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Over-seeded Lawn Growing too Quick
Columba
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Hi all, I recently overseeded my lawn a week and half ago particularly on the bake patches and it is has just started to come through. At the time I had cut the lawn on the lowest setting, however with the warm weather the lawn has grown very quickly. Would it do any harm cutting the lawn on the highest setting in order to tidy it up?
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I never ever cut a lawn on the lowest setting ... it risks scalping the grass and exposing the roots to the sun which will dry them.
Cutting on a medium height will encourage the grass to spread laterally (tillering) and result in a thicker and lush green lawn.
I would give it a cut on a high setting now and thereafter mow regularly at least once a week on medium.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If the grass has rooted and is growing it should be fine to cut with a good sharp cylinder mower.
If its a hover mower I’d want the grass to be more established than with a cylinder mower.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.