Overgrown lawn - how to cut?

Question

Hi! I am moving to a new house, and the grass is way past cutting (more than 10 cm in places). I know that cutting the grass with a lawn mower may damage the blade if the lawn is too long. What would you recommend I do?

Answer 1

10 cm = 3.94" (inches). The grass could be a foot tall or 30 cm and it still wouldn't "damage" the "blade". Who told you that?

Your mower might bog down or jam up, but it certainly wouldn't damage it normally. I have had to mow some pretty tall lawns and I have never damaged a blade on grass alone.

If the grass is approaching a foot or 30 cm in length, just take the grass catcher off the back if it has one. You then rake up the grass. Make sure the lawn is somewhat dry first (no wet grass).

Answer 2

Overgrown Lawn

Answer 3

Cut in steps. Raise the mower blades to the highest level and cut once, bag if possible. Then lower the blade and cut again, repeat if necessary. Too much at one time will put the lawn into shock besides the damage to the mower.
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Answer 4

Depends on what kind of mower you use. If it is a push mower, then mow it twice... Over once with the front wheels in the air then back over it normally. If you go slowly enough without bogging down the mower, it will not damage it.

If it is a little yard, then you can weed wack it first. Otherwise you can easily cut it with a sit down mower by raising the deck the first time around. If we are talking about acres of land, then have someone with a Bush Hog and tractor to cut it.

Answer 5

3 ft is pretty high grass. You could use a string trimmer, but it would take you a long time. It would be better to lower the wheels on your mower (it raises the blades) so the blades are at the highest position. Make the first cut, then raise the wheels to lower the blade and give it a second cutting. You may even have to cut it a third time. When the grass blades are very high, they tend to bend over when the blade comes in contact with them and it is not cutting properly. Even mowing 2-3 times will be faster than using a string trimmer.

Answer 6

I would just raise the blade on the lawn mower, you will have to do it a few times.. gradually lower the blade to the lenght you want the grass.

Answer 7

10cm/4inches is not that long for a lawn mower but if you think it is too long, go to your local hire shop and hire a petrol strimmer, and give it a good going over with that, it wont look nice when you have done it but it will be shorter, then go back and hire a petrol mower, and give it a good cut with that, this will make it look better and even give you some stripes.

Answer 8

Use a strimmer on it first - if there's lots of brush and overgrown weeds, etc, hire a chunky petrol driven one from a tool hire shop, as the domestic ones you buy from Argos won't be up to the job.

Answer 9

10 cm is not too long as we leave ours 6 cm over the winter.

You can hire a strimmer or ask friends if they have one you can borrow.

Answer 10

pull out a petrol strimmer and cut the excess down...

then mow it to pick up the excess cuttings and level out the grass