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  • Late winter to spring mowing

    I noticed alot of people are out mowing right now. Most of what I see being mowed is yards full of weeds. My yard is about 95% bermuda and is still dormant but I thought I read or heard its best to cut the grass around this time and to cut it short.

    Should I be cutting it now?

  • #2
    yeah, i dont have the science behind it but i always scalp my lawn this time of year before it starts growing

    god bless.
    It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men -Frederick Douglass

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    • #3
      You typically try and wait for the last freeze, we started this week as well

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      • #4
        Originally posted by zemog View Post
        You typically try and wait for the last freeze, we started this week as well
        Do you really "scalp" it like I have heard?

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        • #5
          I put my bermuda lawns down to the lowest setting on my bermuda lawns , the idea is to get the grass to stand back up like when you get your hair cut to a bur , then let it slowly grow out throught the year, we do this over two mowings going different directions each time . For st augustine i try and get down to a max of 1 3/4 or 2" then again let grow slowly throught the year , usually raising the mower one notch every 4-6 weeks depending on growth , and my one notch means raising either the front or back on a push mower not both at the same time , I usually can get lawns down to 2\3 which is notch 2 on front wheels and 3rd notch on back then start mowing regularly on 3/3 which is about one quarter inch higher than scalp height then move to 3/4 then 4/4 and so on , this is on toro commercial but the idea is the same across the board , most riders are raised in quarter inch increments already.

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