Put Down the Scalping Sword: Fall Mowing Heights for Bermuda & St. Augustine
The air finally has that cool October snap, and every North Texas homeowner feels the same temptation: "The grass is slowing down. Let's cut it short and be done with it." Hold that thought, brave adventurer. Put down the scalping sword.
Your lawn is spending these weeks storing up energy in its roots for winter. The leaf blades are its solar panels, and cutting them too short right now is like unplugging the charger at 12%.
Here's the fall game plan for Royse City and Fate lawns
Bermuda: keep mowing at your normal summer height, about 1.5 to 2 inches with a rotary mower. Don't drop lower until spring.
St. Augustine: keep it tall, about 3 to 4 inches. Taller blades help it handle cold snaps and shade out winter weeds.
Keep mowing as long as it's growing. Bermuda slows way down as nights cool and goes dormant after the first frost. Until then, stay on schedule.
Save the scalp for spring. Lowering Bermuda to clear out dead growth is a spring job, after the last frost, not a fall one.
Nerd Stat: The one-third rule. Never remove more than one-third of the blade in a single mow. Cut more than that and the grass has to spend stored root energy regrowing leaves instead of saving it for winter.
Seed of Truth: "The Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it" (Genesis 2:15). Caring for a lawn well is a small, everyday way to steward what God has given us.
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