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"No-Mow" Grass Biz Continues To Grow
Ahh, the joys of home ownership during the summer: tending to the garden, barbecuing with friends, evening strolls in the neighborhood, and mowing grass. Lots of it if the weather is more rainy than sunny.
For those who love the fresh look of a manicured lawn and hate mowing it, there's a solution: No
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"No-Mow" Grass Biz Continues To Grow SPRAYING Spraying 28-4-6 Ahh, the joys of home ownership during the summer: tending to the garden, barbecuing with friends, evening strolls in the neighborhood, and mowing grass. Lots of it if the weather is more rainy than sunny.
For those who love the fresh look of a manicured lawn and hate mowing it, there's a solution: No-Mow grass.
First introduced two years ago in Vol. 26, No. 5, this is the grass that doesn't grow.
Sherry Andow-Jansen, Cleveland, Minn., who operates NoMowGrass.com, says that business has boomed since our original article appeared.
Planting of the mix of creeping bluegrass and centipede grass can be done any time between spring and fall. Even if planted in the fall, with snow covering it, the grass can survive to sprout early in the spring.
Because the seed is smaller than normal grass seed, it doesn't take much to cover a large area. You can also seed NoMow Grass into an existing lawn and it will eventually take over.
It grows to about 3 1/2 in. high, although with heavy rains and no mowing, it can reach 5 1/2 in. tall.
To keep it groomed, Andow-Jansen does cut her lawn three times a year - just before Memorial Day, around the Fourth of July, and a week before Labor Day.
In five years, she's watered it once because of a drought.
The main problem she finds with the grass is that the seed sprouts fine blades and it takes a few extra months to establish a root system. You need at least three good growing months for it to take hold.
While the price of NoMow Grass has declined since our article, shipping costs have increased, especially to Canada.
It comes in 1, 5 or 25-lb. bags for $21, $76, or $290. These prices include shipping and handling. You can order by mail or on the internet.
They also have discounted packages on Ebay.
Right now, Andow-Jansen is looking for dealers to sell the product.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Sherry Andow-Jansen for NoMowGrass.com, 24071 Blue Marina Road, Cleveland, Minn. 56017 (ph 866 666-6947; 507 934-8063 between 8a.m. and 3p.m. CST; email: sherry@nomowgrass.com; website: www.nomowgrass.com).
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