Mowing freshly seeded lawn

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  1. clueless1

    clueless1 member... yep, that's what I am:)

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    The title is slightly misleading, because most of my lawn is well established, but I reseeded a few bald patches and they are now greening up nicely but slowly.

    I want to mow the lawn again, but last time I did it (a few days ago) I had to carefully go round the freshly seeded bits, which is somewhat awkward and has resulted in overgrown tufts of grass round the new bits.

    How can I make my lawn tidy without ripping out the new grass that probably hasn't laid down good roots yet?

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  2. plant1star

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    If you have a mower with a roller on the back you can just tilt it up onto the roller slightly when you get to a newly seeded patch.

    You could perhaps do that with a wheeled mower as well, but not as easily perhaps, but you could always lift up the setting on the mower when you get to that patch of new seed to a higher setting, and mow as normal, and lower it down again when you mow the rest. The lawn would have the appearance of it all been cut at one height.

    I would say if the seed has been growing for over 6 weeks then you would perhaps be ok, or test a patch - see if you can pull some of the newly seeded area out with your hand, and you will know how much of the mower it could handle.

    Hope this Helps!
     
  3. Kristen

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    I do the "tilt-up" thing, which has the benefit that the new grass gets rolled.

    Either way, when you first cut, it helps to have sharp blades - otherwise the tend to pull the seedlings out of the ground!! :(
     
  4. Pro Gard

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    Sharp blades and a high cut, try to avoid running the wheels over the new areas, either that or mow around the new areas then tidy up after with shears.
     
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