Neighbor mowing lawn too short and damaging the grass
Neighbors cutting grass below three inches during heat waves, or hiring landscapers who scalp the lawn, causes turf damage and gravel accumulation that prevents growth. This ruins the lawn's health and creates ongoing neighborhood friction when the neighbor denies the mower setting is too low.
What people tried
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- 1Leaving the neighbor alone and enjoying the better-looking lawnDid this help you?
- 2Offering to mow their lawn once at the correct height to show the differenceDid this help you?
- 3Using a tape measure to show them their true mowing heightDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“The problem is he has “landscapers” come and cut the grass less than 3 inches every 2 weeks - even in heat waves.”source ↗
“I pointed out that his guys mow too low and that they blow all the loose gravel from his driveway into the grass and now it can’t grow.”source ↗
“He has his mower set to cut at 1", swears it is at 3". It is obviously scalped.”source ↗
Where this came up
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