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How high is too high?
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Thu, Jun 9, 11 at 15:44
| I've seen it mentioned a lot on this forum that grass oftentimes does better if mowed on your mower's highest setting. Our lawn is not doing very well, its thin and weedy, and so I thought I'd try raising the height of my mower. I use a Toro Super Recycler and its highest setting is 4.25". Is this too high? Is it a problem if the grass is flowering shortly after its cut? Or does that mean I should lower the blade? I don't have any neighbors that can see my lawn, and I don't care too much how it looks in the short term, as long as what I'm doing is helping it improve for the long term. Thanks. |
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| What kind of grass is this? |
RE: How high is too high?
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| Unfortunately I don't know the type of grass. Based on our area we basically have KBG, fescues, and perennial ryegrass, but I haven't learned enough to tell the difference yet. There are a lot of weeds in there too. After reading, it seems like it would probably be a good idea to overseed this fall, but for now I'm just trying to figure out how to manage things as best as I can. |
RE: How high is too high?
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| Hey, i have the same mower and i set it one setting down from the highest. It might be a bit long but the grass stays green and looks great. I would set it at this height and then set about killing off all the weeds now. (weed b gon and weed hound) Then when fall comes along just overseed and you should be good. good luck. |
RE: How high is too high?
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| If you don't mind it at that height and it doesn't flop over, it's okay to mow it at that height. If you don't like the looks or if it starts to flop over, I'd lower the deck a notch. |
RE: How high is too high?
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| I think it would be perfect to mow from 3.75-4" or around that. Would definitely keep it above the 3.75 though in most of the hotter months. If you have healthy grass early on, you can train it to grow longer, become dense, and look fine being cut at a higher height. If the grass is thinning out and burned out, it will probably look quite bad, but still important to do. |
RE: How high is too high?
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| I have fescue lawn in charlotte nc...i never cut over 3" and its 100deg here. the lawn is thick, green and weed free. i water once per week, 1-1.25. i think it all depends on the quality of the grass seed you have. |
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