Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate need
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate need
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
On 19/02/2026 16:32, Polly@golly wrote:
Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate need
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
SE Essex here. It's not so much the grass being wet more the soil is saturated. Just walking on the grass is turning it into a slight mud bath.
In recent years my last cut of the lawn has been late November or early December and the first cut of the year possibly 4 to 6 weeks away.
What I've found with both electric and petrol mowers, the first cut of long(ish) grass needs to be with the mower set at the highest level and
with no grass collection box. Pick a dry windy day and let the cut grass
dry out for at least half a day and go over again with the mower set at
the same height but with the grass collection box.
Unless you want a bowling green finish most people possibly cut their
grass too short. There is also a school of thought that if you want to support pollinating insects leave early flowering weeds in the lawn
alone and maybe don't cut until later in April
alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
On 19/02/2026 16:32, Polly@golly wrote:
Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate need
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
SE Essex here. It's not so much the grass being wet more the soil is saturated. Just walking on the grass is turning it into a slight mud bath.
In recent years my last cut of the lawn has been late November or early December and the first cut of the year possibly 4 to 6 weeks away.
What I've found with both electric and petrol mowers, the first cut of long(ish) grass needs to be with the mower set at the highest level and with no grass collection box. Pick a dry windy day and let the cut grass dry out for at least half a day and go over again with the mower set at
the same height but with the grass collection box.
Unless you want a bowling green finish most people possibly cut their
grass too short. There is also a school of thought that if you want to support pollinating insects leave early flowering weeds in the lawn
alone and maybe don't cut until later in April
It's even worse with coarse grass and an Allen Scythe. The wet cuttings rapidly and repeatedly clog the blade ...and nobody in their right mind tries to unclog an Allen Scythe blade without stoppping the whole
machine each time.
We never collect mown grass,
On 20/02/2026 07:08, Chris Green wrote:
We never collect mown grass,
Town living here, terraced house with lawn the width of the house but
60ft long. I've found that if I don't pick up lawn clippings more often
they stick to the soles of foot ware and get deposited on the carpets indoors. And no, I don't have a regime of removing shoes when entering
the house nor, in decent weather, removing slippers when going outside.
On 20/02/2026 07:08, Chris Green wrote:
We never collect mown grass,
Town living here, terraced house with lawn the width of the house but
60ft long. I've found that if I don't pick up lawn clippings more often they stick to the soles of foot ware and get deposited on the carpets indoors. And no, I don't have a regime of removing shoes when entering
the house nor, in decent weather, removing slippers when going outside.
Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate need
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate need
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
After applying moss killer/ lawn feed, I spent a hard hour raking the
lawn this afternon, then mowing it! It suddenly occured to me would it
have been better to mower before (and probaly afte) raking? Could have
been easier on my old shoulders and back while raking!
Another probably silly question on the lawn!
....does cutting in different directions make any difference to the lawn?
Despite the cold and very wet weather, my lawn looks in desperate needSure. grass is hard to kill
of a cut, BUT is it sensible at this cold time of year, even if it dries enough to mow it with my electric mower?
What I've found with both electric and petrol mowers, the first cut of long(ish) grass needs to be with the mower set at the highest level and
with no grass collection box. Pick a dry windy day and let the cut grass
dry out for at least half a day and go over again with the mower set at
the same height but with the grass collection box.
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