[Closed] Is it too soon to be cutting the grass?

It'll be covered in snow or frost by the weekend, I wouldn't bother.

Mine got a quick trim last week. Set mower to its highest cut and gave it a once over, will be leaving it a few weeks and waiting for better weather though before cutting again.

I wouldn't while we have some potentially very cold weather coming, but it's almost time. You want the ground to be warm so that the roots and stems have some warmth to work with so the grass comes back to life, and then my lawn expert man says that you shouldn't cut more than half off. If that's not short enough in time, cut half off, leave a few days to recover, and then cut again and reduce it in stages.

My neighbour has been out this afternoon ..but it's way too early for that malarkey.

Did mine on Tuesday, a very light cut, hardly got any grass off, but picked up a few windblown twigs and leaves. It left it clean and tidy and ready for the first growth.

Looks nice too.

Over the road did theirs this afternoon, noisy sod.

Mine’s rather straggly, but it’s shaded most of the time, and has a lot of moss in it, which I’m rather encouraging so I don’t have to cut it. I’m going to sow wild flowers in it anyway, Ragged Robin, Snake-head Fritillaries, Ox-eye Daises, maybe some others, and let it go a bit wild.

I’m also doing something similar with the two small areas at the bottom of the garden, which are also mostly shaded with a fence across, so im planting ivy and honeysuckle to climb the fence, foxgloves, I’ve got a bunch of mossy stones from around Castle Combe, with various ferns and rotting mossy logs, bluebells, snowdrops, and crocuses, with a small gorse im hoping will grow and flower, to bring some extra colour.

Mine looks to be in a cuttable condition, but Ive never cut the lawn in February and I dont intend starting now!

From a practical view, it needs to be dry and set the mower high for first cut.

You can cut all year round, just dont cut more than a third of the length at any one time.

Nope, managed to mow my lawn in early January as it was a bit tufty.  We now have a foster lurcher/staffie cross who in her mad 5 minutes runs around the garden doing the doggie equivalent of hand brake turns, drifting and burnouts so the lawn is looking incredibly tufty.......

Always.

mine has turned to moss.

not sure what to do with it tbh

I considered cutting mine on Tuesday and then realised I had better things to do with my life.

Will see if i'm inspired in a few weeks if it is dry enough.

Jeff

We now have a foster lurcher/staffie cross who in her mad 5 minutes runs around the garden doing the doggie equivalent of hand brake turns, drifting and burnouts

At least if her claws are long enough you won't have to scarify.

Mine is longish, I cut it well into November, but in the last couple of weeks it's not grown particularly but really started to thicken up.  It had been thinning out as the thatch rotted down.

I'll wait til this cold snap is over before cutting I think.

Think of it this way. Golf courses never stop cutting their grass. As long as there is no snow or frost, knock yourself out. Main issue is soggy ground, do you want your mower digging into the ground on turns etc. I guess a hovver mower would be best in that situation.

Golf courses aren't good examples of healthy grass though!

I only cut my back lawn about 8 times a year! It lools great and is perfect for the kids. The front is kept slightly long and stripe cut maybe 15 times a year. I won't need to do it until April. My clients lawns start on 9th March though

I would have thought golf course grass was a perfect example of healthy grass. It's not just about the putting greens is it. Fairway's, aprons, tees, rough, it's all grass and it all gets maintained all year. As someone said above as long as you never cut more than a third off in any one go, all year round cutting is fine.

mine has turned to moss.

not sure what to do with it tbh

Rake it, man!!

Blimey, mine is nowhere near needing a cut. It's mostly muddy squashed flat grass-ish or the same but frozen hard.

Renting a cottage in Dorset.

Some scumbag decided to cut our grass at 8  in the morning.

Didn't even need doing.

Healthy grass doesn't need fertiliser 4 or more times a year and a dozen mechanical treatments to keep it artificially green and cut way shorter than it should be to maintain a strong root zone!

Need to clean up the dog droppings, aerate the lawn, sow some new seed, give out until very late March early April to take and then will be the time for first cut.