BT22, Ards and North Down
Mowing
When you can next cut it, and the best slot this weekend.
Best weekend slot
Sunday 4pm–6pm
Verdict: Good to go
grass slightly damp — dry again 5 hours after a shower
Next mow
Today 4pm–7pm
Verdict: Prime time
ground firm — 8mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
The next 10 days
Each row is a day, morning on the left. The more solid a block, the more of the forecast runs agree you can mow. Open a day for the hour-by-hour forecast behind it.
Monday 19 October: 3 hours worth using. 4pm–7pm — ground firm — 8mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
Monday 19 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Already gone Prime time Prime time Prime time dark dark Rainchance · · · · · · · · · · · — — — — — Rainmm · · · · · · · · · · · — — — — — Grass · · · · · · · · · · · dry dry dry dry dry Ground · · · · · · · · · · · firm firm firm firm firm Temp · · · · · · · · · · · 13° 13° 12° 10° 11° Windkm/h · · · · · · · · · · · 20 17 15 12 14 Daylight · · · · · · · · · · · ✓ ✓ ✓ — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.11). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.
Monday 19 October · 4pm–7pmConfident
4pm–7pm — ground firm — 8mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Tuesday 20 October: 6 hours worth using. 9am–3pm — ground firm — 6mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
Tuesday 20 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict dark dark dark dark Prime time Prime time Prime time Prime time Prime time Prime time 0.2mm of rain falling 0.2mm of rain falling 0.1mm of rain falling 0.1mm of rain falling dark dark Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm — — — — — — — — — — 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 Grass dry dry dry dry dry dry dry dry dry dry wet soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm Temp 11° 10° 9° 10° 11° 11° 12° 12° 12° 12° 11° 11° 11° 10° 10° 10° Windkm/h 9 10 10 8 7 8 10 12 11 8 6 6 8 8 4 6 Daylight — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.13). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.
Tuesday 20 October · 9am–3pmConfident
9am–3pm — ground firm — 6mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
Limiting factor:ground firmness
Wednesday 21 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.05).
Wednesday 21 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm — — 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.5 1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 — — — — — Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground firm firm firm firm firm firm firm bog bog bog bog firm firm firm firm firm Temp 8° 10° 9° 9° 8° 8° 8° 9° 9° 9° 10° 10° 9° 7° 6° 4° Windkm/h 9 10 15 19 25 24 22 25 24 27 25 24 21 17 13 9 Daylight — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.05). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.
Wednesday 21 OctoberConfident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.05).
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Thursday 22 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.04). Conditions themselves are fine.
Thursday 22 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked wet dry dry dry dry dry dry dry Ground firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm firm Temp 3° 2° 2° 3° 4° 6° 7° 9° 11° 11° 11° 11° 10° 10° 9° 9° Windkm/h 10 10 10 9 8 7 8 10 12 14 17 18 18 16 15 17 Daylight — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.04). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.
Thursday 22 OctoberConfident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.04). Conditions themselves are fine.
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Friday 23 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.03).
Friday 23 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 — Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground firm firm firm firm soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 7° 6° 7° 7° 7° 7° 7° 6° 6° 6° 7° 7° 7° 7° 6° 6° Windkm/h 28 27 27 28 29 30 30 31 31 31 31 30 29 27 25 23 Daylight — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.03). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.
Friday 23 OctoberReasonably confident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.03).
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Saturday 24 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.04).
Saturday 24 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm — — — — — — — — — — — — 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.4 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 4° 5° 5° 5° 6° 6° 7° 8° 9° 9° 8° 8° 8° 9° 9° 10° Windkm/h 21 22 22 21 20 18 17 15 15 17 20 23 27 30 33 33 Daylight — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.04). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.
Saturday 24 OctoberReasonably confident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.04).
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Sunday 25 October: 2 hours worth using. 4pm–6pm — grass slightly damp — dry again 5 hours after a shower
Sunday 25 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict dark dark dark 0.2mm of rain falling 0.2mm of rain falling 0.2mm of rain falling 0.2mm of rain falling 0.2mm of rain falling Forget it Forget it Forget it Good to go Good to go dark dark dark Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 — — — — — — — — Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked wet damp damp damp damp dry dry Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 14° 14° 14° 14° 13° 12° 11° 10° 10° 10° 10° 10° 9° 9° 9° 9° Windkm/h 30 32 33 35 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.15). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.
Sunday 25 October · 4pm–6pmReasonably confident
4pm–6pm — grass slightly damp — dry again 5 hours after a shower
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Monday 26 October: nothing to cut. Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.10).
Monday 26 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 — — — — — — 0.5 0.5 Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 8° 8° 9° 10° 10° 11° 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 11° 11° 11° 11° 11° Windkm/h 14 15 13 9 9 12 17 20 20 19 17 15 14 13 12 12 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.10). Not enough to be worth cutting, which is why no hour is recommended today whatever the weather does.
Monday 26 OctoberReasonably confident
Nothing to cut — the grass is barely growing (growth potential 0.10).
Nothing to cut. The odds below describe the weather only — growth decides whether a cut is wanted, and it is judged separately.
Limiting factor:growth
Tuesday 27 October: no hours worth using. No — 0.3mm of rain falling.
Tuesday 27 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict dark dark dark 0.3mm of rain falling 0.3mm of rain falling 0.3mm of rain falling 0.3mm of rain falling 0.3mm of rain falling Forget it Forget it Forget it Forget it dark dark dark dark Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 — — — — — — — — Grass soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked wet soaked wet wet wet Ground soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soggy soft soft soft Temp 9° 9° 9° 10° 10° 11° 12° 12° 12° 12° 11° 11° 10° 10° 10° 9° Windkm/h 9 10 12 16 21 26 30 33 34 33 32 30 29 28 28 27 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.11). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.
Tuesday 27 OctoberLow confidence this far out
No — 0.3mm of rain falling.
Limiting factor:grass wetness
Wednesday 28 October: 5 hours worth using. 8am–1pm — ground soft in places — 43mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
Wednesday 28 October, hour by hour 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am midday 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm Chance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Verdict dark dark dark Prime time Prime time Prime time Prime time Prime time 0.5mm of rain falling 0.5mm of rain falling 0.5mm of rain falling 0.5mm of rain falling dark dark dark dark Rainchance — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rainmm — — — — — — — — 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 — — Grass dry dry dry dry dry dry dry dry wet soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked soaked Ground soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft soft Temp 9° 9° 9° 10° 10° 11° 12° 12° 12° 12° 12° 11° 11° 11° 11° 10° Windkm/h 22 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 29 Daylight — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — Growth: barely growing (growth potential 0.11). Enough to be worth cutting. Growth decides whether a cut is wanted, not how well it will go, so it is not one of the rows above and does not move the chances.
Wednesday 28 October · 8am–1pmLow confidence this far out
8am–1pm — ground soft in places — 43mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil
Limiting factor:ground firmness
good to go touch and go dark, frost or snow already goneFainter means fewer forecast runs agree.
Growth
How fast it is growing, and when it will need cutting again.
11%Barely growing
Of the fastest this grass could grow. The turf-industry measure, from today's temperature and day length.
The lawn is barely growing, so it does not need cutting. Leave it — taking leaf off a sward that cannot replace it costs more than it gives.
Held back by both temperature and short days — 10.3 hours of daylight at 10°C.
- Over the next 10 days
- about 3mm of leaf
- Next cut due
- not within the next ten days
This only knows temperature and day length. Feeding, watering, shade and cutting height all move it, so treat it as a rough guide.
Worked out from the PACE Turf growth potential model and day length —how and why.
Seeding
Soil temperature at germination depth, and when the window opens.
Soil temperature in BT22, Ards and North Down
11.0°C52°F
at 6cm — germination depth
Soil is warming — it should cross 9°C in about 8 days, though the forecast doesn't run far enough to confirm it holds.
Warming over the next 10 days.
Cross-checks against an independent estimate from air temperature (9.3°C), which agrees to within 1.0°C.
Almost every UK and Irish lawn is a ryegrass and fescue mix, whether it was sown or turfed. We assume that, and use 9°C as the seeding threshold.
Thresholds for every species
The differences are small. Ryegrass is the quickest off the mark; bluegrass is the slowest and wants the warmest soil. Everything else sits between.
| Species | Soil needed | Days to sprout |
|---|---|---|
| Perennial ryegrasslikely yours | 8°C | 5–10 |
| Red / chewings fescuelikely yours | 8–10°C | 10–14 |
| Tall fescue | 10–12°C | 10–14 |
| Browntop bentColonial bentgrass | 10–12°C | 14–21 |
| Smooth-stalked meadow grassKentucky bluegrass | 12–13°C | 14–28 |
Feeding
Why timing decides whether a feed does anything at all.
Coming in the app
Grass takes up nitrogen when it is growing. Feed a lawn that has stopped and most of it washes past the roots — which is why timing beats product choice.
Right now this lawn is not growing fast enough to make much use of a feed.
The app will work out the actual feeding windows for your lawn — along with weed control, scarifying and moss treatment — and tell you when they open without you having to check.
BT22, Ards and North Down in detail
Soil temperature in BT22, Ards and North Down is currently 11.0°C at 6cm, and rising about 1.1°C over the next 10 days. That depth matters because it is where grass seed sits and where roots start working, and it lags air temperature by days — which is why a warm afternoon here tells you very little on its own.
Lawns in this area are typically perennial ryegrass with fescue, which is what most lawns round here are sown with. That blend needs the soil to hold above 9°C before seed germinates reliably. Soil is warming — it should cross 9°C in about 8 days, though the forecast doesn't run far enough to confirm it holds.
4 of the next 10 days look workable. The best weekend slot right now is Sunday 4pm–6pm, on the basis that grass slightly damp — dry again 5 hours after a shower.
The next recommended window in BT22 opens at 4pm on Monday 19 October, and holds while conditions stay put. Underfoot, the ground reads as firm after 8mm rain over the last week, coarse (sandy) soil.
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Single-model forecast here — no ensemble covers this location, so there are no odds to show. Forecast from Open-Meteo, refreshed through the day. Soil temperature is modelled, not measured — how that works and where the thresholds come from.