inch of water to penetrate to a depth of 6 inches. Sloped yards may need this amount applied in two time periods, an hour or so apart, in order to slow down run-off on the slope. Soil depth and type plays a roll in water percolation rate."...See Morenancyjane_gardener
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