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Same here. The longstanding "rule" for my area is "no planting before Mother's Day!" For the last 8 years or so, ~April 20th has been very safe. I usually pick
by angry_moose 2y ago
Same here. The longstanding "rule" for my area is "no planting before Mother's Day!"
For the last 8 years or so, ~April 20th has been very safe. I usually pick the first weekend after ~April 15th, which doesn't have an overnight low under 38 on the 10 day forecast. Haven't had an issue yet.
Thankfully some of the stores are starting to break the "rule", because for a long time it was impossible to even get plants before Mother's Day.
- jvm___ 2y ago"No mow May" to save the bees/over-wintering insects - is now almost impossible as you'll have more than a foot high of regular lawn grass before June 1.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoI already have foot-high grass in places. Ask me if I care :-)
- MikeTheGreat 2y agoGenuine question: how does not mowing your lawn helps bees / insects? I'm guessing that the lawn itself is incidental, and by not mowing you're letting flowers (including dandelions and clover?) grow? Also, I'm gonna be up front about my ulterior motive: I hardly mow my lawn anyways and would love to have another reason to justify / rationalize what I'm already doing :) But still - genuine question.
- angry_moose 2y agoMany insects lay their eggs in the grass which hatch in early spring. By mowing early you may be destroying all of these eggs before they hatch. There's debate about how effective it is, but that's the theory at least.
- jvm___ 2y agoAlso any sort of wildflowers let the bees eat an easy first meal before everything blooms.
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- andybak 2y agoImpossible or inconvenient?
- jvm___ 2y agoIrresponsible looking if you share 20ft of grass with a neighbour.
- alistairSH 2y agoMeh. They could stop over-tending their yard. The perfect lawn is a relatively new thing - blame Scott lawn and other lawn-care companies.
- jvm___ 2y agoI agree on the class-ist vibes of a perfect lawn, it seems ugly and pointless. If you're going to put in the work, why not a beautiful native plants garden?
- uxp100 2y agoImpossible with my reel mower. Nearly impossible with my buddies electric mower. I think a good gas mower will get through it ok.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoWe have that rule here near Santa Fe, NM. This year, this year the day before Mother's Day saw a hailstorm that decimated much of our cold-weather early crops (arugula, peas, spinach etc.)