When should I stop mowing the lawn?

[OwlHoot]

Maybe this belongs in Technical, but anyway ..

I'm new to this gardening caper, and have been mowing my lawns once a week. But I understand that grass stops growing about this time of year, as the daylight hours decline, and that soon the lawns can be left unmown until spring.

But even in the last week the grass has grown an inch or so, and I wondered whether to fight it to the last ditch and mow it yet again, or whether it would actually be healthier for it to be left slightly too long over the winter.

Maybe I should mow it once more this year. What do you think?

[FatLazyContractor]

Maybe this belongs in Technical, but anyway ..

I'm new to this gardening caper, and have been mowing my lawns once a week. But I understand that grass stops growing about this time of year, as the daylight hours decline, and that soon the lawns can be left unmown until spring.

But even in the last week the grass has grown an inch or so, and I wondered whether to fight it to the last ditch and mow it yet again, or whether it would actually be healthier for it to be left slightly too long over the winter.

Maybe I should mow it once more this year. What do you think?

Is MyUserName's goat of any use here?

[FiveTimes]

I would mow the lawn as long as its dry. It might not take much off but it helps picking up the leaves and debris that have been scattered over it.

[Gibbon]

The wife keeps mowing the lawn all year with no winter breaks. HTH.

[minestrone]

It stops growing under 10 degrees I think.

[OwlHoot]

The wife keeps mowing the lawn all year with no winter breaks. HTH.

Perhaps that's what I should do, but I'd have to decide where to leave the landing strip

[Scruff]

Strangely, your lawn is in one of the high growth periods and will continue to grow for as long as the GROUND temperature is above 7C (thereabouts). The high rainfall, along with the mild temperatures will ensure that it continues to grow.

Now is the time to fertilise with a low Nitrogen specialised winter fertiliser to encourage root growth and keep moss at bay (the winter fertiliser has ferrous sulphate in it which will green your lawn up and blacken / kill the moss).

You should continue to mow, but set your mower on to the highest setting so that all you do is "top" the lawn - you only want to take off a maximum of a third of the blade.

Buy this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lawn-Expert-...he+lawn+expert

[d000hg]

Cut it whenever it gets long.

[PerfectStorm]

What does your accountant/gardener say?

[Project Monkey]

It stops growing under 10 degrees I think.

It will grow when above 6 degrees.