Height of cut recommendations

[edslawn]

I've searched for HOC recommendations and could only find limited info. Is there a consensus on this issue?

[turf_toes]

If you’ve got cool-season grass, set it at your mower’s highest setting.

[edslawn]

Great! Now...Do you vary the height during the season? Like highest in July/August and then begin reducing it into the Fall?

[turf_toes]

High all season until late October. I keep it at 3-inches over winter. 4.25-inches spring, summer and most of the fall.

[edslawn]

Perfect! Thank you.

[flyin-lowe]

I too keep mine around 4-4.5 inches all year. This time of year I start dropping it a little each month to gradually get it lower before the snow flies. In Indiana some years I’m done mowing by November some years it’s still growing in December.

[MorpheusPA]

Some can certainly be a matter of preference. I keep mine at maximum height all year long, but winter? What's a winter any longer? My grass still grows in winter, just extremely slowly. You might be a little cooler in terms of weather than I am, perhaps even with the occasional snowfall on the PA/MD border if you're lucky, like we get here on the PA/NJ border.

Of course, max height on my lawn is about 3.5" on my mower.