Little known lawn-mower hack will make grass 'thick and healthy' by summer

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Many homeowners will do anything to avoid the tedious task of cutting the grass but one garden expert has warned about the most common lawn mower mistakes.Research shows that Brits spend a whopping 15-hours mowing their lawn every year, which is equivalent to an hour every fortnight.However, their hard efforts could be going to waste according to gardening guru Bo Petterson.Taking to TikTok, under the user @dadadvicefrombo, Bo shared his four top tips for securing a "dad quality lawn".He opened the video by explaining that your dedication to lawn mowing "really matters", the Mirror reports.Bo continued: "In the spring, you need to mow a couple of times a week and you need to cut it short.

That teaches your grass that it can’t go up so it has to go out, giving you a thicker lawn. "In the summertime, you don’t have to cut it as often but you want to leave it longer because it provides shade for the roots from the hot sun." His next step involves changing the direction that you mow every time you cut the grass. "This can include vertical, horizontal, cross pattern, wavey, it doesn’t matter.

If you don’t do that your lawn will learn to grow sideways like a combover."The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has supported this statement, adding that the technique prevents ruts from forming in the lawn.

The expert gardener went on to advise that if your grass suffers from ripped ends, this is a suggestion that your lawn mower blades are dull.He said: "You need to sharpen them or change your blades" which it's advised to do around once a year.The TikToker added: "Inspect your grass every few months to look for ripped cuts, that will tell you it’s time." His final piece of advice was to use grass cuttings as mulch as he explained: