Burned the lawn...first timer

[RobertBrown]

Ever set your lawn on fire?
I did. I burned a small protion of the lawn and 1/2 of the pond slope I spent the last 2 years landscaping. Mostly ornamemtal grasses (native), it's been 2 weeks and it looks as though it was a good move. The grass is comming in nice and green and all of the landsscaping is comming back nicely with very little rain.
Sure was a lot easier than the alternative, the whole thing went up in minutes. A mildly spectacular blaze if I don't say so myself Definetly not the safest form of lawn care but it's got to be the fastest. I'm pretty sure there is a law against it. If not there should be:laughing:
Please don't try this at home I'm a professional

 

[KennyV]

Burning off the pasture was at least an every other year thing...
It works well and things regrow very nice... gets rid of weed seeds, and dead brush. :thumbsup:
I really should do it again myself... :smile:KennyV

 

[SouthCentral]

I did accidentally set fire to a small patch once but never intentionally. What happened is there was a lot of debris and clippings in around the belt spindle and the friction lit it on fire. It was very dry and hot. I smelled burning then noticed the small fire in my mower. I had gloves in my tool box so I got them on and pulled the burning grass out, which then started a little flame-up on the lawn. I was able to stomp it out without calling the fire department or starting a wildfire. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[jd335]

Burning off the pasture was at least an every other year thing...
It works well and things regrow very nice... gets rid of weed seeds, and dead brush. :thumbsup:
I really should do it again myself... :smile:KennyV

kenny you are so right that is how we have kept fence rows clean for as long as i can remember.:laughing:

 

[indypower]

and if you remember back when YellowStone burned, everyone panicked saying we lost our beautiful park forever. Just look at it now.

 

[abeja_reina_1989]

This is something I have never done. I've heard so many people talk about how they have. I would honestly freak out if mine caught fire like that. I'm not sure what I would do. I have a big phobia when it comes to fire.

 

[173abn]

I've done it but not often,guy down the road burned his pasture Sat.It's the burning time around here for that,the flint hills are burned every spring.I was listening to the scanner this weekend and a lot of calls going out for out of control grass fires. russ

 

[KennyV]

...It's the burning time around here for that,the flint hills are burned every spring.I was listening to the scanner this weekend and a lot of calls going out for out of control grass fires. russ

Yep... the trip up & down the turnpike is always interesting with the burns in the Flint Hills, you have to be aware of the weather and have a little help to control a large grass fire... not something to trust to luck. They really move fast with the right wind conditions... :smile:KennyV

 

[RobertBrown]

Update

This turned out to be a realy good thing. You can now distinguish the burned area only by the deeper darker shade of green and a much thicker growth.
Aside from the safety issues, I recomend this procedure.

 

[KennyV]

Re: Update

This turned out to be a realy good thing. You can now distinguish the burned area only by the deeper darker shade of green and a much thicker growth.
Aside from the safety issues, I recomend this procedure.

Always the case..:thumbsup:.
burning off everything in spring, really allows the grass to come back very nice & with no compeating weed seeds... :smile:KennyV