Jim [email protected] wrote in message
...
...for a couple of months (say) what are the long-term implications. Of
course
it will be unsightly and could present the mower with an initial problem
when
finally getting round to being cut but what about the long-term
implications for
the grass itself? Will it recover if subsequently given its due
attention.

thanks for any thoughts

Hello Jim,
I agree with the others, but would add that you will need to feed it after
cutting it. If you just cut off all the *green* summer growth which has
been feeding your lawn, the remaining *yellow* grass will struggle to
photosynthesize. You will have starved your lawn on a grand scale, in other
words. As it will be late summer/autumn by then, you will need to apply an
autumn feed, which will feed and strengthen the grass ready for the
onslaught of winter. If you try to use up a spring feed, for example, it
will contain more nitrogen. This will produce lots of sappy growth which
will be damaged by the first frosts.
Spider