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What zone are you in?
My grass is ready to be cut by march and now mow may only results in not waist high grass IF I mow it April 30th
Your experience relative to my experience can show how the other persons experience can be so drastically different too
Probably why. Here in canada, same as this guy, literally have to mow it every week or it gets too long and the mower stops working well.
5a. Grass grows like crazy from May into July. August it usually goes dormant because I don't have irrigation and then I don't have to mow until it cools down again.