#1: New Lawn - It's Alive!!!!!
Posted on 2006-06-03 18:32:28 by sd
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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#2: Re: New Lawn - It's Alive!!!!!
Posted on 2006-06-04 04:42:01 by Kay Lancaster
On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 16:32:28 GMT, Sally <sd@porch.ca> 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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#3: Re: New Lawn - It's Alive!!!!!
Posted on 2006-06-05 03:27:33 by ozzy.kopec
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
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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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