Fake grass ?

They can recycle fake grass now.
I am currently looking for a company that has fake grass made from this method.

If you have a puppy then the last thing you need is fake grass. Any urine or faeces is extremely difficult to remove and the smell will permeate to the underneath where it will smell. My DD had to remove all her fake turf because of this and her dog is house trained and regularly walked but accidents happen. It was an expensive mistake.

Sarnia

If you have a puppy then the last thing you need is fake grass. Any urine or faeces is extremely difficult to remove and the smell will permeate to the underneath where it will smell. My DD had to remove all her fake turf because of this and her dog is house trained and regularly walked but accidents happen. It was an expensive mistake.

No no pets.
Next door had fake grass which she would hoover, then take inside & hoover her carpets. She had a dog who was never walked & obviously did it’s business on the fake grass 😩
We have kept our very old Dyson now that we have finally finished with diy. Cleaned it & that will be used to hoover the grass if needed. I did wonder if it would suck up the sand they put down.
The grass company do come out & maintain the fake grass once a year.

We moved into a house with a very unsightly courtyard garden 7 years ago. It was paved over with weeds growing everywhere. We have 2 dogs, one of whom will only toilet on grass. We had top of the range artificial grass laid. It still looks good now, although we have to sweep up moss which falls from the roof. It is never overly hot underfoot, I can easily walk barefoot out there. The dogs toilet out there, solids are easily picked up, it does not smell.

nanna8

We have some fake grass in the cat’s run. I looked at it in puzzlement the other day because real grass was growing in tufts on top of it. It is under a huge tree so I suppose the leaves have formed mulch. Strange.

Ha ha! This made me laugh. Mother nature is wonderful. She's showing us how it should be done. Plastic doesn't self seed!

MT62

They can recycle fake grass now.
I am currently looking for a company that has fake grass made from this method.

Maybe it can be recycled now, but the point is that whilst it is down in place of natural grass, it is doing untold damage to the soil and wildlife underneath it and making life difficult for any foraging animals above it.

To those who are sure their fake grass doesn’t get too hot.
According to the experts

Temperature Differences
Real Grass: Stays cooler, usually measuring between 25°C and 35°C (77°F to 95°F) even on warm days.Artificial Turf: Can soar 20°C to 40°C (40°F to 80°F) hotter than real grass, sometimes exceeding asphalt or concrete temperatures
Thermal Images: Infrared and thermal camera photos display real grass in cool blues and greens, while fake grass glows in bright, intense oranges and reds
.Why Fake Grass Heats Up
Materials: Synthetic fibres and rubber infill absorb solar radiation instead of reflecting it
No Moisture: Lacking root moisture and cellular water, fake turf cannot transpire or cool itself
Heat Retention: It holds onto thermal energy long after the sun shifts, creating localised heat-island effects.
It’s a no-brainer even apart from the environmental and aesthetic implications.

As regards ‘perfect’ green, weedless lawns, I’d just say that a relative of dh has a chateau in Burgundy.
There’s a huge area of ‘lawn’ that is invariably at least 90% clover and sundry other wild flowers, but all kept closely mown. It does get very parched-looking in a very dry summer, when there will typically be a hosepipe ban, so no watering allowed.

I am seriously considering this now….
Yes, my soil is clay…

Shinamae

I am seriously considering this now….
Yes, my soil is clay…

But not until early autumn..

Real grass is doing damage to my back every time I have to drag the mower out ziplock.
I have compromised & left our natural wild patch in the bottom garden for the bees & butterflies.
We have large planters for greenery in the top garden.
The lawn is only small.
If it doesn’t work out I will go back to real grass.
Just think of all the lovely scarfs that can be made when it’s recycled 😊

MT62 - I have a robot mower.

Robot mower is the way to go Luckygirl
Or a camomile lawn.
There is a beautiful one in the RBG in Edinburgh I was admiring yesterday.

I pay a girl to mow mine I must admit.

We had a raised lawn and it was hard work lifting mower on to it. We are both in our 70's. To make life easier we had fake grass professionally installed. Never looked back.

I looked at this 2 yrs ago as it seemed a god way to have a lawn full of grass as opposed to weeds. Checked out 2 companies and they did send square samples of their different varieties. I decided against having spoken to someone who had gone down this route. A lot of prep to do to the ground beforehand, daily brushing once laid and it apparently fades in the sun, there were some other complaints but these are the only ones I remember.

DS and DiL have had it with trying to grow grass in their city garden. Paving stones among gravel with various pots look much better.

crazyH

Fake grass is not maintenance free - it needs raking etc. A couple down the road have it. I think they had it down, mainly because they go to Canada twice a year to see their daughter and family, for a couple of months each time.

The ‘grass’ at our rental just needs the leaves swept off now and then. I might add that weeds do pop up fairly often from under whatever membrane was laid (properly professionally and pretty expensively!) underneath it. IIRC it took the company most of a day to prepare the ground properly and lay it.

I have just replaced my fake grass which I got 9 years ago when I got a dog. Had no problems at all.
I can recommend Tuda grass 3.5 mm thick which I have just bought as a replacement

Meant to add I don't rake it unless it is necessary to remove debris and leaves.
You can disinfect it if necessary with a pet friendly brand but unnecessary unless you are going to sit close to where dog goes to toilet.
Feel free to pm if you need further information

It's horrible stuff - awful for the environment, and even worse if you have a dog. No matter what you use to try to clean it, it will smell. And anyone who says it doesn't has gone nose blind to the smell, because it does.

Its the "fake grass cleaning" that would put me off. There's enough housework/cleaning indoors without adding more outdoors. Our old huge lawn used to die off in the summer then come back to life as soon as the rain came. My kids would spend hours lying on the grass looking for bugs or pushing their cars around on it. I loved being barefoot on it through the spring/summer and both my dogs loved to lie in the shaded spots. I personally hate fake grass as using cleaning fluids poisons the ground underneath and messes with the bugs etc which are vital for for other animals/birds etc. There visit already too much "plastic" everywhere why get rid of something natural just because it doesn't always look its best. God help us oldies if AI takes over and they decide we don't look perfect 🤔😉🤣

Luckygirl3

MT62 - I have a robot mower.

Does it do stripes? LG13
Next door have one. They paid £400 for theirs.

Mine is brilliant - I call him Dave!

It is like a robot vacuum cleaner - it goes round in a random fashion - no stripes. How it knows when to stop and the whole lawn has been done I do not know!

There is a wire laid under the perimeter of the lawn and that is how it knows where to mow - it takes itself off to recharge on the base unit all by itself and you can programme a schedule for the week.

It cuts a minute amount of grass off each time and that drops down onto the lawn and is absorbed.... so no raking up.

I got mine via amazon and it was on offer - about £400 as I recall.

I am delighted with it.

MawsRosie

No, no and no
Lethal for pets (gets way too hot), lethal for wild life, imagine a little bird pecking at fake grass hoping for food, let’s face it, it’s plastic in whatever form, so not biodegradable when it’s past its best, and frankly who wants emerald green «carpet»
I imagine you would have to hose it down, especially with a dog or it would get very smelly and that’s a no-no with a hosepipe ban.
Enough reasons?

This.....fake grass an absolute abomination!

Have whatever suits you.