"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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On Friday, 13 March 2015 11:01:39 UTC, wrote:

Why on earth are people cutting grass at this time of year?
Plenty of time later (unfortunately). Mine is still not growing anyway so
a
cut would be pointless.

Will,
Can't understand why your grass isn't growing as Haytor is quite a lot
milder and wetter than Copley over winter. We are warmer in summer, by day
that is. I feed mine, love the sight of freshly mown grass and it needs to
be kept cut for the MetO site standard. Always cut on high - looks good (:0)

I think it is the soil. Grass is not growing on the open moor either. The
soil is quite stony and free draining and soil temperatures can remain quite
low throughout March. At 30cm it is still only 6C. I generally find the
grass does not get going until the 30cm soil remains consistently above 7C.
I never feed my grass (why would I?), which is quite mossy as a consequence.
If I could start the garden again I would get rid of most of the grass
completely and replace it with granite chippings and lots of terraced beds.
But I'm talking thousands of pounds for a project like that!

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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