{"id":8773,"date":"2016-06-22T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2016-06-17T21:28:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T01:28:24","slug":"seasonal-mowing-height-of-home-lawns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/06\/22\/seasonal-mowing-height-of-home-lawns\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Mowing Height Of Home Lawns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red fescue lawn properly mowed<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fescue Lawn mowed too closely<\/p><\/div>\n

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The arrival of summer\u2019s heat and dry weather is a clear sign to raise the cutting (mowing) height of your lawn grass. \u00a0Every grass species have a recommended height at which it should be mowed for best health. The cutting height will change with the season. Location in the yard is also important. Here on some basic tips.<\/p>\n

Recommended Mowing Heights of Grass Species:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burmuda grass*<\/strong>\u00a0 – \u00a0\u00bd to 1 \u00bd inches<\/p>\n

Zoysia grass*<\/strong> \u00a0– \u00a0\u00be to 1 \u00bd inches<\/p>\n

Centipede grass<\/strong>\u00a0 – 1 \u00bd to 2 inches<\/p>\n

St Augustine grass <\/strong>\u00a0– 2 to 4 inches<\/p>\n

Fescue <\/strong>\u00a0– 3 to 4 inches<\/p>\n

A general rule to follow is\u00a0to remove only one-third of a grass plant at any\u00a0one mowing<\/span>. For example, if you regularly mow your fescue lawn at 3 inches, allow it to grow to 4.5 inches tall before mowing.<\/p>\n

In temperate areas (zones 5 to 7), most lawns are composed of tall fescues and\/or bluegrasses. These\u00a0grasses are usually mowed at 2 1\/2 to 3 inches high. In partial shade fescue may be cut slightly taller @ 3 1\/2 inches. In summer, mowing height should be raised a minimum of \u00bd to 1 inch taller than spring. Raising the mowing height results in deeper rooting and better drought and heat tolerance.<\/p>\n

In summer’s heat and drought, if your lawn does not need mowing, DON\u2019T!! Reduce mowing frequency in summer unless your\u00a0lawn is irrigated and fertilized. Cool season grasses such as fescues and bluegrasses naturally grow slower (\u201csummer dormancy\u201d).<\/p>\n

Growth of warm season grasses (burmuda, zoysia, centipede, and St. Augustine) also slow down when soil moisture is low.\u00a0Raise the mowing height of bermuda grass and zoysia grass lawns as autumn approaches to\u00a0protect the turf from winter injury.<\/p>\n

Scalping (too close cutting) favors growing of undesirable grass species and weeds. For example, low mowing in early spring leads to invasion of weedy annual bluegrass (Poa annua<\/em>). Scalping fescue lawns results in seedling burmuda grass, crabgrass, goosegrass, and other weeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The arrival of summer\u2019s heat and dry weather is a clear sign to raise the cutting (mowing) height of your lawn grass. \u00a0Every grass species have a recommended height at which it should be mowed for best health. The cutting height will change with the season. Location in the yard is also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1176,677,1016,699,731,676,698,1322,630,1035,1260,740,1175],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8796,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8773\/revisions\/8796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}