Lawns in Autumn/Winter

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  November 2023

  Stay off it if it's wet or frosty or covered in snow (that last one's probably not going to happen if you have children). 

  Mow it on a high setting if the weather's dry and mild and it's growing.

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  November 2023 edited November 2023

  In addition to the above, don’t feed your lawn now or use a scarifier until spring.  If worm casts become a problem, turn a spring tine rake upside down with the prongs upwards to sweep them off before you mow.

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  November 2023

  If it's forecast a fine day and you want to cut the grass but there's heavy dew on it first thing, you can swish it off with a long thin cane held horizontally (you need to squat down), then the grass should be dry enough to cut by afternoon. Or brush it off, but that takes longer, and you have to walk on more of it. I can do the cane thing mostly standing on the edging bricks.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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