Exact month to restart mowing your lawn for ‘neat’ and ‘green’ grass all summer (Image: Getty)
Mowing the regularly throughout the year is essential if you’re after healthy green grass.
However, gardeners often put their mowers away for due to the growth coming to a halt in cold weather.
With warmer weather on the horizon and spring just around the corner, the experts at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have shared exactly when to cut the grass again.
According to the pros, if you’re after a “neat lawn”, you should mow weekly or fortnightly from March. They added that doing so will keep the grass in “good condition”.
The experts said: “How often you mow depends on the style of lawn you want, weather conditions and the speed at which your grass is growing.
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“In spring, mow once a fortnight or once a week, depending on growth.
“For a flower-rich lawn or wildflower meadow, leave uncut in spring to provide much-needed support to pollinators and a welcome break from mowing.”
For the first mow in spring, choose the highest blade setting to avoid choking the mower with clippings.
The gardening experts noted: “If the grass is really long, you may need to strim it first to reduce the overall height, then rake up the cut grass before going over with the mower to tidy up as best you can.
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“It can often look a bit scruffy and yellow but will soon green up and look neater with more regular cuts.”
Nearly all mowers let you adjust the cutting height to suit different times of year and styles of lawn, and it’s important to change the cutting height to keep it in good condition.
According to experts, a high cut also allows smaller wildflowers to thrive on a flower-rich lawn.
They added: “Aim to mow regularly, so you only need to remove a small amount each time, never take off more than one-third of the grass height.
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“As a general rule, aim to keep the grass up to 40mm in height in spring for ordinary domestic lawns.”
This can reduce to 13 to 25mm in the summer, and if you have a new lawn, wait until the grass is at least 5cm tall before mowing with the highest setting.”
Lawns regularly left too long can suffer from loose, weak growth, which is less durable as a surface for regular foot traffic, so it’s important to mow it regularly.
However, when the weather gets warmer, it’s best to mow in the early morning to avoid the grass burning in the midday heat.