Is it too late in year for one last lawn cut?

kaiserrussel

Hi All

Bearing in mind that we have had a very reasonable and mild past few weeks I was wondering could I give my lawn one last cut?

at a very high setting of course?

about 2 weeks ago I put out some weed and feed and it has grown since.

I know the weather today and the past couple of days has been wet but I didn't plan on picking up the clippings,

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

redser7

Absolutely. But try wait for a couple of dry days after the forecast downpours for this week. You could compact the soil and cause moss and other problems if you work on it while its very wet.
If that was a standard feed and weed you used then it was probably bad timing. At this stage of the year you dont want to be encouraging growth of the grass. You can get autumn feeds which encourage root growth and it helps the grass get through the winter and take off in the spring.

wildlifeboy

I cut my back garden on a low setting last week and its growing. going to to the last one on the front this weekend. getting the snow drops and crocuses in too.

kaiserrussel

redser7 wrote: »

Absolutely. But try wait for a couple of dry days after the forecast downpours for this week. You could compact the soil and cause moss and other problems if you work on it while its very wet.
If that was a standard feed and weed you used then it was probably bad timing. At this stage of the year you dont want to be encouraging growth of the grass. You can get autumn feeds which encourage root growth and it helps the grass get through the winter and take off in the spring.

it was a seasonal one I believe, as I was told I probably should have had it out a few weeks previous to when I putt it out. they said though the weather was mild enough to do it. I think i would Ike to clip off a little so ill probably wait for a few days.

i have t say the grass does looks extremely green and strong at the moment around th eneighbourhood

redser7

I does indeed, been so mild and now the wet

Oldtree

Its still growing here
I try to avoid the last cut getting hit by a frost followed by cold which can yellow the grass.

kaiserrussel

Oldtree wrote: »

Its still growing here
I try to avoid the last cut getting hit by a frost followed by cold which can yellow the grass.

exactly that is what i am trying to avoid too!

SCOOP 64

i though i had done my last cut 9 days ago, but now back to same length,
so if the weather drys out abit another cut should be OK?, hate looking at long grass all winter.

looksee

Provided there is no talk of hard frost I just keep cutting as necessary (I am at the coast though). Though, ahem, looking at the present state of the lawn, that may be more of an ambition than a fact :-)

paulbok

Night temps looking like they'll be below zero next week (Dublin area) so a last light trim would be best.

redser7

paulbok wrote: »

Night temps looking like they'll be below zero next week (Dublin area) so a last light trim would be best.

Where did you see that Paul?

paulbok

I have the Accuweather app and it gives a decent 15 day forecast.
I've used it for years (and it's website) and found it as reliable as can be expected, but like any long range forecast, if it's a day I'm depending on, I'll recheck every few days.

Tomorrow night is down at 3 degs & dry so could be a bit nippy as well.

redser7

Cheers. MT Cranium hasn't mentioned a big dip yet. I suppose it's about due

Supercell

Unlikely to be much frost near the coast in Dublin I think, certainly not expecting any here in Loughlinstown, perhaps a very light ground frost. My grass is still growing like mad, if there is a dry day or two it will be getting the chop again.

monkeynuz

If needs be I'll be cutting up to Christmas. Had a customer years ago in uk that always wanted the grass done Christmas Eve to look good for the following day!

Only really hard frosts bother the cut grass. I don't worry about it.

jrby

norwegian weather forecast (for dublin) is farily accurate.....better that met.ie

GY A1

still growin like mad here to LOL
due a cut now

irelandspurs

You need to raise the mower height now and not cut to much off,just trim the grass once a week until the frost comes to encourage strong grass to help it over winter,cut it to short now and you will weaken it.
If the grass is wet but is a dry day,run a hose pipe across the lawn to take off any settled water which will speed up the drying,try to avoid cutting it if its wet.
You can't beat a nice lawn.

Skill Magill

First time posting in gardening and don't know much about it, but I do have a lawn, and I like it short and green.
What I gather to prepare your lawn for the winter

• Wait until its been dry for 3 days on the trot, with no expected frost
• Trim the grass on the highest level
• Spread Autumn Lawn preparation

When I trim, should I collect the grass too or leave the box off?
I have some containers of "patch magic", would spreading this be the same as autumn feed, or could you recommend me one.

I've noticed some nettles appearing recently, would the Autumn lawn prep ged rid of these?

Thanks for your help

GY A1

does it need autumn feed

Skill Magill

redser7 wrote: »

At this stage of the year you dont want to be encouraging growth of the grass. You can get autumn feeds which encourage root growth and it helps the grass get through the winter and take off in the spring.

I was reading the above post, so if it helps.....

SCOOP 64

Stiil to wet for last cut, when will it stop raining!

GY A1

made alot rain last nite,

wildlifeboy

cut mine yesterday. it was a slog because it was very damp. thats the last one for me.

beertons

I'm going to try get one more cut, more so to take up the leaves.

GY A1

beertons wrote: »

I'm going to try get one more cut, more so to take up the leaves.

same here and just to even it off nice an level for the winter

Squiggle

When the grass stops growing I'll stop cutting it.

SCOOP 64

Still haven't a chance to get out, wind and heavy rain again today.
My lawnmower will struggle if its to damp.

NIMAN

Mine needs a cut badly, been growing well for the last few weeks, but its soaking too so not sure if I'll get out to it before its too late.

Damn this mild weather:eek:

mike65

This is where you need a push mower - a light frame design doesn't get bogged down assuming the grass is not too high/wet.

Got the back garden done, the front is not too bad so might get the chance on friday if we avoid any real rain between now and then.

The heavens open up on Saturday.

redser7

Managed to get it done on Tuesday. It was still soft under foot but looking at the forecast it looked like the best shot. Fingers crossed that's it for this year.

unkel

redser7 wrote: »

Managed to get it done on Tuesday. It was still soft under foot but looking at the forecast it looked like the best shot. Fingers crossed that's it for this year.

Ditto.

Anyone else impressed that the badly burnt grass in the warmest summer in decades came back reasonably ok in the last few months?

GY A1

Yes theres been great growth all over

lottpaul

After weeks of waiting for a "dry spell" I gave up and decided to do a final mow yesterday. Parts were very damp and machine kept clogging but the rest was fine.
So glad I did because would have been impossible after the rain, hail and storms we had here today. A good cold snap would be great now to slow the growth.

monkeynuz

After eight weeks of ill health I have finally managed to get another cut in today, just waited for the frost to clear at 2.30pm and gave it a good cut, looks lovely, now the cooler weather is here it shouldn't grow much more but if needs be I'll do it again.

kaiserrussel

so folks, Next question is when should we restart cutting, I last cut my lawn at the end of Nov! hard to think of when Ill cut again with the recent weather. Today is really nice so it popped into my head. the bright sunshine is giving the impression of a lawn out there!

redser7

Personally I'm waiting another couple of weeks and then for a spell of dry weather so it's not soft underfoot.

GY A1

ya same here ground is very wet

iba

kaiserrussel wrote: »

so folks, Next question is when should we restart cutting, I last cut my lawn at the end of Nov! hard to think of when Ill cut again with the recent weather. Today is really nice so it popped into my head. the bright sunshine is giving the impression of a lawn out there!

I have heard before that the first cut should not be done prior to Paddy's day

Glebee

Jesus Christ, I cant believe its nearly time to get cutting the lawn again, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Norfolk Enchants_

The answer to when should you cut your lawn is, you cut your lawn when it needs it, there are no cutoff dates when to start and finish, just never cut off more than 1/3 third and when it's growing slowly/sporadicly like now your only objective is to lightly trim to just take off the uneven look and collect loose debris like leaves and small twigs.

keltoms05

Norfolk Enchants_ wrote: »

The answer to when should you cut your lawn is, you cut your lawn when it needs it, there are no cutoff dates when to start and finish, just never cut off more than 1/3 third and when it's growing slowly/sporadicly like now your only objective is to lightly trim to just take off the uneven look and collect loose debris like leaves and small twigs.

Couldnt agree more

Marhay70

The main problem with cutting a lawn at the moment is the underfoot conditions. Tramping over wet ground will compact the soil, starving the grass roots of oxygen and causing them to die off. The result is weeds and moss.

keltoms05

Marhay70 wrote: »

The main problem with cutting a lawn at the moment is the underfoot conditions. Tramping over wet ground will compact the soil, starving the grass roots of oxygen and causing them to die off. The result is weeds and moss.

Really depends how soft your ground is and how good the drainage is

cena

I have noticed the garden out front has gone very mossy hardly any grass there. It is a very soft ground at the best of time.

What would be best to do?

wildlifeboy

I always wait till april