Typical bluegrass/turf-type fescue mix in an area lawn cut to 3 inches. While it looks good, come the heat of July and August it would look less stressed if allowed to grow longer. Now is the perfect time to establish that practice. Plants are a living, breathing things. They learn to adapt. 

How Do You Mow “Your” Lawn

In the end, it’s a matter of personal taste and like...that is, how short you cut your grass when you mow.

And where it comes to personal taste, there’s probably no two people who cut their grass alike.

But with the recent rains and warm weather grass is growing with typical spring vigor, necessitating as many as two, or even three mowings per week to satisfy many of those personal tastes pertaining to the look of the lawn.

We maintain, though, that even with the grass green and growing it’s a good “cultural” practice, even now, to not mow too short. About 3.5 inches is a good height to establish, and if you “establish” a healthy, sustaining regimen with your turf right now it will go a long way towards having healthy, greener plants come August...and a better looking lawn.

That said, a lot of people prefer to cut shorter, particularly people from the south, where the culture dictates that shorter looks cleaner, and more groomed. And that’s fine with southern varieties of grass...Bermuda, for instance.

But with northern varieties like Bluegrass and Perennial Rye you’ll better served to keep it a little longer, and train it in that fashion now before the heat of summer sets in. Trust it, it will look better if you do...come July and August.

For questions pertaining to your lawn...mowing, maintenance, and nutritional needs...always feel free to contact the professionals at Ever-Green, Miami County’s oldest independently owned landscaping resource.