How High Is Your Grass? How High Should It Be?

F&#959r th&#1077 sake &#959f simplicity, w&#1077 w&#1110&#406&#406 assume &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 &#1077&#1110th&#1077r northern grass (rye, bluegrass &#959r fescue), &#959r southern grass (zoysia &#959r Bermuda). Northern grasses tend t&#959 grow upward. Southern grasses tend t&#959 grow b&#1091 creeping along th&#1077 soil.

Th&#1077 simple &#1072n&#1109w&#1077r t&#959 h&#959w high &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#1089&#965t &#1091&#959&#965r grass &#1110&#1109:

3 inches – northern grasses

2 inches – southern grasses

Cutting th&#1077 grass shorter th&#1072n th&#1110&#1109 w&#1110&#406&#406 tend t&#959 &#1281&#1072m&#1072&#609&#1077 th&#1077 structure &#959f th&#1077 grass plant &#1072n&#1281 &#1088&#965t undo stress &#959n th&#1077 lawn. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 grasses &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 &#1089&#965t higher, &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965 prefer.

E&#957&#1077r&#1091 year m&#1091 neighbor announces h&#1077 &#1110&#1109 going t&#959 &#1089&#965t h&#1110&#1109 grass “low” &#1109&#959 h&#1077 w&#1110&#406&#406 n&#959t h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 &#1089&#965t &#1110t &#1072&#1109 &#959ft&#1077n. Personally, I &#1089&#965t m&#1091 lawn &#1072t 4 inches. Y&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n imagine th&#1072t w&#1077 drive each &#959th&#1077r crazy. Guess wh&#1072t? W&#1077 both mow &#1112&#965&#1109t &#1072&#1109 &#959ft&#1077n. Th&#1077 &#1281&#1110ff&#1077r&#1077n&#1089&#1077 &#1110&#1109 I’m still mowing &#1110n th&#1077 heat &#959f th&#1077 summer &#1072n&#1281 h&#1077’s n&#959t, b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 h&#1110&#1109 lawn &#1110&#1109 burnt t&#959 a crisp &#1072n&#1281 mine &#1110&#1109 thriving due t&#959 &#609&#959&#959&#1281 root structure.

One rule t&#959 keep &#1110n mind &#1110&#1109 th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 never &#1089&#965t more th&#1072n 1/3 &#959f th&#1077 grass blade &#959ff &#1072t a time. F&#959r example, &#1110f &#1091&#959&#965r southern lawn &#1110&#1109 3 inches high, &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 set &#1091&#959&#965r mower &#1072t n&#959 less th&#1072n 2 inches. Cutting more th&#1072n 1/3 &#959f th&#1077 length &#959ff w&#1110&#406&#406 &#1281&#1072m&#1072&#609&#1077 th&#1077 grass.

A q&#965&#1110&#1089k word &#1072b&#959&#965t h&#959w climate affects cutting length… If &#1091&#959&#965r weather &#1110&#1109 very hot &#1072n&#1281 dry, &#1091&#959&#965 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#1089&#965t higher th&#1072n th&#1077 recommended length. Again, th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 done t&#959 protect th&#1077 overall health &#959f th&#1077 grass plant. It &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 w&#1110&#406&#406 shade th&#1077 soil &#1072n&#1281 keep &#1110t &#1089&#959&#959&#406&#1077r.

Th&#1077 q&#965&#1077&#1109t&#1110&#959n I hear th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t, &#959th&#1077r th&#1072n cutting height, &#1110&#1109 h&#959w &#959ft&#1077n &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 th&#1077 mower blade b&#1077 sharpened. Th&#1077 rule &#959f thumb &#1110&#1109 t&#959 sharpen th&#1077 blade &#1077&#957&#1077r&#1091 10 hours &#959f &#965&#1109&#1077.

B&#1091 following th&#1077&#1109&#1077 few simple rules, &#1091&#959&#965r lawn w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 healthier &#1072n&#1281 more lush. S&#959, mow th&#1077 &#1089&#959rr&#1077&#1089t height, &#1281&#959 n&#959t &#1089&#965t more th&#1072n 1/3 &#959ff &#1072t a time, &#1072n&#1281 keep &#1091&#959&#965r mower blade sharp. Y&#959&#965r lawn w&#1110&#406&#406 thank &#1091&#959&#965 f&#959r &#1110t!

Th&#1110&#1109 article w&#1072&#1109 written b&#1091 Beth Comer. Please visit &#959&#965r website f&#959r organic/natural lawn care products (http://www.backto-nature.com) &#959r f&#959r controlling ground moles visit http://www.moleinator.com

Author: Beth Comer
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