What height to cut lawn

Now that summer and some nice warm weather is just around the corner (hopefully) can someone tell me what the best height that grass should be cut to. My next door neighbour has been leaving his mower set at 50mm (2") as he reckons it retains moisture better and stays greener. I must say judging by the lushous colour of his grass he might have a point. Having said that we are only at the start of June and the dry weather has still to come. Anyone any thoughts on this debate

SJ

 

Grass shouldn't be cut to less than an inch in height, my greenthumb man told me that :D

 

SJ i was just about to ask the same question, my hubby has bought a new toy to cut the grass (not that we needed one have someone come in and do it for us cos we live on a farm and that is part of there job in the summer) but by the by, he seems to want to cut the grass every other day which is starting to annoy me, it just gets nice and green and guess what out with the lawn mower and short as you like its all gone, hubby knows best (NOT), thank god he has gone back to work cos now it might do something, so here it is how often should you cut your lawn,he says it will be all the better in the summer, I am leaving it now for 3 weeks cos he is away working, is that to long, I like to see green in my grass not burnt yellow, sorry if i have took over your question but i need to know if i am right to leave it more that 2 to 3 days or keep cutting is as he says :confused: :D

 

Thanks y'all for the advice. I leave it at 50mm for this season and see how it goes.

 

Sunshine P, I'm sure I read somewhere that cutting the grass once a week was sufficient during the summer.

 

I have always cut mine and all my customers lawn once a week in the summer (if it's still growing and not burnt to a shredded wheat) and then i reduce it down to once a month through the winter, also raising the height of the blade. I always advise never cut lawns too short, when the blades are lowered to turf lifting height, then the green is gone for the entire summer. The higher the cut, the greener the lawn. So if you're not playing lawn green bowls on your patch, then don't cut too low, 2" is the shortest any lawn needs to be.

 

thanks compostee luckily he has gone to work so me lawn will have chance to grow :eek: :D

 

oh dear i practically shaved my lawn today! it grows so fast so i figure once in a while i cut it really low it wont need doing for a while... i only have a strimmer so dont have length settings.