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Old 26-11-2005, 01:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default At what temperature does grass start growing?

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JennyC wrote:

There's a whole lot that is more exciting than watching grass grow. Two examples
would be watching milk curdle or paint peel. Grass grows very, very slowly -
approximately 3-5 inches per week depending on temperature, fertility, moisture
conditions, and season. That's about seven hundredths of an inch a day, three
thousandths of an inch an hour, five millionths of an inch per minute or eight
trillionths of an inch per second. This is not enough movement for the human eye
to register. Pretty boring.


In the UK, in a typical winter, that is more like 0.3-0.5" a MONTH,
due to the low light levels. That is why, despite grass growing all
winter, it doesn't need cutting. 3-5" a week is pretty high for UK
lawn grasses, and I would put it at half that, even in a warm, damp
summer.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.