This is also when the grass is healthiest and able to recover easily from regular low cutting. Change these conditions to high stress ones; heat, drought, cold or constant drenching and your lawn will need high mowing to survive.
Let the weather and seasons be your guide to mowing heights. When making adjustments to the mowing height do it in stages, particularly when lowering the height. Apparently, the length of your grass is more important than we give it a credit. The rule of thumb for the right grass height is what most experts offer.
What that means is that it is not strictly accurate and not applicable for every situation. As we go on with different opinions, we will find out just how much truth this is, as well as why the strict number of inches for your grass is not appropriate.
But, it is not that simple. Different types of grass and different climates have different factors that affect just how high should you cut your grass. On top of that, different experts have different opinion, with a full justification:. The season in which you mow your lawn also affects the height of your grass, but it is highly recommended to stick to the two-and-a-half-inch rule of thumb in fall and, maybe in spring, but not as important. In summer, if you cannot remember just how much should you cut, it would be less of a mistake to leave it taller, than to cut too much.
When the weather really heats up, leave it high until the beginning of the fall season when the weather cools off a bit. Why, you must be asking. You are trying to solve two problems and achieving a balance. If you allow the grass to get too tall, you are not stimulating good grass growth and missing the opportunity to make your lawn more resilient and healthier. For example, If you are attempting to eliminate crabgrass, you may wish to leave the grass taller, up to three inches, in spring and summer.
During these two seasons, crabgrass competes with your lawn for space. The longer grass provides extra shading which will sufficiently hurt crabgrass to prevent it from multiplying. In fall, when the frost kills more sensitive crabgrass, you can go back to cutting your grass to two and a half inches. Once you accept the two-and-a-half-inch rule, you will want to make sure you are following it. Lawn tractors or zero turn mowers usually have a mechanical or hydraulic lever that raises and lowers the mowing deck.
Push mowers often have to be manually raised or lowered at each of their four wheels. By raising the height of the mower — either the deck or the blade height — you can prevent cutting the grass too short. Along with setting the mower at the right height, it is important to ensure that your blade is kept sharp. You can also purchase replacement blades online or at a store that carries your brand of mower.
A very important note: remember to remove the spark plug before ever doing any kind of maintenance on your lawn mower to prevent it from accidentally starting! Grass will experience a growth spurt after a period of rain. And it may not grow as much if there is not enough water. This is why mowing on a schedule is often counter-intuitive. This may mean that sometimes you are mowing the lawn weekly and sometimes you may go a few weeks without needing to mow.
Over time, this will transform your lawn and improve its health. For this same reason, if you decide to hire a landscaping company to help with maintenance check what their methods for scheduling work are. Ensure that they are not scalping your lawn by just showing up and mowing regardless of grass height. There are many landscaping companies that have been well educated via landscape architecture and design courses and degrees.
You pay your lawn company when they mow, so it makes sense that they will want to mow your lawn more often. This may not be good for your grass. If you have newly seeded grass , it is important to give it enough time to get established before mowing.
It is best to wait until it is 2. If your new grass is from sod instead of seed, then it is important to wait two to three weeks to allow it to properly root into the ground before mowing it as well. Mowing with a dull blade can lead to turf discoloration.
A good rule of thumb is to sharpen your blade every ten mower hours. Buy an extra blade and keep a sharp spare handy. Avoid mowing your lawn when it is wet. There are several reasons for not mowing a wet lawn. In addition to possibly jamming the mower blades and clogging the discharge chute, it also leaves clumps of grass on the lawn. Grass collecting on the mower blades also results in tearing the grass much like a dull blade.
Before overseeding, verticutting or core aerating we recommend a low mow. Set your mowing height down one or two notches lower than your normal mowing height. This low mow will allow new baby grass to collect sunlight and not be shaded by taller existing grass blades. Mow your grass as needed, returning the mower to your routine mowing height.
Overseeding requires fertilizing and watering. Existing grass plants will be outgrowing the newly germinating grass seeds. Do not wait and let the grass get too tall and start to fall over.
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