I don’t know. I don’t think the premise about the first cut has no legs. My old turfgrass prof said to mow it at any height you want but at an inch, inch-and-a-half, that’s where golf course superintendents make their money. This may be a myth but I always thought shorter mowing leads to a more shallow root system. So, me, I wouldn’t cut it until a new seeding had some height on it.
TheLawndryman
The newer cultivars of TTTF are lateral spread and can be cut at that height. The downside of TTTF has always been that it doesn’t repair on its own or spread to fill bare spots like other grasses.
Ricka77_New
That’s wrong unless it’s for a specific type of dwarfed fescue…longer grass encourages stronger roots and protects the soil surface.
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I don’t know. I don’t think the premise about the first cut has no legs. My old turfgrass prof said to mow it at any height you want but at an inch, inch-and-a-half, that’s where golf course superintendents make their money. This may be a myth but I always thought shorter mowing leads to a more shallow root system. So, me, I wouldn’t cut it until a new seeding had some height on it.
The newer cultivars of TTTF are lateral spread and can be cut at that height. The downside of TTTF has always been that it doesn’t repair on its own or spread to fill bare spots like other grasses.
That’s wrong unless it’s for a specific type of dwarfed fescue…longer grass encourages stronger roots and protects the soil surface.