Mowing the Lawn in December?

[CyclonesRock]

My neighbor is mowing his lawn this morning. Is this good, bad, or makes no difference?

Inquiring minds want to know before swapping out the mower deck for the snowblower.

 

[ClonesFTW]

I mowed on Sunday. My motto is I don't want the best looking lawn on the block but I don't want the worst either.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I lowered my deck and mowed the lawn until I ran out of gas on Thanksgiving Day.
Took a lot longer than I thought it would.
I was also bagging up the leaves that had blown into my yard earlier in the week.

 

[CyVeteran]

I just mowed mine a couple days ago.......biggest reason was to chop up all the leaves.

 

[Cloneon]

If I do it now, it's more in a pattern to move the leaves down my ravine.

 

[Gorm]

I use the mulching system on my 50" deck to take care of the leafs up until the first snow flies. It very much looks like I'm mowing my lawn when using it.

 

[Gorm]

My neighbor is mowing his lawn this morning. Is this good, bad, or makes no difference?

Inquiring minds want to know before swapping out the mower deck for the snowblower.

I'm curious on what model tractor and snow thrower attachment.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Terrible for the root system but people have to keep up with the Joneses. My lawn in December probably closer to a Cousin Eddie lawn.

 

[CyclonesRock]

I'm curious on what model tractor and snow thrower attachment.

2004 John Deere GX255 Garden Tractor with a 42-inch snow thrower attachment.

 

[tim_redd]

Good to mulch the leaves and fine as long as you aren't trimming much off the grass blades.

 

[CyclonesRock]

Update....His lawn now looks terrible...

 

[Trigger]

I have a neighbor that basically declares war on any leaf in his yard. I don't call it mowing so much as "yard vacuuming". They are excellent neighbors but they do go crazy when it comes to leaves. I am not exaggerating when I say that they have run their mower and bagged leaves a minimum of 3 times/week since October. And we do not have a ton of mature trees in our neighborhood.

 

[BillyClone]

In central Iowa, with temps dipping below 40 at night, the grass isn't really growing anymore. Because of that, I wouldn't recommend mowing the lawn.

In October, I like to progressively lower the blade each time I mow and by the time I perform my last mowing before the cold temps stick (this year was right after Halloween), I'm around 2" - 2 1/2" mowing height (down from my normal 3 1/2' - 4"). I don't roll the lawn on the last mow either - just want a nice, clean, low cut heading into winter and snow cover.

Some people like to keep the grass long going into winter, but I prefer short to help ward off snow mold in the spring.

 

[Isualum13]

I mowed on Sunday. My motto is I don't want the best looking lawn on the block but I don't want the worst either.

My motto is, will I get a fine if I don't mow soon?

 

[Cyclonepride]

I mowed last week. Hasn't grown a bit since.

 

[Gorm]

2004 John Deere GX255 Garden Tractor with a 42-inch snow thrower attachment.

Nice!!!!

 

[Fitzy]

We have two trees in our backyard that still had 80% of their leaves as of last weekend. Ankeny isn't providing the free drop off this late in the year, so I'm gonna mulch as much as I can until there's snow on the ground.

 

[ScottyP]

that reminds me I need to run my mower out of gas and put it away for the season

 

[BoxsterCy]

I lowered my deck and mowed the lawn until I ran out of gas on Thanksgiving Day.
Took a lot longer than I thought it would.
I was also bagging up the leaves that had blown into my yard earlier in the week.

Note to self: Prep mower for dat winter thingie.

 

[Al_4_State]

I might mow a final cut on Saturday. But it got long while I was in the field.