Fire up the Mower! – Turfgrass Science at Purdue University

Fire up the Mower!

Now’s the time to get the mower out of the shed and start mowing (depending on where you live in the state). This normally happens well before most of us start mowing because we see mostly brown leaf blades and we don’t think the lawn is growing. However, grass plants grow from the bottom up where the new green leaf material elongates near the soil, pushing the older brown leaf material up into view. The first mowing generally will remove almost all of the old brown leaves revealing a nice green lawn below. Though none of us want to do it, it’s better to start mowing your lawn too early than too late. Set the mower at the highest or second highest mowing height (I’d leave it there all year), put on a sharp blade, and leave the bagging attachment in the garage.


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