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"YLitw21146" wrote in message
... I put down turff builder last weekend and it has been rainy in the milwaukee area for a week-so when can I cut the grass? When you get letter from the city that says your grass is too tall.... Seriously, this wknd should be a good time. |
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YLitw21146 wrote:
I put down turff builder last weekend and it has been rainy in the milwaukee area for a week-so when can I cut the grass? "There's always a better tomorrow" You want to avoid cutting the grass when it's wet, but you also don't want it to get so high that if you take off 1/3 it's length the mowed lawn would still be too high. How high is too high? It depends on the type of grass. Most people tend to cut too short. When I lived in Milwaukee there was a lot of Kentucky Bluegrass mixed with other cool weather grasses, and the healthiest height is to not let it get under 2" by very much. Shorter than 1/2" and you'll increase the amount of work and expense needed to maintain it that short. Use a mulching mower, and leave the clippings, and you'll need to use less fertilizer. You may be able to eliminate the use of spring fertilizer all together, and just go with a fall "winterizer" application to stimulate root growth over winter. As far as mowing after applying fertilizer, well, let's assume that before applying the fertilizer you properly mowed you lawn. In that case, the next mowing is due when the height is correct. (Well, actually, the next mowing is due based on height even if you applied the fertilizer at the wrong time.) Remember that when the heat of summer comes, put down an inch to an inch and a half of water in one application, unless drainage is so poor that you get run-off before completing that much at once. (In that case, plan on aerating in fall.) Resist the temptation to water a little bit each day. Shallow watering means shallow roots, which means unhealthy turf that can't tolerate even a mild drought. And if there is a drought starting, don't mow unless you have to. Leave the lawn a little longer going into a drought. The extra length will help keep the soil in the shade, and retain that deep watering you did. (Also, if you snip off too much of the blade just before it stops growing because of the drought, you could let an opening for infections.) Remember, the important parts of lawn care are the mowing and the watering, and neither can be summed up as more being better. Despite what Scotts wants you to believe, the secret is not fertilizing every season. That's the secret to keeping them in the black. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. |
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