How high do you mow your grass?

   / How high do you mow your grass? #1  

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How high do you mow your grass? Mine has been 3" and I'm thinking of going to 3 1/2" or so. The yard is typical Midwest rural with dog, people and equipment pressure and is a blend of bluegrass and some thinner bladed fescues and ryegrass.

Just wondering what others are doing and if should go taller. If it matters I mow with a 7' pull type Woods mower or a B7800 Kubota with a 6' belly mower.
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #2  
I use a zero-turn on the lawn...and I keep it 3-4 inches. The first cut of the season is at least 4".
I mow the filed with an RFM...set at 4".
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #3  
Three inches, Kentucky 31 fescue.
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #4  
I cut mine at 3-4"
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #5  
2" before mowing but durning hot summer times 3"
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #6  
I usually scalp my lawn first thing in the Spring and use the bagger to get rid of the clippings. Next couple of mowings I raise the deck a notch each time, so I usually then stay at 3", although sometimes in the heat of the summer I go on up to 3.5".
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #7  
I start at 4" then drop a quarter inch or so every 4-5 days until it's down to about 2.5-3.0". My yard is mainly zoysia in the front and a fescue/weed mix in the back. The zoysia is slow growing and THICK. After the first of July I gradually raise the height according to rainfall.

Sounds complicated but it really depends on the moisture in the ground.
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #8  
During the summer, I mow mine 3 and 1/2 inches, which is as high as my mower will cut. In the fall, when the grass turns brown, I mow occasionally when the leaves are thick and gradually lower it to about 2 inches by the first of April. I will mow it at that height for a couple of times and then raise it 1/2 inch every other mowing. This keeps me from having to scalp and bag my dead grass and keeps the leaves mulched. My grass is about half weeds and half Bermuda.
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #9  
3 1/2" for my yard. I've read, and believe its somewhat true, that you need to mow your yard because the grass is uneven, not because its too long. In other words, any given length will work, but you end up mowing because parts of its 4 inches, some is 3 1/2", some is 4 1/2" and so on and it looks uneven. Longer is suppose to help crowd out weeds also, but it doesn't seem to help mine that much.
 
   / How high do you mow your grass? #10  
I cut my lawn as close as I can. I keep trying to kill it, but so far no luck. I hate mowing, so it grows up to about 3" before I cut it again. When the dry part of the summer comes along the neighbor, that pampers his lawn, has a brown lawn. Mine, to spite me, is still green and growing. I can't win.
 

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