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New Lawn - It's Alive!!!!!
Hi Everyone,
Great advice from you all so far. I really appreciate this group. My newly seeded lawn is about a week old now. It has germinated and there are lovely little fine green hairs all over the place now. I'm so excited!!! My question is... how do I know when to give it the first mow? The seedlines are about 1 inch tall now, and the soil is quite wet due to recent rain and watering. I'd be afraid to walk on it now, for fear of crushing the poor things - and certainly not with a lawn mower. So do I wait another week? two? month? Any help would be appreciated. Sally |
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New Lawn - It's Alive!!!!!
On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:32:28 GMT, Sally wrote:
So do I wait another week? two? month? I prefer 2-3 months or more, but it depends on the species. The area I planted last October got its first mowing in late April; mixed fescues, PNW. Kay |
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New Lawn - It's Alive!!!!!
Sally wrote: Hi Everyone, Great advice from you all so far. I really appreciate this group. My newly seeded lawn is about a week old now. It has germinated and there are lovely little fine green hairs all over the place now. I'm so excited!!! My question is... how do I know when to give it the first mow? The seedlines are about 1 inch tall now, and the soil is quite wet due to recent rain and watering. I'd be afraid to walk on it now, for fear of crushing the poor things - and certainly not with a lawn mower. So do I wait another week? two? month? Any help would be appreciated. Sally ========== Wait until it reaches about 4'', and mow back to a height of 3''. I actually had the "grass police" give me a warning as my newly planted lawn was too high for the village standards. Please! I had the grass growing for about 5 weeks before I was forced to mow it, although it was over the 3'' mark, so it was time anyway. |
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