Hi SimRice,
Im only new to the forum and a relative newbie to the world of cylinder mowers. I picked up a 17" SB45 a few months back now and absolutely love it. Its in pretty good nic but i'm doing my research to get a little more familiar and restore it in the near future.
With recently laid new turf, I have been endeavoring to get the lawn looking nice and lush with a low cut (albeit leaning what to do and what not to do along the way). Seeing your post for the first time tonight about your groomer, I am curious to hear some follow up on how things are going and what the results have been for you. Would appreciate it if you could give me and of course the other forum members an update.
Cheers
Hi Bartles,
Thanks for taking an interest in the thread. In terms of the low HOC on your lawn, just check what lawn variety you have, as cutting some varieties (like buffalo) low can do more harm than good. If you have couch, well then you can pretty much mow as low as you wish as this type of grass performs best at heights of cut below 20mm. The downside is when you get lower than 15mm the frequency of cutting is now 2-3 times per week in the peak of summer. For me, I love it and the look it has when freshly mowed.
In terms of getting it down low, I find its best to just scalp it down to a level just lower than you wish to maintain at the start of spring and bag all the clippings and debris. Then start mowing at your maintenance height and watch it get super dense as it fills back in.
I will be out with the groomer and reel tomorrow so I will post some follow-ups of how the lawn is progressing with the new toy.
