Mowing Lawn in Winter. The 1/4 Rule

Описание: We all know the 1/3 rule for mowing lawn. Never mow more than a 1/3 of the grass height in a single mow.

Mowing lawn in winter is a little bit different for warm season grasses in winter and mowing a 1/3 of the height in a single mow can be disastrous. You can easily expose a bit of thatch, injure the lawn and open up the canopy to more sunlight getting to the ground and assisting weed germination.

Winter means dormancy for warm season lawn. That means it will slow down in growth and in some instances stop growing for a little while. It really depends on climate.

I'd like to introduce the 1/4 rule. What this means is do not mow any more than 1/4 the height of the lawn in a single mow, but it also means that you'll be mowing about the quarter of the time. At the end of autumn you'll be mowing about once a week or a fortnight. Pretty soon going into winter you'll be mowing once a month rather than once a week. So this 1/4 relates to winter time mowing.

Tiftuf bermuda grass in winter cannot be mowed aggressively. Any injuries you do by mowing too low now will not self repair during winter and you'l be stuck with it till spring. Nobody wants yucky brown bits till spring.

Simarly, couches, kikuyu, buffalo; which are warm season lawns, cannot be mowed too low or aggressively during winter.

Best advise I can give is mow a bit taller, it will help the lawn grab the less available sunlight for photosynthesis. That increased height which is also thick and lush will choke the weeds as they need sunlight too.

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