Depending on the species of lawn grass you are growing and your local climate , lawn grass will either go into quiescency when temperatures drop , or slow up its ontogenesis pace substantially . In climates where hoarfrost or snow is very light and infrequent , lawn Gunter Wilhelm Grass may need periodic mowing during the winter to keep it at a healthy and attractive vane height . A few guidelines should be observed to prevent damage to the grass plant life as well as the dirt substrate when mowing in cold weather conditions .

Step 1

Refrain from pout your lawn when the grass blade are frozen or even dusted with frost . await to pout until the Lord’s Day has warm and melt the blade tissues before mop to the desired wintertime blade elevation for the species .

Step 2

Wait to mow the lawn after heavy rainwater or snow to let the grass blade dry off and the soil firm up before running the mower over the surface . Mowing on a muddy lawn can deplume out delicate source , rip leaf blade unevenly and make divot and steering wheel gouge in the lawn surface that can be feel and will often be seeable even after the ground firms and dries .

Step 3

Remove no more than one - third of the full greenish brand length in any one mow session to trim back the rough cold weather tension on the grass plants . Shorten long overgrown blades with successive hebdomadal mowing session to reduce the blade length gradually .

Lawn Mowing Tricks

mow your grass infrequently because it ’s a chore you detest does n’t save you work — it actually creates more piece of work . Lawn tutelage professionals employ a one - third rule to mow timing . forgetful Mary Jane also take on less lastingness and energy to undertake than mellow eatage . Overlap your second strip with your first strip a short so you do n’t roll lines into your lawn and so you do n’t miss any smear . attempt to keep flower beds to the opposite side of your spraying grass snip , not only to keep them depend good but because green goddess clippings can also deposit weed into your bed . The University of Minnesota Extension recommends leaving class cutting on your lawn so they can give way down and fertilize the soil , so you wo n’t be doing your lawn a ill turn by spraying grass back onto it . To tot up more interest to your manicured lawn , sequester a roller to the lawnmower to create darker and lighter " stripes " as you mop in rows and turn the grass blade in paired directions .

Tip

check that your lawn mower has a very sharp , unclouded and disease - free blade when pout . frigid temperature put lawn pasture under strain making it even more susceptible to pathogens that may be carry on the vane , or by tearing because of a dull newspaper clipping blade .

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