[handieman]

I tried the roundup trick around my donuts and the end result was ugly dead grass spots. I kid you not, if I went to 10 homes and asked the owner to show me where every popup sprinkler head was, I dare say 9 out of ten couldn't do it unless they had properly maintained donuts installed. Set at the proper level, they are green in color and don't really look that bad and it shows the neighbors your a irrigation smart person
Handie

Stay tuned next week I'm gonna talk dirty ( cow manure that is) and the nutritional value of sand

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

The purpose of the donuts is to keep the heavy lawn mowers off the sprinkler heads. Secondary to that is helping to keep the grass from growing over the head and effecting its working properly. If you will be mowing your own lawn and do not run over the heads...you do not need the donuts.

If that is the case then I think the need for donuts is overstated. Up north by us the use of donuts is non existent - I doubt you could even find a place to buy them. Yet, heavy lawn mowers are the norm for all of the lawn services. I haven't heard of anyone having their sprinkler heads damaged by the lawn mowers.

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by handieman

[CENTER] Set at the proper level, they are green in color and don't really look that bad and it shows the neighbors your a irrigation smart person

Perhaps there are different quality donuts? The ones that I saw may have started out to be grass green, but they had faded to be mostly the gray of concrete and were very distinguishable in the lawn. If there were only a few heads it wouldn't be so bad, but the irrigation system that they put on my house uses primarily the spray-type heads and therefore has something like 40 heads - on a not very large piece of property. If there are "good" donuts and bad/cheap donuts, where do you buy the good ones?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by NJblue

If that is the case then I think the need for donuts is overstated. Up north by us the use of donuts is non existent - I doubt you could even find a place to buy them. Yet, heavy lawn mowers are the norm for all of the lawn services. I haven't heard of anyone having their sprinkler heads damaged by the lawn mowers.

Good luck. A lot of folks here have had damaged sprinkler heads.

[golfnut]

Home Depot sells the donuts for $1.29 each.

[Whalen]

Originally Posted by golfnut

I used Don the Donut man and he did a great job. The other reason for the donuts as Z pointed out is to help shield the sprinkler heads from damage from the lawn mowers when they are cutting the grass.............GN

Can someone please give me a contact number for Dan the Donut man?
Thanks

Don The Donut Man - 352 750-9316

Don and his son completed a tune-up to my five zones and I can't tell how happy I am with the work they did. ... and the price is right.

Mitch

[keithwand]

When we signed up with Stellar they supplied the donuts and placed them around all the heads. This is/ was included in their annual price.
This year they trimmed around them and only missed a few that couldn't be seen without starting the irrigation.
The rotors have filters that need cleaning often so I'm trying one without the filter.
The others do not have filters and run well.

[Cobh521]

It is my understanding that round up will kill the empire zoysia grass. Having the donuts and trimming around them monthly is not that time consuming. My husband uses the trimming function on his weed whacked. Once the lawn is established, you really cannot see the donuts from the street.

[aframe]

After going through a couple donut hole cutters (they Break), I purchased the one sold at Ace hardware. pricey maybe, but much better quality and much stronger. Just place over your donut ring and twist it back and forth. It cuts thru the zoysia grass like butter.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Cobh521

It is my understanding that round up will kill the empire zoysia grass. Having the donuts and trimming around them monthly is not that time consuming. My husband uses the trimming function on his weed whacked. Once the lawn is established, you really cannot see the donuts from the street.

Roundup will kill anything!

[blueash]

Originally Posted by Sprinkler Buddy

Members of this forum bare with me,

Really buddy, you want us to bare with you? You must get lots of ogles when you're out and about.

[e-flyer]

Sprinkler Buddy, I don't think you understood, Blueash was making a funny. You posted bare with me, correct would be, bear with me, unless you're asking them to get naked with you. :-)

[kittygilchrist]

[e-flyer]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

Only, because the SB seemed to take offense to Blueash's post which was in jest.

Actually, SB is getting good advertising by bringing the post back to the top with each response.